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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Falcon on August 24, 2004, 04:51:58 pm
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Another Sci-fi game in development..........
AfterEarth (http://www.afterearth.net/)
Lets see ummmm two opposing factions, combat, big ships and a big universe, bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
How many of these are we gonna get? :p
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Their ship models (gallery, 3d models) are appalling........
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Hey maybe they can team up with 3000 A.D. and see what they come out with...... :lol:
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not that appealing...
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Oh dear oh dear.
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I've made better models than that...
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If you want a new space sim I can think of a great one...
that, uh, I know better than to bring up around here.
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:lol:
This game is going to be released when? 2008?
:lol:
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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I propose new cover art for this game:
(http://www.micro-blaze.com/graphics/devine.jpg)
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Originally posted by Ford Prefect
I propose new cover art for this game:
(http://www.micro-blaze.com/graphics/devine.jpg)
Isn't that TM-ed by 3000AD?
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You can't post that Ford Perfect, you're infringing on 3000ad's intellectual property, and they're serious about these kinds of matters...
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:shaking:
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Originally posted by Ace
You can't post that Ford Perfect, you're infringing on 3000ad's intellectual property, and they're serious about these kinds of matters...
you forgot adding random capitalization, strange underscores, and incoherent insults.
it should be;
they're _SERIOUS_ about these MATTERS, you inferior WEAKLING
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I really hate to bash an honest guy's work, but:
What is After Earth?
After Earth is a new exciting Science Fiction Universe from the brain of Michael C. Conomy. It is a fresh take on the whole idea of Science Fiction. Set in the year 4150 After Earth is the scene of a visous war raged between the 2 factions of the human race. The AU Allied Union and the other side UGC United Galactic Commonwealth.
Fresh take? Big bad guys like to shoot each other, um...what's new? It looks like standard scifi fare.
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It actually reminds me Starlancer in a way actaully any game I see reminds me of Starlancer. :nervous:
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I think they fight each other, after a few missions are more powerful alien race arrive.. they are called shi... uh aliens :D
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I really feel bad about beating up on these guys, but their project looks doomed. The ships are ugly, the storyline is cliched, and the website is ripe with typos. Good luck to them, but I really don't think they'll succeed.
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Oh my god, what amateurs. :lol:
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(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXDR.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
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Originally posted by Antares
(http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00003CXDR.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg)
When I heard 'After Earth', that's exactly what I thought.
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yeah, me too. good luck with the lawsuit, guys.
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I just wrote the most innovative sci-fi plot ever. Fear me.
- We have a interstellar human federation
- MEET: CIVIL WAR
- while battling some other weird guys of course
- hey, let's make this war a really prolonged and stupid!
- Meet: The Omnipotent Black Destroyers from Beyond Space and Time who are xenophobic, how original!
- ZOMG
- let humans, humans and aliens unite forces!
- Let's fight!
- oh noes, more civil war and half-assed rambling about prophecies!
- The Omnipotent Black Destroyers from Beyond Space and Time threat the future of the Earth!
- DEFEND EARTH
- win the Omnipotent Black Destroyers from Beyond Space and Time in one hectic anticlimatic (because game engine/movie budget didn't allow for some spectacular showdown), but lose Earth!
- feck
- well, prepare for sequels with even more Omnipotent Black Destroyers.
- more civil war in Human Federation.
- repeat, profit
Come to think of it, the main plot in FS saga was not that original.
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Is this an actual game, not a very big mod? I think that I saw the screenshots of the levels made in Jedi Outcast.
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Well, at least we've found the spiritual home for the GTD Cube.
EDIT; what do you think would take longer - the model or the concept art?
(http://afterearth.m-cgi.com/graphics/au/04.jpg)
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It seems woefully underarmed for a Destroyer.
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But...but....it has two guns!
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The things on the side, front and top are probably a huge amount of missile launchers :p
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windows
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Maybe in this universe, space combat works more like real naval combat, where each hit from a single gun inflicts massive damage.
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another space sim that gonna be bad
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Site is down for me.
To be honest, Freespace 1 was probably the one that set the computer game 'standard' of a 'third race' that appears during a war. I could of course be wrong ;)
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Perhaps, but certainly not the idea of a super-powerful, unstoppable invader that ravages everything and pushes humanity back to its doorstep.
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Well, the 'last stand' is a very very classic storytelling tool from as far back as humanities records go. The tale of Achilles is a good example. Or Olympus against the Titans, it's good dramatic stuff ;)
In fact, Lord of the Rings is an excellent example as well ;)
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Indeed. And the classic sci-fi example would undoubtedly be the Borg.
Anyway, I think more game developers should take a hint from Tachyon: The Fringe. There was a kickass sci-fi flight sim with no Alien Invader of Death.
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Tachyon - or more specifically, Bruce Campbells' voiceovers - annoyed the tits off me.
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You mean you didn't enjoy hours of "I gotta hold this bucket o' bolts together," or "Hey, I think I hear your momma callin'"?
