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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: TrashMan on February 02, 2005, 05:44:54 pm

Title: waht do you think of Starshatter?
Post by: TrashMan on February 02, 2005, 05:44:54 pm

I jsut played the demo...and ..man..

first off, it looks great - you can fly fighters, bombers (in space and in atmosphere) cruisers, frigates and carriers.

The flight system seems very realistic - the physics can be set to newtonian or arcade - the weapons themselves are very real (fighters have fixed laser and several externally attached missiles that are VERY deadly).
The HUD and it's many modes look like they have been taken from a modern aircraft, and controls of bigger capships is excellent (when you control a carier you can command it's entire fighter complement into tiny details) and you can make in-game quantum jumps to other systems/planets.
In the demo I left my frigate and fighters to fight while I jumped back to the safety of my homeworld (by accident.. I couldn't find a way to turn off the jump drive while it was charging).

The ony two possible bad things about it I can think of are:

- capshis aren't awe inspireing (they are small and wits just a few turrets, but that's nothing a mod can't fix)

- missions seem to be generated on teh fly (thus, rather generic)


All in all, judging by the demo, it seems to me like a awensome potential. I only hope misisons aren't as generic in the ful lversion.

Title: waht do you think of Starchrusher?
Post by: Ghostavo on February 02, 2005, 05:46:15 pm

Starshatter?

Title: waht do you think of Starchrusher?
Post by: Deepblue on February 02, 2005, 05:53:50 pm

Sounds exactly like Starshatter.

Title: waht do you think of Starchrusher?
Post by: Col. Fishguts on February 02, 2005, 05:56:52 pm

Got link ?

Title: waht do you think of Starchrusher?
Post by: Ghostavo on February 02, 2005, 05:59:21 pm

I can't find anything on this Starchrusher, but like Deepblue said, this sounds identical to Starshatter so...

http://www.starshatter.com/screenshots.htm

Title: waht do you think of Starchrusher?
Post by: aldo_14 on February 02, 2005, 06:29:19 pm

Mistranslation possibly?

Oh, and I think the modded ships for Starshatter (i.e. from DamoclesX) really show off that games engine more than the stock one.... I think starshatter was a one man project.

Title: waht do you think of Starchrusher?
Post by: TrashMan on February 02, 2005, 06:53:18 pm

DAmn....I didn't even noticed I wrote starchrusher insted of starchrusher. (starchrusher is a battleship in a H2 mod I'm working on)

so yes.. I ment STARSHATTER.

Title: waht do you think of Starchrusher?
Post by: Taristin on February 02, 2005, 06:53:50 pm

You did it again. ;)

Title: waht do you think of Starchrusher?
Post by: Swamp_Thing on February 02, 2005, 08:14:52 pm

I have a game called Starshatter, but it hardly sounds the same you are all talking about, though. I can´t even get mouse support on it. If i recall, the first mission shows you launching from a hangar (starbase or carrier) in space.
Can´t say i was impressed, because i really wasn´t. Not my cup of tea.

Title: waht do you think of Starchrusher?
Post by: Deepblue on February 02, 2005, 08:28:50 pm

The stock stuff isn't that good, but Milo (the sole creator) is updating it for Dx9 and Dem X's mods which already look awesome will be able to take advantage of bump-mapping etc.