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Joe Potato




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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 23:00    Post subject: Dark Horizons


# Publisher:Paradox
# Developer: Quazar studios
# Genre: Strategy
# Release date: Out now(gamersgate)
# Story/Description:
The space action game Dark Horizon takes place in a breathtaking atmospheric universe with an epic storyline about the fight for survival.
In this world you can choose play as the mysterious race “Guardians”, among others, through 22 missions of space combats to save the humanity from the all-destroying hazard, the Mirk. Use the help of your allies: other Guardians will fight side by side with you, and biomechanical race bios will assist you with their high-tech devices and weapons.
You cannot only modify your ships and weapons. Throughout your challenging space missions you can gather resources that can be used to create your own equipment and weapons between the missions.
The new modes also allow you to decide between moving invisible through enemy lines, which results in weaker attacks or you can choose a stronger attack mode that weakens your shields.

* Allows full customization of your spaceship. You can change your ship on a detailed level and alter hull, shields system, reactor, armour, weapons, missiles etc.
* Gather resources and disassemble unused parts of your ship and use them to create your own weapons for supreme destructive power and improve your ship to create the ultimate space vessel
* Fight in team with other pilots trough fierce battles, give orders and use tactics to take out your enemies (please note – no multiplayer!)
* Choose between two different modes that will change your fighter’s performance according to your own demands: ‘shadow’ mode to stealth through enemy lines (yet it prevents using full power of your weapons) and ‘corter‘ mode that will level up the power of you guns at a cost of energy-usage that weakens your shields.
* Game legth\time 6 parts in 22 missions (1-2 objectives each) and extensive

# System requirements:
# Win XP
# P4 2.4Ghz
# 128Mb RAM
# 2.5Gb of free space on HDD
# GeForce FX 5700 with 64Mb or higher
# audio card

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Joe Potato




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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 23:03    Post subject:
Released now in gamersgate.
From Wing Commander creators... Low low specs... the game looks good though

Preview:
http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3169791

Video:
http://www.vandal.net/noticia/34621/nuevas-imagenes-de-dark-horizon/

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Orcman




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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 23:13    Post subject:
nice , i liked the wing commander games Smile

came as an supprise to me heh quess i check it out once/if there is a scene rel
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VGAdeadcafe




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PostPosted: Sun, 28th Sep 2008 23:24    Post subject:
Looks just like Tarr Chronicles.
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LuckyStrike




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PostPosted: Mon, 29th Sep 2008 01:09    Post subject:
[quote="Joe Potato"]Released now in gamersgate.
From Wing Commander creators... Low low specs... the game looks good though

You mean by Chris Roberts then?
Wing Commander was one of my all time favorite games, the life on the carrier, the bar after the missions, the black board with the pilots socre kills, the personality of the wingman that reflected on the flying styles, the briefing and the debriefing, the truely dynamic campaign. Wow great memories indeed. Sad

Its sad that with all the resources and graphic/cpu power these days, no one can make games with this kind of heart.

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Joe Potato




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PostPosted: Mon, 29th Sep 2008 13:45    Post subject:
LuckyStrike wrote:

You mean by Chris Roberts then?
Wing Commander was one of my all time favorite games, the life on the carrier, the bar after the missions, the black board with the pilots socre kills, the personality of the wingman that reflected on the flying styles, the briefing and the debriefing, the truely dynamic campaign. Wow great memories indeed. Sad

Its sad that with all the resources and graphic/cpu power these days, no one can make games with this kind of heart.

Kilrathi ace Bakhtosh after being hit: "How rare! A primate actually shot me! Amusing." Very Happy


Well, i saw "from the wing commander creators" in a Spanish site (in the video link above) but i think; if Chris Roberts was envolved, Paradox or Quazar studio scream that. It must be something like movie products when they say; "from the creators of..." and the reality is that only the "cofee guy" was working in it.

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T6chikom6




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PostPosted: Mon, 29th Sep 2008 14:46    Post subject:
LuckyStrike wrote:
Wing Commander was one of my all time favorite games


Try Freespace 2 SCP then.
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LuckyStrike




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PostPosted: Mon, 29th Sep 2008 20:03    Post subject:
Joe Potato wrote:
LuckyStrike wrote:

You mean by Chris Roberts then?
Wing Commander was one of my all time favorite games, the life on the carrier, the bar after the missions, the black board with the pilots socre kills, the personality of the wingman that reflected on the flying styles, the briefing and the debriefing, the truely dynamic campaign. Wow great memories indeed. Sad

Its sad that with all the resources and graphic/cpu power these days, no one can make games with this kind of heart.

Kilrathi ace Bakhtosh after being hit: "How rare! A primate actually shot me! Amusing." Very Happy


when they say; "from the creators of..." and the reality is that only the "cofee guy" was working in it.


Yep Very Happy

T6chikom6 : Done that, great game on its own, but too much on rails to be a real match for a foe like WC, IMO. There was this russian space flight sim that could have bem very close (story and carrier wise), but i only could find it on russian and spanish. Mad Guess it was called homeplanet.

Here:
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/17425/homeplanet/images/homeplanet_011503_01.html
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Joe Potato




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PostPosted: Mon, 29th Sep 2008 21:08    Post subject:
Quote:
There was this russian space flight sim that could have bem very close (story and carrier wise), but i only could find it on russian and spanish. Mad Guess it was called homeplanet.

Here:
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/17425/homeplanet/images/homeplanet_011503_01.html


I vistited Ag.ru to see information and there are a standalone expansion titled Homeplanet: Playing with fire(or play with fire)... scored 83%
http://www.ag.ru/reviews/homeplanet_playing_with_fire

I want it too!!...

