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Title: Starlancer
Post by: Thor on August 13, 2002, 12:27:07 pm: I have the opportunity to buy Starlancer really cheaply. I was wondering if it was worth buying and playing or not. If anyone has played it, let me know what you thought of it.

Edit: dam I forgot a poll. Put a 1 if you liked, 2 if you didn't and 3 if you aren't sure
Title: Starlancer
Post by: vyper on August 13, 2002, 12:36:30 pm: (1) it rocked

Alright - its not FreeSpace, but nothing ever really has been better. The graphics is superb, and I can remember some very cool moments involving me, a cloaking device and a big-ass-thing which I won't tell u about incase u actually buy the game.
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Post by: Pegasus V on August 14, 2002, 12:29:04 am: This is the prequel for Freelancer isn't it?
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Post by: Fineus on August 14, 2002, 02:39:24 am: Yep, if FL ever comes out.
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Post by: Pegasus V on August 14, 2002, 02:52:07 am: Quote
Originally posted by Thunder
Yep, if FL ever comes out.

Hehe, tell me about it! :rolleyes:
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on August 14, 2002, 01:51:37 pm: Hmm... Freelancer.

Freespace
Starlancer
anyone?

Since Starlancer was a rip-off of FS anyway, this is evil!
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Post by: Unknown Target on August 14, 2002, 02:08:54 pm: lol
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Post by: Fineus on August 14, 2002, 02:22:44 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of th VBB
Since Starlancer was a rip-off of FS anyway, this is evil!

How did you work that out? The story is totally different...the style is totally different...
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Post by: Thorn on August 14, 2002, 02:33:18 pm: Speaking of which... where in the nine hells is Mik?
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Post by: Nico on August 15, 2002, 05:47:56 am: Quote
Originally posted by Thunder

How did you work that out? The story is totally different...the style is totally different...

yeah, freespace style is good, starlancer style is not. this game can be resumed by "shoot down the torpedoes before they destroy your capship which is anyway useless coz it can't defend itself, can't kill other capships, can't do crap but annoying you by being target"
Title: Starlancer
Post by: NeoHunter on August 15, 2002, 06:45:24 am: In my own opinion, I think Starlancer is a so-so game with average graphics if you compare to FreeSpace. Some of the missions are almost difficult complete unless you died a few times then you will know the sequence of events in the mission. Your fighter can't do anything to big capital ships. Not like FreeSpace where you have bad ass torpedoes like the Cyclops and the Helios.

So, I give it a "buy-it-if-you-are-loaded".
Title: Starlancer
Post by: Thorn on August 15, 2002, 07:17:29 am: You can so do stuff to capships... you have to knock out the shields first....
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Post by: Windrunner on August 15, 2002, 12:12:26 pm: I recommend you to buy beacuse the dogfighting is awesome in SL
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Post by: Fineus on August 15, 2002, 12:15:59 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Thorn
You can so do stuff to capships... you have to knock out the shields first....

And you do get to fly bombers for a couple of the missions IIRC.

Also, the games got good graphics (although the backgrounds leave something to be desired the rest of it rawks).
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Post by: Stealth on August 15, 2002, 12:18:45 pm: what's this IIRC?

is this starlancer you're talking about? :)
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Post by: Thor on August 15, 2002, 12:20:19 pm: Apparently.
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Post by: Thorn on August 15, 2002, 12:25:02 pm: IIRC = If I Recall/Remember Correctly
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Post by: Ace on August 15, 2002, 03:29:44 pm: I thought the game was decent. The control scheme and way the ships handled I did not appreciate however. (It doesn't handle like WC/FS)

Missions I felt were a little dry, on average it was the same three mission types repeated over and over: Destroy enemies, defend target from torpedo, destroy subsystem. Though FS is limited to this type of gameplay, for some reason it seems less blunt about it then Starlancer.

