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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: Riptide on July 13, 2012, 12:37:20 am
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Here is a link to a new Freespace article in what I hope to be a weekly posting of an old game worth dusting off and trying again. With Freespace 2 being my favorite game of pretty much all time, I thought it would be a good one to start off with. For your enjoyment, and to continue the tradition of encouraging new gamers to join the ranks of the Galactic Terran Vasudan Alliance, here's a link to some new Freespace 2 praise:
http://postgamer.net/gamers-nostalgia-freespace-2/
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Ohh Ohh Ohh, a new Freespace 2 article! :pimp:
Great job!
+ I got one more excuse to watch that FSOpen trailer again! :yes: :yes2:
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Ohh Ohh Ohh, a new Freespace 2 article! :pimp:
Great job!
+ I got one more excuse to watch that FSOpen trailer again! :yes: :yes2:
You mean other than 100k views gets us another video?
And awesome! Finaly a place that wasn't afraid to link MVPs images. :D
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really if you add up the views from all the reposts we might already be at 100K i saw one with at least 15k and there are probably others
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It's a decent article, but it implies that upgrading the graphics engine is the only thing the SCP has been doing. That short-changes all the rest of the hard work that has been done.
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Well, to the casual viewer, the graphical upgrades are what stands out the most to people.
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Well, to the casual viewer, the graphical upgrades are what stands out the most to people.
Sad, but true. :blah:
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I don't think it's sad so much as unavoidable. If you're taking a first look at the game, of course you're going to see all of the awesome new shinies, but the under-the-hood stuff is obscured enough that the casual observer probably won't pick up on it. Hell, there's probably a lot that I'd miss myself. That doesn't make it any less important, though.
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I for one value gameplOMG THEY GOT SHINY!!! :lol:
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It's soooooo outdated.. But good they draw attention to all the work being done here.
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I don't think it's sad so much as unavoidable.
Hasn't it been a conscious choice, even, to cause the gameplay of retail FS not to change or change as little as possible? You can't really complain about achieving the desired effect.
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nicely written article. As for the debate on graphics over other improvements, things like speed and enhanced modding features is a little difficult to promote to someone with no previous experience with the game.
one little nickpick though
(http://postgamer.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/misc-ships.jpg)
shows the pre mesh upgraded Hatty and Cain/Lilith models
But as I say a well written article!
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Plus, if it inspires people that haven't ever played FS2 to give it a shot, well...they won't know what the gameplay was like before anyway.
Might be worth mentioning the AI is certainly a lot less derpy and the engine is light-years more flexible, though.
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Plus, if it inspires people that haven't ever played FS2 to give it a shot, well...they won't know what the gameplay was like before anyway.
Might be worth mentioning the AI is certainly a lot less derpy and the engine is light-years more flexible, though.
it still cant avoid the broad side of the Bastion
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i don't know about the AI thing. i saw one playing pong inside the strut section of a raynor, and i still get wingmen trying to hump my fighter.
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You guys go try to catch a Loki with a Myrmidon with Fury's AI in Insane and we'll talk, ok ? :p
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Customising the AI's combat side is much improved, but it's navigation will remain the butt of the communities jokes for a long time yet to come.
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Hey, it just wouldn't be FS without pants-on-head stupid wingmen, would it? :p
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Hey, it just wouldn't be FS without pants-on-head stupid wingmen, would it? :p
that has to be horribly uncomfortably have you seen how bulky space pants are?
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But those are pretty darn durable, ya gotta agree on that.
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My apologies guys! I by no means meant to undermine the extreme efforts you've all done at SCP. I was merely stressing the graphics because that would be the thing a new comer to the series would notice first.
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Well, you'll just have to write another article then. :D