Re:Sierra was captured, then killed, by an accounting fraud
by paulryanrogers on Friday October 30, 2020 @11:51PM
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Wing Commander 3 and 4 were much better engines than the first two games. Even with some fondness in my heart for Privateer those early WC engines were awful. And modern patches and tweaks the controls still leave them feeling jerky and imprecise.
There have been fan efforts to port them to newer engines, though all look janky IMO. Here's hoping for a proper remaster.
Re:Sierra was captured, then killed, by an accounting fraud
by ahartmetz on Friday October 30, 2020 @03:12PM
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This is not the first time I hear good things about Freespace. I had the first one, and I didn't think it was as good as X-Wing or TIE Fighter. Guess I should try the open source version of Freespace 2...
Re:Sierra was captured, then killed, by an accounting fraud
by brutus1213 on Friday October 30, 2020 @08:45PM
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I spent so much time on Decent/Freespace. The other game that gave me the same feeling was MechWarrior 3 (I had just learned of derivatives in school and used to gawk that they showed the derivative for heat production in the HUD).
Modern games have beautiful graphics but just don't recreate the feeling. Alternatively, perhaps, I am a different person and unable to enjoy the simple pleasure.
Re:Sierra was captured, then killed, by an accounting fraud
by robertlagrant on Friday October 30, 2020 @05:12PM
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Still remember those Hornet missiles from FreeSpace. So satisfying!
(Veteran pilot of Elite, TIE Fighter, X-Wing and Wing Commander here.)
If you love those kinds of games and are missing them, check out Freespace, which you can get cheap on GOG, and the Knossos launcher, which allows you to download mods like the open source re-implementation of the game engine which vastly improves things, and some fan made campaigns/overhauls including a great Wing Commander style one.
Alternatively, EA (the owners of Origin's intellectual property) recently released StarWars Squadrons, which has a short campaign that certainly scratches that old itch. However I don't know how I feel about the multiplayer.