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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Grizzly on February 04, 2019, 11:46:04 am
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Cool. (https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2019/02/04/freespace-2-deploys-massive-mods-and-fangames-from-knossos/)
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We be internet famous yo
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Cool!
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:yes: :yes:
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Here's to the next twenty :yes:
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(https://fi.somethingawful.com/safs/smilies/5/c/magical.001.png) WoD mentioned on a big gaming website (for the first time ever).
(https://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-allears.gif) What a good article.
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Congrats to everyone who got a mention.
(https://fi.somethingawful.com/safs/smilies/5/c/magical.001.png) WoD mentioned on a big gaming website (for the first time ever).
(https://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-allears.gif) What a good article.
Don't let it go to your head, mister.
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[Of Blue Planet] including a decently written story
For what it's worth, and to the credit of the BP Team, IMHO I feel that the writing is better than 'decently'.
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Don't let it go to your head, mister.
Actually do
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y they no mention Lost tho
its clearly the bestestsest mod
i want to be famos like wing commander and bp
:lol:
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Didn't mention The Search for Bosch, 0/10.
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[Of Blue Planet] including a decently written story
For what it's worth, and to the credit of the BP Team, IMHO I feel that the writing is better than 'decently'.
The article overall could have been written a teensy bit more positively imo. Like that mentioned bit about BP being just... 'decently written' feels a bit diminishing.
Don't let it go to your head, mister.
Actually do
Getting mixed messages here!
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Writing in Blue Planet -decent-
:thinking:
Also that complete lack of Derelict.
Oh well, at least they still were willing to say FS2 is one of the best space combat games.
Also that's not much of a guide for starting from 0 (I guess we're still responsible for doing the leg work there :P)
Overall I'm happy FS and HLP are still getting noticed every so often but the tone here was definitely weird.
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Writing in Blue Planet -decent-
:thinking:
Not to say that it's not better than decent but some of BP's writing can be kinda inaccessible.
Also that complete lack of Derelict.
By modern standards, Derelict doesn't have very good gameplay and it's not particularly polished either. While it and INFR1 have been quite influential, I don't think either one belongs on a noob's guide to FS. Yeah WCS doesn't play very well either, but it has voice acting and briefing cutscenes and it's completely free so I can see why it was included.
For me, the largest omission is BtA, which has VA and a lot of worldbuilding along with good gameplay. Personally I'ld love to see Vassago's Dirge on there but I completely understand why it didn't make it.
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HLP has stuff that performs well against many AAA games especially on the writing side; BTA could be shipped as a standalone game if there wasn't any FS-knowledge requiered. Derelict is from 2000 and as influential as it had been back then I don't think it's that much stinging out compared with more recent stuff, just compare retail FRED with FRED_2019.
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And what of Shattered Stars?
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Ohh, this is pretty neat!
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And what of Shattered Stars?
All Mortal Engine fans would be disappointed that they'll never know about that their story takes place in a FS universe.
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And what of Shattered Stars?
All Mortal Engine fans would be disappointed that they'll never know about that their story takes place in a FS universe.
One fan already knows, but it is sad that the other one may never know.