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Sajuuk_Khar




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PostPosted: Mon, 29th Sep 2008 22:38    Post subject:
why do i have the feeling they are using the same engine Tarr Chro used ..... it looks exactly like Tarr! well, guess we'll just have to wait, play it & see

EDIT: it really is the same engine..... Tarrs engine is good but the gameplay kinda sucks. let's hope it's not the same case here also
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LuckyStrike




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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Sep 2008 21:24    Post subject:
Joe Potato wrote:
Quote:
There was this russian space flight sim that could have bem very close (story and carrier wise), but i only could find it on russian and spanish. Mad Guess it was called homeplanet.

Here:
http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/17425/homeplanet/images/homeplanet_011503_01.html


I vistited Ag.ru to see information and there are a standalone expansion titled Homeplanet: Playing with fire(or play with fire)... scored 83%
http://www.ag.ru/reviews/homeplanet_playing_with_fire

I want it too!!...


I could get that, guess it was called homeplanet gold (game+expansion) but like i said only on spanish and russian, if u find it on english, plz do tell me!! Very Happy
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LuckyStrike




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PostPosted: Tue, 30th Sep 2008 21:28    Post subject:
Sajuuk_Khar wrote:
why do i have the feeling they are using the same engine Tarr Chro used ..... it looks exactly like Tarr! well, guess we'll just have to wait, play it & see

EDIT: it really is the same engine..... Tarrs engine is good but the gameplay kinda sucks. let's hope it's not the same case here also


True, true..i played tarr and even tried to like it..but..no dice..played too many great space opera games for being able to do that..

In a note Starlancer(this one was chris roberts too) was good too imo, but not on par to WC
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Joe Potato




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 00:03    Post subject:
you tried Evochron Renegades?. I have discovered the demo and im really really impressed

http://starwraith3dgames.home.att.net/evochronrenegades/index.htm

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Joe Potato




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 13:38    Post subject:
-impressed with Evochron because it have:

-Seamless universe
-Inertial system(newtonian physics)ala I-war 2/No inertial ala freeklancer, x3, x-wing, WC
-Explorable planets
-Control schemes: keyboard, joystick, mouse, mouse(freelancer).
-Cockpit with interactive screens.
-Multiplayer

This kind of games lack in one or other aspect but this game owns all the features i want...

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Sin317
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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 17:55    Post subject:
Dark.Horizon-SKIDROW

 Spoiler:
 


1.1GB


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Big_Gun




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 17:56    Post subject:
Joe Potato wrote:
you tried Evochron Renegades?. I have discovered the demo and im really really impressed

http://starwraith3dgames.home.att.net/evochronrenegades/index.htm


Actually owned this game since it came out and owned the prior incarnation as well.
Top notch game.
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pikachupi




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 18:08    Post subject:
it's more space combat sim than strategy , right?
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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 18:13    Post subject:
Joe Potato wrote:
you tried Evochron Renegades?. I have discovered the demo and im really really impressed

http://starwraith3dgames.home.att.net/evochronrenegades/index.htm


I bought the game and it's quite good. Very impressed compared to the size of the game Cool

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Joe Potato




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 20:25    Post subject:
Dark Horizon

IGN: 6.0 (8.0 gameplay)"A spaced-out interstellar joyride that alternately confuses and entertains"
http://pc.ign.com/articles/914/914357p2.html

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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 20:35    Post subject:
There was something about the starwraith3d games that never appealed to me..
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BrokenCrow




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 20:50    Post subject:
Seems joysticks are bugged, need to be configured through the joystick software.

Very annoying, but looks like a cool game from the few missions I've played.

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Dunge




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 21:12    Post subject:
Could you stop naming other games and talk about this one? What is it? An old game re-released with another name? Is it any good?
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Raven737




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 22:01    Post subject:
Well i for one am worried.. i mean it supposedly doesn't have any copy protection.. but that just makes me thing they they haven't found it yet.. maybe it's an ultra evil copy protection that like deletes your whole hard drive or something... uhhh but i want to try it.. Sad
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Dunge




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 22:17    Post subject:
That's pretty big paranoia isn't it?
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bushwacka




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 22:20    Post subject:
or maybe it's just a small publisher who can't afford securom or doesn't want it, like stardock? jesus christ.
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BrokenCrow




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 23:29    Post subject:
They fucked themselves with the lack of Joystick support, pretty stupid for a space combat game to make such a big mistake tbh.

Here's the thread on the official site :

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=375673

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CookieCrumb




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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 23:39    Post subject:
joystick? who owns something like that nowadays?
but i suppose it wouldn't have been to hard to be implemented. maybe with a patch? who knows. it's been a long while since i played anything with a joystick. i believe it was wing commander 4 or something from that time Smile
anybody played it yet? is it fun?
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Sin317
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PostPosted: Wed, 1st Oct 2008 23:44    Post subject:
Raven737 wrote:
Well i for one am worried.. i mean it supposedly doesn't have any copy protection.. but that just makes me thing they they haven't found it yet.. maybe it's an ultra evil copy protection that like deletes your whole hard drive or something... uhhh but i want to try it.. Sad


that would be illegal ...
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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Oct 2008 01:04    Post subject:
Seen the screenshots and the videos, read the review. It's exactly like tarr chronicles, they didn't learn anything Sad

P.S.: But I'm downloading it nonetheless ...
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PostPosted: Thu, 2nd Oct 2008 04:51    Post subject:
I hope this game is fun and Im not wasting bandwidth....
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