[Baron MacDoblin]

So, like, I was whoring Fileplanet like always, and I saw Starshatter, and I thought, oh, cool, I always wanted to try it, I see there's a demo now. So I did, and I started up, and I saw the really nice main screen, and thought, whoa, this is cool, so I started the training campaign and said, nice ships, really different feel, and then I took off and went in the airplane and steering and thought OMG LOL LOL THIS IS JUST LIKE FALCOLN 2342424241!!!!!! and I wet myself. And then I played the capships steering and all and went W00T W00T W00T THIS IS LIKE THE WING COMMANDER MOVIE ONLY NOT AS SUCKY!!!!1111111111111111

In all seriousness, I am helluva impressed - AND THAT'S SAYING SOMETHING. I love how different Starshatter is from just about every other space game, ever - why did it take so long to get the idea of "flight sims in space"? The more I see of it, the more impressed I am.

http://www.starshatter.com

[Stryke 9]

Soooo... I-War clone, then? Or flight sim as in "actual gravity and air resistance in deep space"? They didn't make it too clear on the website, and I worry...

[01010]

Better than sex?

[mikhael]

Iwar2 is a flight sim in space. Everything else has been arcade shooters in space.

So, Starshatter: is it freespace style shooter, or Iwar2 style sim? Either way if it can at least give me the fun of Wing Commander 1 AND FLY BY STICK I'll probably buy it.

In going to download the demo, I noticed some screenshots. Is it just me, or is this like the UGLIEST HUD EVAR? I guess I'll see when I fire up the game later.

[Stryke 9]

Ugliest HUD? It was the models that offended my eyes, didn't notice anything terribly bad about the interface.

[mikhael]

Interesting. Control wasn't bad. Models were kinda skank.

Transitioning from LEO to air flight was kinda groovy. Starfighters don't handle well in atmosphere. In fact, it seems, they handle like you're on the other side of a link with really bad latency. Its all mollasses.

Padlock view is rockin. Only problem is that it takes the frames/sec to sec/frame.

Combat... well, I haven't got to that. So far its like Wing Commander wth some old school hard flight sim action going on. I'm not sure how much I like that. I'll wait for further developments before I pass judgment though.

[an0n]

How would half of these 'tards know wether it was better than sex?

Hell, they're still overwhelmed by things like chocolate.

[Stryke 9]

He may be referring to the type of sex that doesn't really require another person.

[an0n]

Dog-sex?

[Unknown Target]

an0n, I've noticed lately you've really been going on about no one ever being layed You just get your first one?


Anyway, yes, Starshatter is cool, yes the graphics are pretty neat, yes it has modding ability, but the interface is a bit too complex.

It is sort of a space sim, as it does have realistic physics, it's just that every ship's maneuvering is pumped up to the extreme.

[an0n]

Originally posted by Unknown Target
an0n, I've noticed lately you've really been going on about no one ever being layed You just get your first one?

Yeah. Your mom was great.

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]Enough of the crap guys.
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[an0n]

Pfff. Spoil-sport.

*activates Maeg's kill-switch*

[Stryke 9]

[Watches Shrike twitch and fall to the floor]

Dude. Number three, not five.

[karajorma]

Let's get back to the really important point of this topic.

Since when has sex been trademarked?

[Martinus]

[color=66ff00]Since God filed the patent.
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[an0n]

No, it was during that People Vs Larry Flint trial.

Flint trademarked the word Sex™ so the proper documentation couldn't be filed to send him to jail.

[Whitelight]

Hmmm, sounds like a good space sim, but I have one question, no not about sex  

If I spend time to download this not knowing how big the file is,  will it even run on a 600mhz, just wondering what the minimum mhz, or rather what is required  to run it.

[Stryke 9]

If you have sex with your motherboard, yes.

[Baron MacDoblin]

Oh neat, I wise brosing the Starshatter forums and apparently one guy made a FS mod all by himself. The search function is down though so I can't say anything about that.