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JAAAAAAKE LOOOOOOGAAAAAAN!
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Last stand... hm...
- Termopilas - 480 BC
- Alamo - 1836
- Camerone - 1863
- Rorke's Drift - 1879
- Beijing - 1900
- Imjim - 1951
Are you sure?
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Yep, that's exactly what we are saying Ghostavo, last stands capture the imagination ;)
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Are these guys serious? Isn't it just a hoax or something?
Seriously, even FS modding community could do better.
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Can anyone get their forum to work?
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Not me...
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Forums are best on the net I've ever seen.
Awesome game. First thing I noticed about it is that it has no publisher.
Shocker.
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Originally posted by aldo_14
Their ship models (gallery, 3d models) are appalling........
why don't you can volunteer your services ?
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1st: He's needs to stay here
2nd: He doesn't have to prove anything
3rd: Newbs have made cubes with cylinders sticking out theside, that look better than those (no offense)
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Originally posted by Mr. Fury
Are these guys serious? Isn't it just a hoax or something?
Seriously, even FS modding community could do better.
You have officially insulted every member of the FS modding community.
An automated *script* creating random universes and 3D models could probably do better :D :p
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Originally posted by magatsu1
why don't you can volunteer your services ?
I have a job. It pays me money.
And I wouldn't want to have to work for some doss twat whose best design could be made with 3 lego bricks, and honestly think that constitutes professional quality.
Originally posted by jdjtcagle
1st: He's needs to stay here
2nd: He doesn't have to prove anything
3rd: Newbs have made cubes with cylinders sticking out theside, that look better than those (no offense)
Um, to be fair - 2 isn't exactly true - I've only 'proven' myselft in the context of making crude wee boxy models of starships with no moving parts, with fairly basic maps, which isn't much in the grand old scheme of things.
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Well they may not have moving parts but... :)
(http://www.aldo14.f2s.com/portfolio/nefertem1.jpg)
(http://www.aldo14.f2s.com/portfolio/carrier2.jpg)
(http://www.aldo14.f2s.com/portfolio/s_claymore5.jpg)
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I think he's taken a shine to you aldo....
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;7
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lol
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stalker!... :nervous:
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*throws binoculars*
Errr... Hey look Jerry Springers on...
*runs*
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ooh, whats that second pic of? reminds me of the pillar of autumn...
Anywho, when I saw the First pic of one of their ships, I nearly choked. 2 weeny little guns mounted on a Boxy, undetailed mess of a ship, with all the rest following pretty much the same idea. Then I read the Storyline. You know, you can only use that idea so many times before it A: is no longer interesting, B: no longer allows for expansion, and C: Just plain sucks. That happened like 1-2 decades ago. :doubt:
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atleast you can't accuse 'em of wasting polys I 'spose....
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Never trust a forum that has a grand total of 81 subjects in about 12 forums ;)
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Originally posted by jdjtcagle
Well they may not have moving parts but... :)
http://www.aldo14.f2s.com/portfolio/nefertem1.jpg
Squidgy UV-mapping, underdetailed
http://www.aldo14.f2s.com/portfolio/carrier2.jpg
Un-mapped (yeah, it's all very nice if the shape looks Ok, but what's the point if it's never completed?)
http://www.aldo14.f2s.com/portfolio/s_claymore5.jpg
Some Uv-glitches, mapping is a little underdetailed, never completed adding the cockpit. That was the closest to being something I'm 100% happy with, though.
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aldo, take my advice: Dont sell yourself so short.
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I'm not selling myself short - I'm applying the same standards I do to anything else; if it's not professional quality, it's not good enough.
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:shaking: :shaking: :shaking:
Why did you have to hurt me like that?
Originally posted by aldo_14
Their ship models (gallery, 3d models) are appalling........
AGREED.
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Originally posted by magatsu1
atleast you can't accuse 'em of wasting polys I 'spose....
Or can you....?
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Originally posted by WMCoolmon
Or can you....?
hahaha! Clever. :lol:
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I suppose that nowadays, you could consider a 100 poly ship that looks that bad as a waste of polys ;)
Seriously though, modelling skills aside, kudos to the guy for at least taking it on, even if it is a retelling of an old story.
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Hollewanderer noticed the same thing I did; the so-called "hangar" shots were made for Jedi Outcast. Notice the pic below. There's Kyle Katarn sitting right in the middle, along with the series' signature HUD.
(http://afterearth.m-cgi.com/graphics/gz/01.jpg)
They also have the worst faster than light travel system I've ever heard of. Bubble Travel (http://afterearth.m-cgi.com/info/bubbletheory.php ) It's like he's throwing in a black hole just to have it. I doubt he even knows it's a star.
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Originally posted by Striker
They also have the worst faster than light travel system I've ever heard of. Bubble Travel (http://afterearth.m-cgi.com/info/bubbletheory.php ) It's like he's throwing in a black hole just to have it. I doubt he even knows it's a star.
That's what happens when you use ideas you though of when you were in the bath......