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The age of the space sim is back!
Wow. After FS2 the space sim world died down. Well, its BACK!
Upcoming games
Space Force 2
Chronicles of Tarra
BattlestarGalactica: Beyond the Red Line (Mod for FS2, looks professionally done, grats BSG team!)
Infinity (MMO with random star systems, procedurally generated)
Starfox: Shadows of Lylat (Another FS2 mod that looks professionally done)
Wing Commander Saga (Ditto)
The Tomorrow War
North Star (no details, but rumored to be a space sim)

This is just next year! Looks like they are rebounding!
Just don't give away the homeworld...

 

Offline Turey

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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
I love the enthusiasm, but shouldn't this be in Games & Gaming?
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why would an SCP error be considered as news? :wtf: *smacks Cobra*It's a feature.

 
Re: The age of the space sim is back!
Hopefully you're right. DarkStar One was goign to be a good game until they decided to get lazy and have only one ship in the whole game.

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"Take my love. Take my land. Take me where I cannot stand. I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me. Take me out to the black, tell them I ain't comin' back. Burn the land boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me. There's no place I can be since I've found Serenity. But you can't take the sky from me." - Ballad of Serenity

 
Re: The age of the space sim is back!
Sorry, was so excited that I forgot about the other sections. You can switch me if you want.
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« Last Edit: December 09, 2006, 09:36:53 pm by foolfromhell »
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Offline Turey

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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
Sorry, was so excited that I forgot about the other sections. You can switch me if you want.

I don't have anywhere near that kind of power.  :lol:

Anyways, Infinity looks good. Oh, and Shadows of Lylat makes me drool. Insane graphics.  :yes:
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why would an SCP error be considered as news? :wtf: *smacks Cobra*It's a feature.

 
Re: The age of the space sim is back!
post some screenies if you can....

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"Take my love. Take my land. Take me where I cannot stand. I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me. Take me out to the black, tell them I ain't comin' back. Burn the land boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me. There's no place I can be since I've found Serenity. But you can't take the sky from me." - Ballad of Serenity

 

Offline Turey

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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
post some screenies if you can....

http://www.game-warden.com/starfox/Non_SF_related_stuff/screen1522_HD.jpg

Credit goes to DaBrain, I think he posted it in the Celebration of FreeSpace thread somewhere.

Oh, and yes, ingame.
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why would an SCP error be considered as news? :wtf: *smacks Cobra*It's a feature.

 
Re: The age of the space sim is back!
:jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw:   :nervous: :nervous: :nervous: :nervous: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:


This is for PC right?

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"Take my love. Take my land. Take me where I cannot stand. I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me. Take me out to the black, tell them I ain't comin' back. Burn the land boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me. There's no place I can be since I've found Serenity. But you can't take the sky from me." - Ballad of Serenity

 
Re: The age of the space sim is back!
All these are pulled off this forum post.
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=24525221&msg_id=269117431
These all are PC.
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Offline redsniper

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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
I think I see Tarr Chronicles in english.
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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
:jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw: :jaw:   :nervous: :nervous: :nervous: :nervous: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes:


This is for PC right?

It's for FreeSpace SCP ;) I was working on something similar for Twisted Infinities for a while but got seriously side-tracked, I will get back to it though, rest assured ;)

 

Offline karajorma

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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
You would have thought the fact that half the BtRL team are also on the Starfox team would have tipped people off that they should expect big things from it :)
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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
"Freeware space-sim on modified freespace2 engine"

seeing that on there a bunch of times made me smile.
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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
North Star (no details, but rumored to be a space sim)

 We actually know more than that. Its an elite clone. However theres the question of how well or poorly Sword of the Stars did. Has Kerberos secured funding for North Star? Their a very small studio so its probably SOTS II or North Star. However if SOTS did well that demands a sequel and if it did poorly then how do they sign a publisher for NS?

 The author has also listed both Enosta and the Tarr chronicles. Its probably the same project just retitled. That seems more likely than starting an entirely new game.

 

Offline ShivanSpS

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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
What about "Mass effect"? I still not sure yet, but it looks like Freelancer style.

 

Offline Turnsky

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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
What about "Mass effect"? I still not sure yet, but it looks like Freelancer style.

that's an RPG in a simular style to Kotor or Jade empire.
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Offline aldo_14

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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
What about "Mass effect"? I still not sure yet, but it looks like Freelancer style.

that's an RPG in a simular style to Kotor or Jade empire.

Not sure about that; apparently it has Ghost-Recon-in-space type squad combat.

  

Offline bizzybody

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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
The HUD in TARR looks very heavily influenced by FS :) Hard to improve on something so already good, da?
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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
I wonder if the alleged Firefly MMORPG is going to help....

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"Take my love. Take my land. Take me where I cannot stand. I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me. Take me out to the black, tell them I ain't comin' back. Burn the land boil the sea, you can't take the sky from me. There's no place I can be since I've found Serenity. But you can't take the sky from me." - Ballad of Serenity

 

Offline Turambar

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Re: The age of the space sim is back!
glad you think so highly of us BTRL'ers


we'll have a lovely selection of toasters for you to destroy pretty soon, i think i'm even more excited than a lot of the fans.
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