Author Topic: Will Freelancer replace Freespace? (Read 4665 times)

Setekh · **Reply #40 on:** March 30, 2002, 12:49:00 am

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Originally posted by Star Dragon
As for FS3 who is THq and what's up with volition? How about making FS3 more mod friendly and take notice of whats out there for FRED3 in regards to all the awesome stuff people have produced out of devotion to their product?

Star Dragon; please read this.

www.3dap.com/hlp/faq

Anyway, THQ is the publishing company that now owns

... Because THQ and Interplay are (ummm, were) rivals, THQ would probably never get the rights for FS off them. Or something like that. Man, I'm beginning to forget the story - it's been so long since someone's asked.

Nico · **Reply #41 on:** March 30, 2002, 05:38:31 am

FS3?
mmh... "designating another target for my 1012 ICBM launchers"

Crazy_Ivan80 · **Reply #42 on:** March 30, 2002, 06:25:09 am

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Originally posted by Star Dragon

I loved WC3 (Heart of the tiger)... I had the chance to try the earlier ones (IMHO they sucked)... I own WC4 and was dissapointed that they dumbed down the graphics so I never finished it. The true goal of a game designer should be to continually challenge themselves as to what they have, how they can improve it, and what the public expects... Fail to do this, and you won't sell your product. (Ramble alert)...

WC1 and 2 are some of the best space combat games ever. And after more than 10 years their graphics are still very good. You're just spoiled because of WC3.
Besides, you're insulting the game that's the grandparent of FS (X-Wing/Tie-fighter is the other one) and that made soundcards important.

WC4: that one is ambivalent. Yes they changed the graphics but the storyline is quite good. Very much a change from the previous games.

And if you only play a game for it's graphics then that's sad. Gameplay first, then the rest.

Stunaep · **Reply #43 on:** March 30, 2002, 06:36:23 am

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Originally posted by Zeronet

I'll take them out in my Apache, just tell me where to shoot

Shoot anywhere, there's a good chance you'll hit those who voted yes. The casualties are acceptable for the destruction of the traitors (man, thats a lot of big words)

Styxx · **Reply #44 on:** March 30, 2002, 06:57:18 am

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Originally posted by Setekh
Anyway, THQ is the publishing company that now owns ... Because THQ and Interplay are (ummm, were) rivals, THQ would probably never get the rights for FS off them. Or something like that. Man, I'm beginning to forget the story - it's been so long since someone's asked.

Lucky you, it's better to forget all about it...

Knight Templar · **Reply #45 on:** July 30, 2003, 12:50:45 am

First note: I didn't do it.

Second Note: *Laughs at Title and thread

Third Note: You guys should really implement an automatic timeout unless specified otherwise.

Stryke 9 · **Reply #46 on:** July 30, 2003, 12:55:35 am

Wait a minute... replace how? Sorry to break it to you, guys, but FreeSpace has been defunct for almost a decade now. The new batch of gamers don't even know what it is (granted, they don't know what anything is- kids honestly do seem to get dumber and dumber every generation). There's no "replacing" to be done except that which has been taken care of by pretty much all the fighter sims to have come since FreeSpace. End of story.

If you mean as far as gaming itself goes, they share only some very basic aspects. FreeLancer is much closer to Elite and Escape Velocity than it is to FreeSpace- if anything, I-War 2 replaced FS there, even though EoC was a marketing bomb. It had far superior graphics (no ****), better plotline than FS2 (both plots sucked ass, frankly, but EoC's had pirates), and what is generally considered a better flight model- and I'd agree if I wasn't so wierded out that I was a god at combat in the original and hated it in the sequel. It was highly linear, though you could go off and steal stuff to your heart's content, and had all the weapons and toys you could find in FS and more.

Of course, on the other hand, one of them I can't abide whereas the other... well, I'm here, aren't I?

Turnsky · **Reply #47 on:** July 30, 2003, 12:56:14 am

First:
http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,16479.0.html

Second :BAD KT!.. Bumping old Threads BAD!!!;)

Singh · **Reply #48 on:** July 30, 2003, 01:30:19 am

I dont know what everyone's obession is with the joystick.
I myself don't have one and play all space sims and what not with the keyboard + mouse and do just fine.
Pfft.....i bet your all wimps if we take away those throttle control buttons and joysticks

Solatar · **Reply #49 on:** July 30, 2003, 01:44:20 am

I read half this topic before I realized it was from last year...

Knight Templar · **Reply #50 on:** July 30, 2003, 02:02:42 am

*circumsizes solatar

WMCoolmon · **Reply #51 on:** July 30, 2003, 02:35:38 am

Wow. This is old.

Sandwich · **Reply #52 on:** July 30, 2003, 03:54:28 am

Stop vote-bumping old threads.

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