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Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: Unknown Target on May 03, 2005, 06:50:27 pm

What do you guys think? :) I wrote this for a gaming site.

http://game-overdrive.com/site/modules/sections/index.php?op=viewarticle&artid=43

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: WeatherOp on May 03, 2005, 07:38:08 pm

I give your review a 5.0 :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: Goober5000 on May 03, 2005, 11:28:29 pm

Nice. :)

Though the code was released in 2002, not 2001. :p

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: WMCoolmon on May 03, 2005, 11:52:46 pm

Quote

Wednesday, April 24, 2002
FreeSpace 2 Source Code Released
- Posted by: IceFire @ 04:13 PM CST - Post Comment

Take a breath people, this is a very momentous and historic occasion for the FreeSpace community and for all FreeSpace fans. FreeSpace 2 Source Code has been released.

All of the countless changes, fixes, and modifications that we've all wanted to make to FreeSpace 2 are now possible. I am the last person to ask about the possibilities that this opens up for projects like The Babylon Project, but its definately a major event.

Download the source code here.

No doubt more on this later.

A bit of history. ;)

Also, the official SCP site is @ scp.indiegames.us; it's easier to find the releases there, although more people hang around HLP to help.

On a side note, I think it'd be cool if the article ended with the mini of this pic (Maybe flipped so the Perseus flies left to right, it's more symbolic that way):

(http://fs2source.warpcore.org/wmcscreenies/derelict/perseusawesome.jpg) (http://fs2source.warpcore.org/wmcscreenies/derelict/perseusawesome.png)

Although I am, of course, a little biased. ;)

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: EtherShock on May 04, 2005, 04:11:43 pm

Sweet! :yes: Although only us westerners would get that symbolism. It's all relative, you know?

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: StratComm on May 04, 2005, 04:17:13 pm

Admittedly, primarily westerners will be the ones reading the article in the first place.  Though the whole "into the future" thing only lends itself to a comparison really.

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: WMCoolmon on May 04, 2005, 06:02:51 pm

Well, yeah, although I figure anyone reading english will be used to the left->right being seen as 'going forward' since that's the way the language is laid out.

I don't know if the same would go for Hebrew, or whatever, actually. The Romans viewed the whole time thing as walking backwards, since you can 'see' what's come before, but can't see what's coming up.

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: Flipside on May 04, 2005, 06:25:07 pm

(http://www.aqsx85.dsl.pipex.com/perseusawesome.jpg)

Go Japan! ;)

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: BlackDove on May 04, 2005, 06:30:04 pm

:lol:

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: FireCrack on May 04, 2005, 06:39:06 pm

I'm preety sure "up" is symbolic to all mankind.

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: WMCoolmon on May 04, 2005, 06:43:12 pm

How about 45 degrees counter-clockwise?

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: Flipside on May 04, 2005, 06:46:06 pm

LOL

That'd be my handwriting ;)

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: Turambar on May 04, 2005, 06:48:21 pm

"A visual orgy of delight"

we loves it!

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: EtherShock on May 04, 2005, 08:28:58 pm

Actually, any orientation would make sense, because this is Freespace.  There really isn't an up or down in space. Would you even be able to tell you were if you didn't have a point to refer to? Probably not. Let's make it 3D. :p

Title: Freespace Open review
Post by: Singh on May 04, 2005, 11:40:11 pm

Good review :yes: certianly better than anything I could throw out.

Noticed 2/4 of those screenshots were from desperation chapter 2 :p