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Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36397.html

This looks like it has heavy influences from both Homeworld and Freespace.

And it looks good.

 

Offline BloodEagle

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
Maybe it was just the horrible player, but that looked incredibly boring.

 

Offline Fenrir

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
*Looks at the comments for the video*
No wonder space sims have died.

Anyways, I liked what I saw. Sure, the gameplay footage wasn`t amazingly action packed, but I`ll wait for more videos before passing too much judgement.

 

Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
Didn't look bad. But somehow I'd rather say "Colony Wars -ish" instead of "FreeSpace-ish". Not commenting on the Homeworld part since I've never played any of them. *realizes just how embarassing that sounded and goes to sit in the corner*
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Offline colecampbell666

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
I dunno, the last Akella space sim turned out to be crap. This one looks pretty similar.
Gettin' back to dodgin' lasers.

 

Offline Rodo

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
the "map" preview is just like in homeworld

the game looks nice, but I didnt saw any cap ship action! I want to see what they have for that too
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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
I liked the explosion physics.. Hard to say much more at this point.

 

Offline Stormkeeper

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
I wonder if they have beams...

I could get used to the game. Its HUD is similar to FS2's HUD setup. And it looks like you can customize your ship.
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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
Hey guys,

never thought I would post back here, but looks like my account is still alive hehe

If there are still some people who were on the [V] forums, I was Alpha Leader for those who remember me.

Anyway I was browsing the topics here because I saw the Dark Horizon trailer and it reminded me of FS. The HUD is quite similar to the FS one, the music also seems to be the same kind as in FS. Maybe it's just me, but I'm pretty sure there is some FS in there. Hopefully, some [V] guys who worked on FS. I did not take a look deeper at the game so I don't know what the story is, but so far, it seems to be good.

...man FS was good...
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Offline Nuclear1

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
That just screamed "Freelancer" more than FS2/HW/anything else.

It looked good, but I guess I'll wait until more comes out.
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Offline Ransom

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
There's a really awesome sense of scale going on in that trailer.

Hard to say whether the gameplay holds up, though. The dogfighting in Tarr Chronicles had some issues and the trailer doesn't really indicate whether this has the same problems.

 

Offline Vidmaster

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
It's the sequel to Tarr Chronicles, which wasn't great. Primary flaw was the gameplay (story and look were good).
And from the Trailer, it's obvious that the gameplay hasn't changed.

Trust Vidmaster, he plays and played EVERY goddamn space shooter out there (yes, even StarTrek Shattered Universe, which was crap)
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Offline tinfoil

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
Looks too 3D

i like it more when the planets are very far away in that HELP WILL NOT BE COMING kind of way
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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
The game feels slow and plodding in that video. It reminds me of X3: Reunion (ew).

 

Offline Al Tarket

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
*jaw drops and starts dreulling* to play this game against freespace and compare, would be fascinating.
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Offline Hellstryker

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
I see freespace (B5 mod, to be exact) and homeworld. Looks like a very very interesting combination. Definately getting it

 

Offline Polpolion

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
I saw exactly 0 beam weapons in the trailer. Ergo, the game will suck. :p

It actually looks pretty interesting. Should be worth a decent look.

 

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
I probably should take issue with the name of the game...
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Offline Vidmaster

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
people again: IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS, DOWNLOAD THE DEMO OF THE ORIGINAL GAME since this is a SEQUEL!!!

The original is named Tarr Chronicles, you can find a demo here:
http://spiele.download.t-online.de/cesf/52827/76587/index.html
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Offline Al Tarket

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Re: Dark Horizon - The new Freespace?
lol wheres this heading? :rolleyes:

an attempt to give the opposition no grounds in hard light? :lol:

i dont play demos, il just download it somewhere see what it's about.
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