However there are some memorable missions. The first with a wormhole, the unloading torpedoes into a Ruskie capship, and the flying inside of a hollowed-out asteroid are fun missions. Sadly it needed more missions like this IMHO.
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Post by: Nico on August 15, 2002, 06:38:02 pm: yeah, the wormhole one was very nice.
other bad point: you criticize FS2 AI? try and play Starlancer and oh! magic! after that, you'll think the :v: AI programmers are gods :p
to sum up: you can't do more stupid than Starlancer AI...
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on August 16, 2002, 01:20:27 pm: The only good thing about Starlancer is that the demo was really the full game! If you used the level skip cheat, you could paly any mission, evn those not included as part of the demo! You could also enter a cheat which allowed any ship and any weapon!
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Post by: Redfang on August 16, 2002, 01:38:24 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of th VBB
The only good thing about Starlancer is that the demo was really the full game! If you used the level skip cheat, you could paly any mission, evn those not included as part of the demo! You could also enter a cheat which allowed any ship and any weapon!

:wtf::wtf::wtf:

Really? :wtf:
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on August 17, 2002, 02:31:21 pm: I'm almost certain. a mate of mine had the demo, and I'm sure he went througt all the game's missions.
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Post by: Kamikaze on August 19, 2002, 03:35:28 am: Sorry to dig this up.... but has anyone confirmed this?
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Post by: Redfang on August 19, 2002, 06:56:14 am: Actually that isn't possible. The demo is about 60MB and it can't have it all. Besides why would they put all those missions and data and graphics to demo version?
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on August 19, 2002, 01:49:08 pm: You are right actually, I've been speaking to this mate of mine and it turns out that for this to work you need to download "some extra files". Probably the missions.
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Post by: Kamikaze on August 19, 2002, 01:56:00 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Petrarch of th VBB
You are right actually, I've been speaking to this mate of mine and it turns out that for this to work you need to download "some extra files". Probably the missions.

Hmm... that's pretty cool, do you know exactly which "extra files"?
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on August 19, 2002, 02:01:18 pm: No, unfortunately.
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Post by: Redfang on August 19, 2002, 02:11:03 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Kamikaze

Hmm... that's pretty cool, do you know exactly which "extra files"?

That'd be illegal... :doubt: And don't you have FS2?
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Post by: Kamikaze on August 19, 2002, 02:18:52 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Redfang

That'd be illegal... :doubt: And don't you have FS2?

Hey, I never said that I'd actually do it :rolleyes: Yeah, I have FS2 but I try to play all the Spacesims I can. I think I saw starlancer around for cheap anyway... *kamikaze goes searching on ebay*
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Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on August 21, 2002, 01:34:42 pm: Well when the source-coders start releasing stuff, FS will encompass starlancer, anyway.
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Post by: gevatter Lars on August 23, 2002, 06:24:54 am: Has anyone here ever played the Germany version?
If you understand german buy it and you will laugh about the sincro of the voices. Everyone has its own dialect. English (Texan maybe), Japanis and so one. Even the germans have there dialect...can't remember that I ever had such one ^___^
Its just funy...ok most people don't like it, but I think it makes much of the atmosphere in the game...since all members of your wing are from different countries its realistic that they don't speak a perfect german.
Don't know about the english version, is it the same there?

About the problem that fighters can destroy caps...have you seen how big this Tropedos are? Show me a fighter that can carrie them! OK you could say the designers should make them smaller, but with this bomber protection becomes a realy importent part of the game..in Freespace you can use you fighter or leave it to a cap ship.
Beside that the weapon tech in StarLancer is not that far as in Freespace2.
Title: Starlancer
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on August 23, 2002, 02:21:34 pm: Hmmm, yes. The accent/dialect thing is very similar to The Darkening. Many's the time i've heard a russian say, "Where I go, death follows."
Title: Starlancer
Post by: Thor on August 25, 2002, 07:22:29 pm: I think I'm going to pick it up. It also comes with Crimson Skies (I already have that:mad: ) and Metal Gear Solid (:D ) Thanks for the help.
Title: Starlancer
Post by: LtNarol on August 25, 2002, 08:06:34 pm: Quote
Originally posted by Thorn
Speaking of which... where in the nine hells is Mik?
He's currently in the 8th, making his way down to the Devil in the 9th...also known as the terrible world of C++ learning associated with Metrowerks Codewarrior. For those of you who dont know what it is, its a C++ compiler and the work of the Devil....