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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Warlock on July 06, 2002, 09:34:49 am

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Warlock on July 06, 2002, 09:34:49 am

Well....it's time to replace good old FS2 online I guess,...anyone have any suggestions ? From what I've seen in stores lately it seems this genere has been sleeping for a couple years :(

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Fineus on July 06, 2002, 09:45:57 am

Do you mean a new online game or a new offline game?

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Warlock on July 06, 2002, 09:48:58 am

Either really. I hate having all these flightsticks just sitting here.

But online is prefered.

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: aldo_14 on July 06, 2002, 10:00:04 am

There's a few big onlineonly space games...stuff like Star Wars:Galaxies, Earth and Beyond and Eve ar ein-progress...

There's a few space sims in progress - not sure if they're online - too... can only remeber Freelancer offhand, but there are a few other ones... I'll try and dig up an old thread.....

(gotcha - :) )

http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,5627.0.html

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Ryx on July 06, 2002, 10:34:59 am

There's also Elite 4 (http://www.frontier.co.uk/games/elite4/index.html). There's a FAQ at the official site, but I haven't looked at it.

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Rictor on July 06, 2002, 11:02:02 am

http://www.3rdworld.cc/
http://www.eschaton-online.com/

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Carl on July 06, 2002, 11:04:57 am

NO! ONLY FREESPACE!!!!1111oneoneoneonetwo

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Warlock on July 06, 2002, 01:12:22 pm

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Originally posted by Rictor
http://www.3rdworld.cc/
http://www.eschaton-online.com/

Checking out Eschaton now...looks pretty wicked so far...is it out or in the making still ?

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Thorn on July 06, 2002, 01:25:06 pm

Allegiance... dont remember the link.. by Microsoft...

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Ryx on July 06, 2002, 06:09:06 pm

Bridge Commander :wink:

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Warlock on July 06, 2002, 06:12:54 pm

heh I don't really call Bridge Commander a Space Flight Combat Sim :D

Basically anything along the lines of FreeSpace, StarLancer, XWA, etc. Especially if it's got a good MP side to it.

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Thorn on July 06, 2002, 08:09:29 pm

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Originally posted by Thorn
Allegiance

The multiplayer is damn fun, two teams, each a different faction. Each faction has unique ships. You start off with a base, you can go hop in a fighter (if there are any docked/built) or the turret of a capship (ditto), or take the commaders job, order ships around, build new bases in other systems, harvest resources, research new technology...
Incredibly fun, just no one knows about the damn game :/

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Dark_4ce on July 07, 2002, 03:22:26 am

I want a space sim with eye popping explosions, great special effects and star backgrounds, dozens of huge ships, hundreds of fighters duking it out between them, evading flak and certgain death, great plot, good textures, and great voice acting! Aaah, Freespace 2, there it is.... :D

But seriously, I want a game that is ATLEAST as immersive as FS2, with great chunky explosions, that shake you're ship and good gameplay. Oh well, the way things are going now, all we can expect anymore for the PC are MMRPGS, RTS's, FPS's, and maybe the occasional The Sims release... Too bad. :(

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Stunaep on July 08, 2002, 06:58:32 am

well, there is I-war (ever checked the forums main page :p ), Freelancer, which is soon to be released (for about 3-4 years now), a lot of space-rts' in the making, thats about all I can think off the head.

I-war of course isn't too online, but it's well worth the $10 they ask for it.

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: JR2000Z on July 08, 2002, 01:29:51 pm

I know it's not new, but is Homeworld a flight sim?

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Megadude on July 08, 2002, 01:39:56 pm

no, it's a space rts.  Damn good game though.

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: SlipStream on July 08, 2002, 03:07:55 pm

Hey Ricter, how did you hear about those games. I never even herd about them untill now.

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Black Sheep on July 09, 2002, 04:51:13 pm

New sim:

"I've Found her" (ifh.firstones.com)

"Homeplanet" (same engine like IFH: http://homeplanet.revoltgames.com/ (currently down)).

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: Sandwich on July 09, 2002, 05:25:50 pm

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Originally posted by Carl
NO! ONLY FREESPACE!!!!1111oneoneoneonetwo

ROFL! - The mandatory "!!!1" strikes again! :p

And dang, Eschaton _does_ look good!

Title: New Space Flight Combat Sims ??
Post by: tems on July 13, 2002, 07:03:17 pm

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originally posted by Ryx:
There's also Elite 4. There's a FAQ at the official site, but I haven't looked at it.

i just checked that link and found out you can get elite frontier as shareware(only £5).
downloading as i write this.
i hope this just aint nostalgia gettin the best of me cos i played mike tyson's punch out the other day and it turns out that that game was not nearly as good as i remember