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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: terran_emperor on March 12, 2009, 02:55:25 pm
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I am sure that this has come up before. but what is you guys' all time favourite mission and why?
Mine is the Second to Last mission (forgotten it's name) in Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius
Reasons:
Fantastic mission - basically an uber escourt mission in the middle, with wave after wave of Shivan fighters and bombers, in the middle of a battle between 2 of the biggest ships ever seen in FS outside of Inferno (AFAIK). It is one of the most intense missions i've ever played. The only other ones that are that intense are the final proper mission in S:AH chapter 4 and the second to last mission in INFR1.
Very Challenging even on Very Easy difficulty. Suffice to say that on Insane lvl it will be a f***ing slaughter house. Hell even using cheats to make myself invincible and have unlimited secondaries it's still a challenge to get all allies through.
Fantastic Level music - It's Harkonnen Force from "Emperor: Battle for Dune" for Kami-sama's sake. Anthing that uses David Akenstone's Harkonnen soundtrack from that game is going to be awesome
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Clash Of The Titans from FS1.
For me, it's the perfect level for Squadron Leaders. Do you chose to have a wing of bombers destroy the Tantalus before it can launch the bombers, or do you chose to let The Bastion take the Tantalus and handle the fighters and bombers yourself. Both have their strong points and weak points.
However, I absolutly detest flying in SubSpace. SubSpace missions make me feel nausous.
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Hoo boy. So many good ones.
'Forced Entry' from Blue Planet.
At least one mission from Derelict (can't remember which.)
'He Who Rides The Tiger' from ST:R.
'White Noise/Transcendence' from Transcend.
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Clash Of The Titans from FS1.
For me, it's the perfect level for Squadron Leaders. Do you chose to have a wing of bombers destroy the Tantalus before it can launch the bombers, or do you chose to let The Bastion take the Tantalus and handle the fighters and bombers yourself. Both have their strong points and weak points.
However, I absolutly detest flying in SubSpace. SubSpace missions make me feel nausous.
I'm guessing your least favourite mission is Doomsday (FS1) :lol:
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Do you mean 'Good Luck'?
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No. The Galatea is destroyed in Doomsday and admiral wolf with it...apparently
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OR WAS HE?!
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OR WAS HE?!
since i stand a good chance of meeting him next friday (20th) unless there is a change of plans, i'll assume he survived and was time warped to the present day...
But my all time favourite missions are these uber escort missions where wave after wave of enemy fighters come after you.
Clash of the Titans I and II, Apocalypse, Forced Entry from BP, the ones i mentioned in my first post
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Apocalypse for me... On higher difficulties the mission is absolute hell, and very believable.. Though I'm reduced to a crisp most of the time that i play it, i enjoy it every time.
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Avenging Angels
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'Nemesis' from INFR1. It was awesome even on the twentieth retry.
'Memento Mori' from Derelict. Donno, maybe the name of the mission just stuck to me...
there's a few more that I can't quite recall off the top of my head...
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Got several favourite missions . . .
- "Killer Rabbit" from Derelict. Absolutely loved every moment of totally annihilating the two cargo depots even if some explosions were scripted or not.
- Certainly "He Who Rides the Tiger" from ST:R. The best from that campaign IMO.
- "First Aberrations" from DEM. Hilariously funny coupled with some good fighting in there as well.
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"Hail Mary..."
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Their Finest Hour had potential, but sadly [V] did thrash a large part of the mission for God knows what reasons (money, likely!)
Otherwise my favorite would have to be... ehm... Dunkerque? I just love lobbing dual trebuchets at enemy bombers from +4 clicks...
Frankly I believe that over half my kills during my last replay of the entire campaign were from missiles and rockets - Very effective if you know how to use them, especially in dogfights! :nod:
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Some of my favorites where from BP... can't single them out now, and I'm planning on replaying several campaigns, so I'll come back later.
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Frankenstein's Monsters ( BP ),
Forced Entry ( BP ),
Pistols at Dawn ( SAH ),
Apocalypse ( FS2 ),
Gigas ( INFR1 ),
A mission from one of the EW related campaigns.
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My favorites are:
Forced Entry (Blue Planet)
The mission in Derelict where the Nyarlathotep wakes up (amazingly awesome "OH SH*T" moment)
Aaaand the single greatest mission ever?
*drumroll*
JAD2, where the mission starts with an insane YMCA lightshow which gets smashed to pieces by Derek Smart.
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"Forced Entry" - BP
"A Game of TAG" - FS2
"Mystery of the Trinity" - FS2
"Slaying Ravana" - FS2
"Wonderland" - JAD:SSE
"Their Finest Hour" - FS2
"As Lightning Fall" - FS2
"Endgame" - FS2
"A Flaming Sword" - FS2
"Dunkerque" - FS2
"I Did Not Get Paid For This" - JAD3:SoaP
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"Forced Entry" - BP
"A Game of TAG" - FS2
"Mystery of the Trinity" - FS2
"Slaying Ravana" - FS2
"Wonderland" - JAD:SSE
"Their Finest Hour" - FS2
"As Lightning Fall" - FS2
"Endgame" - FS2
"A Flaming Sword" - FS2
"Dunkerque" - FS2
"I Did Not Get Paid For This" - JAD3:SoaP
LOL I'm actually kinda relieved to see someone else post a JAD mission.
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A mission from one of the EW related campaigns.
Shameless Plug? :P
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In FSPort the first mission - Orff... these backgrounds, this climax... great mission
In FS2 Dunkerque IIRC
The most epic wtf is the entry of Ravana (sathanas is doubled, so it isn't so good)
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My favorite is
"Into the Lion's Den" "A Lion at the Door". The first one with shivans in FS2, mostly because of the sheer badassness of being able to fly a herc II for the first time. I haven't played it higher than normal, but it seems pretty easy overall.
EDIT: "Into the Lion's Den" Is still really good.
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My favorite is "Into the Lion's Den" (? title?). The first one with shivans in FS2, mostly because of the sheer badassness of being able to fly a herc II for the first time. I haven't played it higher than normal, but it seems pretty easy overall.
Into the Lion's Den is 'DIVE DIVE DIVE!'
You're talking about 'A lion at the door'.
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True that. It had 'Lion' in it, so I got confused. Into the Lion's Den is still really badass too.
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I think A lion a the Door is probably my favourite too. Certainly memorable as the first pitch battle with beams.
I always liked A Flaming Sword too. Got a real Sci-fi matinee feel to it. Music felt especially apt too.
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The field of Battle (FS1)
Clash of the Titans (FS1)
The Romans Blunder (FS2)
The Great Hunt (FS2)
Proving Grounds (FS2)
Bearbaiting (FS2)
Straight, no Chaser (FS2)
Dunkerque (FS2)
The Stars are Right (Derelict)
Dead Reckoning (Flames of War Chapter 1)
Deep Gouge (Cardinal Spear)
A Spear in the Dark (Cardinal Spear)
Proving Grounds (Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius)
Fallen Angel (Blue Planet: Age of Aquarius)
Through the Minefield (Procyon Insurgency)
and i think i forget many many more..
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"Dive, Dive, Dive, hit your burners pilot!"
"Wha?"
*splat*