[Deathstorm V2]

I know this is a sore topic, but I thought it would be worth sharing:

Just bought the September issue of PC Gamer, and it had the following snippit:

"You practically have to be an OAP these days to remember the brilliant Freespace space combat game but, nevertheless, Part Three is being considered by Derek Smart of Universal Combat fame."

Also, Freespace moved up from 24th to 23rd in their "Top 100 Games" list for 2004.

Sorry if I repeated anything you know, but you know what happens when you search for "Freespace 3"...

[TopAce]

OAP?

[karajorma]

Old Age Pensioner (i.e over 60 years old)

FS3 topics aren't taboo if they are about something new

It's only when they repeat the same tired old stuff that people complain.

[Deathstorm V2]

Okay, I guess you can hate me.  Just noticed the older Derek Smart thread - don't know how the hell I missed that.  

Anyway, if any admins out there feel like deleting this thread, go right ahead.

[Hippo]

Think we should write them?

[karajorma]

The fact it's in PCGamer makes it somewhat new even if we all knew about Derek Smart.

And the fact that it moved FS2 up a notch doesn't hurt either

Leave the topic open I say.

[TopAce]

Open the old one and let the discussion continue there, instead.

[kode]

didn't people mail them about that? if so, that could be why they know it.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by TopAce
Open the old one and let the discussion continue there, instead.

Reopen the Derek Smart thread? Are you mad? I'd rather try to teach ebola infected monkeys to dance!

[TopAce]

Everyone is hostile today. I wonder why.

[karajorma]

I'm not hostile TopAce. But I have to question your sanity if you think the DS thread should be reopened. It was a 200+ post flamefest. It would be ridiculous to open it again. I'm shocked you even suggested it.

[aldo_14]

It's worth that same magazine had their top 100 games of all time listing in it;

at number 23 came Freespace 2

"We pray nightly for a Freespace 3.  This is one of the all time great space sims, that still bears comparison to modern peers like Freelancer or X2.  Moment to saviour: nervously cruising through a dense nebula searching for a wayward battlegroup, only for the dust to clear in front of a truly terrifying battlecruiser, armed to the teeth with vast lasers and multiple gun ports"

Incidentally, that puts it ahead of (amongst others) Grim Fandango (25), PES3 (26), Quake 3(27), Doom 2(32), Homeworld 2(39), Syndicate (41), Starcraft (42), UFO (50), Fallout 2(53), TIE-Fighter (62), Sam & Max (66)...... it's also the highest ranked space sim, with neither X2, Freelancer nor any of the Wing Commander games mentioned.

EDIT; why the hell didn;t I notice this mentioned in the first post?  Must have been the red mist from seeing Derek Sma...nope, can;t bring myself to finish that name.

[Gloriano]

OMG OMG! Fr33sp4ce 3 made by D something) oh my god when this END!!!!?


But then Again I didn'/don't Really care about DS thing. FS2 is enough for me years to come BIG thanks to SCP team

[Taristin]

Think if PCGamer knew about the SCP, they'd move FS2 up a few pegs higher?

Editted: because I can't think and type at the same time, and hope to spell things correctly.

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Raa
Thionk of PCGamer knew about the SCP, they'd move FS2 up a few pegs higher?

Bloody well should.

Actually, someone should inform them of this - IIRC they are inviting readers to write in with retrospective looks at games and mod news, etc.

[Taristin]

I'm writing them now.

[karajorma]

What I find interesting is that a year later when more games have come out FS2 moves up the list. Maybe they already know about the SCP and that is what is causing the upward trend even if they didn't pimp it.

It's either that or PCGamer getting nostalgic for space sims and bemoaning the fact that nothing better than FS2 has come out since.

[Taristin]

Or the utter crap being released lately is making FS2 look even better by comparison?

[Gloriano]

Even Gamespot's Freespace 2 forum is getting little more Active again..

[Lightspeed]

Originally posted by Raa
Or the utter crap being released lately is making FS2 look even better by comparison?

Mr. Tor'h, you hit the nail on the head.