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Title: What's this game?
Post by: General Battuta on November 23, 2010, 08:50:34 am
How odd. I have never heard of these. (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/11/23/its-a-wrap-battle-for-endor/#more-44676)
Title: Re: What's this game?
Post by: FekLeyrTarg on November 23, 2010, 09:32:05 am
These are Bruno R. Marcos' Battle of Yavin and Battle of Endor, arcade games.
http://www.bruneras.com/
Title: Re: What's this game?
Post by: chief1983 on November 23, 2010, 09:34:10 am
I think I played those back in the day.
Title: Re: What's this game?
Post by: Thaeris on November 23, 2010, 02:33:15 pm
All that game is missing is the kill annunciators from Unreal Tournament.

 :D
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Post by: swashmebuckle on November 23, 2010, 03:02:09 pm
Damn, I thought our combat was fast paced.  That dude killed like 20 TIEs/minute.
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Post by: zookeeper on November 23, 2010, 03:48:43 pm
Yeah, they're great games, I played those a lot 1-2 years ago.

I prefer BoE since the trench run is so very boring, and my record is 455 TIEs. ;7 Unfortunately I died in the last stage, and my best score when winning is a measly 421.
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Post by: Angelus on November 23, 2010, 05:20:06 pm
it's fun for a short while. Have to try BoE at some point.
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Post by: Galemp on November 23, 2010, 05:40:54 pm
That looks really bland.
Title: Re: What's this game?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on November 24, 2010, 04:49:51 am
That is not fast paced, that is a lot of one hit kills.
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Post by: bobbtmann on November 24, 2010, 12:23:29 pm
It reminds me of whack-a-mole.
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Post by: ChaosityZ on November 24, 2010, 11:58:00 pm
The graphics kinda suck, but actually fun to play if you only have 10 minutes to shoot around before running out the door.  I see they have a graphic upgrade pack, but I havent downloaded it yet.  Stupid file share site making me wait 18 minutes.
Title: Re: What's this game?
Post by: Thaeris on November 25, 2010, 01:30:25 am
You know, sometimes retro is all you need or want. For something like this, crappy graphics are just fine, as it brings back the great old memories of X-Wing or TIE Fighter, albeit without the single-color polygons or engaging storyline... or more dynamic control environment...

 :nervous:

However, one should keep in mind what this is: a 3D SHMUP. A free 3D SHMUP, to say the least. Would be nice if you could select which fighter you wanted to fly, though.
Title: Re: What's this game?
Post by: Commander Zane on November 25, 2010, 12:51:55 pm
That is not fast paced, that is a lot of one hit kills.
Isn't that normal against TIE ships? :P
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Post by: TopAce on November 25, 2010, 12:53:20 pm
Death Stars, too. :P
Title: Re: What's this game?
Post by: Pred the Penguin on November 26, 2010, 08:41:50 am
That is not fast paced, that is a lot of one hit kills.
Isn't that normal against TIE ships? :P
But it seems they die a little to easily, no?

Remember that even the aa guns on the Falcon took awhile to take down just 4 Ties.

In any case, from what I've seen from videos of FotG so far, the team won't be turn gameplay into that.
Title: Re: What's this game?
Post by: SpardaSon21 on November 26, 2010, 01:47:03 pm
A TIE Fighter's best defense is not getting hit since it has paper armoring.  Keep in mind that in these two games the player is firing a quad-linked blast from his laser cannons, and that will probably take out a TIE in a single hit if they all connect.  Han and Luke probably took so long to down those TIE's because they couldn't hit the maneuverable bastards.
Title: Re: What's this game?
Post by: CountBuggula on November 26, 2010, 06:36:46 pm
A TIE Fighter's best defense is not getting hit since it has paper armoring.  Keep in mind that in these two games the player is firing a quad-linked blast from his laser cannons, and that will probably take out a TIE in a single hit if they all connect.  Han and Luke probably took so long to down those TIE's because they couldn't hit the maneuverable bastards.

Also - I haven't played the game yet, but from the video it looks like the TIEs are pretty much just flying around in straight lines or in gentle arcs, and not maneuvering much, which would account for them getting blown up so easily.  Certainly a far cry from what it looks like playing X-Wing Alliance with a bunch of Top-Ace TIE Fighters as your opponents.
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Post by: SpardaSon21 on November 26, 2010, 06:38:41 pm
Yeah.  If the TIE's were actually flying like they should, it would be a massacre for the Rebels.
Title: Re: What's this game?
Post by: Vertigo 7 on January 03, 2011, 08:14:21 am
yes i must resurrect this thread!

as far as moving in straight lines and slow steady arcs.... there is wisdom to this type of combat manouvering.... observe

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEI5zdYk3Yg
Title: Re: What's this game?
Post by: WOLF_Angel on January 03, 2011, 12:45:02 pm
The thought of that........just...........burns!