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Offline Stormkeeper

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
I think the reason FS1 had a better atmosphere was because it was the first time the Shivans were encountered.

Its like, "Okay, I'm fighting these aliens punks. Hey, my lasers do good against them. "

Then the Shivans appear. "Hey new aliens... ****, I can't target them. Okay, maybe I can ... Oh ****, they killed my escort already?!?!? I gotta take them down. Oh ****! My weapons don't work against them, they got funky energy shields!" Then of course there's the attack on Tanis Station. They're pretty much unstoppable, you don't know why they're here, and you're basically pirating their tech to survive.

That probably made FS1's atmosphere a lot more better than FS2, where the Shivans weren't as scary anymore, because even your most basic weapon could tear them apart, and the capital ships were actually useful in helping stave off the Shivan fighters.
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Offline General Battuta

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
The differing graphics could also have had something to do with it. It's much like Halo -- even though Halo 1 has far inferior graphics to Halo 3, the atmosphere they produce is more powerful.

 

Offline Narwhal

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
What are the main differences between FSPort and FS1? Only played FSPort, thought it was exactly like FS1, except explosions and engine wash.

 

Offline Herra Tohtori

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
What are the main differences between FSPort and FS1? Only played FSPort, thought it was exactly like FS1, except explosions and engine wash.

Interface, resolution, nebulas, HUD layout, general graphics features. If you played with retail FS2, that is. Playing with FS2_Open makes it possible to use upgraded graphics (models and effects), which of course changes a lot as well. Not to mention all the additional SCP-added features.
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Offline Jeff Vader

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
Then of course there's the attack on Tanis Station.
It was Tombaugh Station and the incident was related to the Shivan cruiser Taranis.
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Offline NGTM-1R

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
Well the Port didn't do as well to capture the atmosphere of FS1, which is what I assume we're talking about. If we're just talking about in terms of mission design, then yeah the Port counts. IMO, of course.

Out of curiousity, how is this possible when for all intents and purposes the FSPort is functionally identical?

In fact having recently installed my FS1 disks again I literally cannot tell the difference between most missions with MediaVPs off. Off hand, the only major remaining difference between the port and the original is the behavior of the FighterKiller missile, or rather your ship's behavior when hit with one.
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Offline Colonol Dekker

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
Descent: FreeSpace FTW!!!

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Campaigns I've added my distinctiveness to-
- Blue Planet: Battle Captains
-Battle of Neptune
-Between the Ashes 2
-Blue planet: Age of Aquarius
-FOTG?
-Inferno R1
-Ribos: The aftermath / -Retreat from Deneb
-Sol: A History
-TBP EACW teaser
-Earth Brakiri war
-TBP Fortune Hunters (I think?)
-TBP Relic
-Trancsend (Possibly?)
-Uncharted Territory
-Vassagos Dirge
-War Machine
(Others lost to the mists of time and no discernible audit trail)

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
Not even if we're talking about campaigns, not games?
Well the Port didn't do as well to capture the atmosphere of FS1, which is what I assume we're talking about. If we're just talking about in terms of mission design, then yeah the Port counts. IMO, of course.

I know exactly what you mean.  I still own my copy of retail  Conflict FreeSpace: The Great War and Silent Threat.  Only the slight issue of them being incompatible with my system means I have to use the FSPort to relive the days when I was 14 and getting hopelessly stuck on Tenderizer everytime.   I suppose in a very small minor way, the use of the FS2 engine ruins the game for me, but the use of mediaVPS overpowers it.
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Offline Polpolion

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
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FS2 is just like a set of three missions: assault, SOC, and convoy defending with a range of reasons.
Name 3 FS1 missions that can't be classified in that manner.

 
Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
FS2. I think it had a better story. And the beam weapons made capital ships matter, which added a lot to the game.

Although, I do like missions near the end of FS1 more than FS2, but, as a whole, I enjoyed the FS2 campaign more.

 

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
FS2.
Reason: "Me liek pretty beemz."
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Offline Retsof

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
FS2.
The capships are actually usefull.
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Offline colecampbell666

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
FS1, the story was better, the atmosphere darker, and the characters better. I actually felt sad at the loss of the Galatea, that was an amazingly well-made moment.

In FS1 it was:
It's the Tarais! OMG!
In FS2 it was:
Oh, look, another Cain cruiser. Blow it up, will ya?
That should go something like this:

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In FS1 it was:
It's the Tarais! OMG!
In FS2 it was:
Oh, look, another Cain cruiser. Blow it up, will ya?
Gettin' back to dodgin' lasers.

 

Offline Stormkeeper

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
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Damnit. Too much HW2.
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Offline Dilmah G

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
FS1 had a much better atmosphere

I find it hard to believe that there are people here who have never played FS1

Well, try taking it from my point of view. I played FS2 before FS1, so when I finally got to play FSPort, the only thing that impressed me was Playing Judas and the GTF Apollo.

However, I do note that FS1 feels a lot longer than FS2. For some reason, I always find that the FS2 campaign is too short. After three missions, you go into Squadron A, then after another three missions, you go to Squadron B. It's too truncated, in my opinion.

Yes, but it's safe to assume not all the sorties for each squadron were present in the campaign, such as routine patrols with no enemy contact and the like. (Srsly, who flies THREE missions and is then transferred!) AND- WHO GETS TRANSFERRED THAT MUCH! Most pilots get transferred FIVE TIMES MAX in there ENTIRE CAREERS in the air force, let alone the space of rougly 6 months- 1 year

 
Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
Yes, but it's safe to assume not all the sorties for each squadron were present in the campaign, such as routine patrols with no enemy contact and the like. (Srsly, who flies THREE missions and is then transferred!) AND- WHO GETS TRANSFERRED THAT MUCH! Most pilots get transferred FIVE TIMES MAX in there ENTIRE CAREERS in the air force, let alone the space of rougly 6 months- 1 year

       Well its obviously just a gimmick to give storyline reasons for you being in completely different fighters.


       Some of the comments in this thread about "in FS2, capital ships actually mattered" are kind of funny considering that capital ships die sooooo easy in FS2 to fighters. Like Fenris? How long does it take to kill one of those? (when you're not in a crap Perseus)

 

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
Freespace 1.
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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
Yes, but it's safe to assume not all the sorties for each squadron were present in the campaign, such as routine patrols with no enemy contact and the like. (Srsly, who flies THREE missions and is then transferred!) AND- WHO GETS TRANSFERRED THAT MUCH! Most pilots get transferred FIVE TIMES MAX in there ENTIRE CAREERS in the air force, let alone the space of rougly 6 months- 1 year

In case you haven't noticed, the FS2 campaign is your entire career (assuming you don't escape Capella), and all of the transfers have you on the same ship anyway. (with the exception of the officer exchange program)
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Offline General Battuta

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Re: What is your favorite cannon campaign?
       Some of the comments in this thread about "in FS2, capital ships actually mattered" are kind of funny considering that capital ships die sooooo easy in FS2 to fighters. Like Fenris? How long does it take to kill one of those? (when you're not in a crap Perseus)

I've always found that even a Fenris dies hard on Hard or Insane. Blob turrets are a serious threat if you're not careful.