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Off-Topic Discussion => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: Ashrak on August 24, 2006, 03:23:44 pm

Title: Darkstar one
Post by: Ashrak on August 24, 2006, 03:23:44 pm
OWNS! :)

first game i ever BOUGHT aside from FS2 ofc
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Fury on August 25, 2006, 12:03:17 am
What? It's out? *goes to buy*

Edit: Where the heck you found it from? It has not yet arrived to any stores here, or is not at least listed on any website.
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Mefustae on August 25, 2006, 12:06:07 am
Think Freelancer, but with a few minor changes. That, and voiceovers that sound like a bad translation. The demo isn't bad, but the terrible voice-work and blatant rip-offs from Freelancer just rub me the wrong way.

Edit: I've found it no problem in most of the stores I frequent. It's bloody 'Sword of the Stars' that nobody has listed. Damn, this is confusing.
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Prophet on August 25, 2006, 12:26:51 am
It's bloody 'Sword of the Stars' that nobody has listed. Damn, this is confusing.
You can say that one again... It's just that SotS has so low sys reqs that ingorant people think that its a bad game and it's not worth selling. That, and it's not first person shooter. :doubt:
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Fury on August 25, 2006, 12:41:40 am
SotS is scheduled to hit Europe sometime September, so it's too soon to find the game from anywhere else except USA.
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Prophet on August 25, 2006, 12:49:58 am
I know. And hopefully things will go better then. It is my experience that in Europe, and especially in Finland, games that require thinking (like SotS) sell better than in the simple and violent US of A. Games like Combat Mission and Silent Storm are virtually unknown out there. :(
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 25, 2006, 02:27:55 am
Is DS1 a MMORPG type thing, i hate having to be online to enjoya spacey game, Moddings the way forward.

Its good then i takei t :)
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Turnsky on August 25, 2006, 02:30:26 am
i'll haveta look up this one, i'm heading to an EB games in the next few weeks, i'll keep an eye out for it.
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Fury on August 25, 2006, 02:45:38 am
Is DS1 a MMORPG type thing
No, it is a single-player game. I don't know if there's multiplayer at all. And best of all, there are modding tools available already from the devs. At the moment the tools only support writing of new missions and models and textures may be altered but no new ones added. I'm quite confident that more extensive modding will be possible later even if it requires fan-made tools.
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Colonol Dekker on August 25, 2006, 02:58:47 am
Well if FS2 is anything to go by, Fan made tools are the way forwards anyway :D
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Ashrak on August 25, 2006, 02:14:23 pm
its not freelancer, stop saing that, only gay people think its freelancer
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Mefustae on August 25, 2006, 09:40:38 pm
its not freelancer, stop saing that, only gay people think its freelancer
:wtf:
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Ace on August 25, 2006, 10:51:22 pm
I had to get my SotS copy from Gamer's Gate. Direct 2 Drive has... well.. done bad things with encryption and such.
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Unknown Target on August 25, 2006, 11:13:28 pm
its not freelancer, stop saing that, only gay people think its freelancer

[stewie voice] Well you, sir, are a homo-secsual. [/stewie voice]
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Fury on August 27, 2006, 12:34:34 am
I ordered DS1 yesterday, so it better be good. :p
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Ashrak on August 27, 2006, 04:19:45 am
it is:p make sure you get lots of hull upgrades 5 spore cannons = pwn
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Mefustae on August 27, 2006, 04:22:12 am
I ordered DS1 yesterday, so it better be good. :p
You did try the demo, right?
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: spartan_0214 on August 31, 2006, 06:27:31 pm
I've only seen in in PCGamer. . .is it already out?   spartan goes out and grabs a copy
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Prophet on September 01, 2006, 01:03:51 am
What's with that main character, stupid weteared teenager with bright coloured jogging suit? At least Trent had some style, and a leather jacket. Anyway, tried the game. Looks promising, but I'm going to hold on for a while until I get me a new compootar. The asteroids really killed my rig during the frigging training. So it's down to the archives for that game.
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Ashrak on September 01, 2006, 05:56:44 am
got the DVD of the game and it rawks, although im afraid im gonna run out of artifacts before the ship is totally upgraded :(
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 01, 2006, 05:58:52 am
I've only seen in in PCGamer. . .is it already out?   spartan goes out and grabs a copy


It was on a recent Demo disc on UK pcgamer, Dunno about elsewhere  :nervous:
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: spartan_0214 on September 01, 2006, 09:18:46 am
spartan runs to go check current pcgamer cd. . . will report back.
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 01, 2006, 09:21:02 am
I believe there was a Demo of Rome total war on the same one (dvd version at least)   :yes:
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: spartan_0214 on September 01, 2006, 09:22:12 am
was there? you must tell me which disc (spartan is in school right now and can't check himself). . .
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 01, 2006, 09:25:44 am
Bah, On the PC gamer dvd from last month i think, there was a battlefield 2142 movie, Rome total war demo, A Darkstar one demo some HL2 addons and----------------


Freelancer addons (WOOT) They had FREESPACE ships for Freelancer, how did i forget that !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'll upload em monday, or at least post linkage...............I'm stuck in the devils a*$e that is Reading right now.
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Wobble73 on September 01, 2006, 09:27:46 am
Wobble wonders why Spartan refers to himself in the third person all the time?? :confused:
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: Colonol Dekker on September 01, 2006, 09:29:22 am
CD agrees with Wobble and ponders why..... [insert something in the style of "the wonder years"]

 :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Darkstar one
Post by: spartan_0214 on September 04, 2006, 09:57:13 pm
spartan asks, why not?