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Kaltern




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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 17:59    Post subject: Elite alternative
Random question of the week:

Some of us are woefully aware of how crap the recent space games have been.

My 2 questions:

1: Would we play a 2D version of a game similar to Elite Dangerous, but with more 'meat' - things like proper MP, trading, things-to-do?

2: Does such a game already exist?

Twitch combat, not pseudo dice-rolling like Eve.

Discuss.
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 18:04    Post subject:
dice rolling........

more like kaltern trolling.
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Kaltern




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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 18:04    Post subject:
Laughing It is my opinion of course Smile

BTW, whats this?

http://sourceforge.net/projects/spacecombatgame/


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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 18:08    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 19:38    Post subject:
There's Dangerous on Steam
http://store.steampowered.com/app/302570/

StarPoint Gemini 2

And EA for Drifter:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/259450

Evochron Mercenary is also on Steam.
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 19:43    Post subject:
Evochron is good, but I assume this is just a troll post.

We get it, you were disappointed with ED
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 21:22    Post subject:
Not everything I post is trolling ffs Laughing

They are 2 genuine questions.


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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 22:42    Post subject:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/212010/

This is a mobile port but it's a good space game you can play ATM.
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 22:43    Post subject:
PredOborG wrote:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/212010/

This is a mobile port but it's a good space game you can play ATM.


Yeah, it's a good game but it's a shame the developers refuse to bring any of the addons/expansions to the PC build. Just Mac/Android/iOS. Had I known that beforehand, I would never have bought the game Sad
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 22:55    Post subject:
PredOborG wrote:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/212010/

This is a mobile port but it's a good space game you can play ATM.

On PC it's really nothing special. Galaxy on Fire 2 was good on mobile because it was impressive on mobile ... a few years ago. On PC, with other, much superior offerings, anyway you look at Galaxy on Fire 2 HD on PC, it is lackluster; gameplay, graphics, sounds, voice actors (Laughing), music, story - none are worthy of a PC release, especially considering a 20$ asking price. 20$ Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 22:57    Post subject:
The VA Reaction
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 22:59    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 23:04    Post subject:
It is confirmed as coming to PC, it just doesn't "exist" yet.. and the developers are irritatingly silent whenever asked about always-online so... yes, it's always-online.
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 23:06    Post subject:
sabin1981 wrote:
The VA

What's that?
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 23:07    Post subject:
Voice actors (or acting, either way). They were unbelievably bad grinhurt
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PostPosted: Fri, 16th Jan 2015 23:16    Post subject:
Yeah, terrible. I don't get how these days it is so hard for derpelopers to find decent voice actors. Go to any acting school, and there are many students there that are more than adequate to do the job for a low student price.
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PostPosted: Sat, 17th Jan 2015 00:11    Post subject:
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PostPosted: Sat, 17th Jan 2015 00:35    Post subject:
You could try Space Pirate and Zombies, pretty darn addictive Very Happy (and the second one will be released later this year).

Or if you still haven't satisfied your masochistic needs, there's X-Rebirth always waiting for new adventures, through endless highways of glitched love, cinematic framerate, disappearing ninja spaceships, gamepad-friendly atmosphere and unforgettable quests Cool Face
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PostPosted: Sat, 17th Jan 2015 00:45    Post subject:
Honestly, I haven't played GOF 2 on pc yet. Really loved it on my old symbian phone.
I can add Limit Theory too, though it may take years until it's finished.
Oh, and if you want multiplayer play Dark Orbit. The best space mmo.
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PostPosted: Sat, 17th Jan 2015 14:42    Post subject:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/214730/

Space Rangers 2 HD perhaps, it's a simple and fun game that can quickly become complex and frustrating instead. Razz
(It's easy to get into but it does have some depth as you get further into the game plus there's the RTS mechanics and other "mini-games" to struggle with.)

They still update it every couple of weeks too but I have no idea if they've started providing changelogs yet or if it's still mostly in RU or completely unknown what they are fixing.

Might have strong DRM as well so if you pirate it there could be some "issues". Very Happy


EDIT: There's the Star-Wolves trilogy too. Smile

EDIT: Parkan 2 ?
(It's you and a lot of robots in a pretty open space environment, older game though.)

EDIT: Precursors is a hybrid FPS and space exploration game but low budget means it's a bit unfinished and you probably need the unofficial patch (Still being maintained I believe.) to not get stuck in some horrible glitched hell. Razz
(The developers also did Xenus and Xenus 2 or Boiling Point as it was known as here in the west.)
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PostPosted: Sat, 17th Jan 2015 19:20    Post subject:
Strike Suit Zero Director's Cut is a nice space combat game too.


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PostPosted: Sat, 17th Jan 2015 19:26    Post subject:
Space Rangers 2 HD has some DRM but it's primarily just AP triggers, nothing nasty running and no phoning home, so it's a "light" DRM. Star Wolves is great but it's really more of an action RPG than an Elite-alike, and Parkan ][ is one of my true guilty pleasures -- it's buggy, very Russian development, has terrible VA and is overall pretty ugly.... but still so much fun to play. Being able to board enemy ships and steal their cargo before setting self-destruct is immensely satisfying. Precursors... oh man. What a phenomenal *idea* for a game, just like Boiling Point, but is in the shortlist of buggiest most unplayable games ever made. Shame too as, like Parkan and Boiling Point, it's enormous and has so much gameplay to offer.

@fearwhatnow

Agreed, that's a damned fine shooter and I had an absolute blast playing that
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PostPosted: Sat, 17th Jan 2015 21:07    Post subject:
I-War 2 is really good too I think, with Newtonian physics and all, it's kinda hard tho, but that is not a problem Very Happy

Edit: Oops, I mixed it up, was talking about I-War 2, not Freespace 2 Laughing
But yeah, both are great games Very Happy


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PostPosted: Sat, 17th Jan 2015 21:13    Post subject:
freespace 2 is still my fav space combat sim of all time.
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PostPosted: Sat, 17th Jan 2015 21:16    Post subject:
I-War 2
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