Has anyone else ever wanted to command or run a ship in space? I'm not talking about an RTS in space like Homeworld or Sins of a Solar Empire, but rather a game where you have a more direct role in commanding a ship. I've been looking around and I can't seem to find any out right now. People seem to have begun making them with games like Faster Than Light and Star Command, but these appear few and aren't even out yet.
So my question is, why haven't more of these been made? Are they just not that popular? Have I not been looking hard enough or are there reasons why these kinds of games haven't been produced before?
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And I'm sure I've played another one besides that, that was still Star Trek but wasn't Bridge Commander. But I might be falling victim to flawed memory.
Bring some friends.
I pretty much figured the thread would be about this. I need to find some friends, and a stack of computers to play this on.
Can you ever get that game to work? It never really happened for me. I'd click "attack" and my ship would just burn in the opposite direction and not fire. I click "run away" and it closes to engagement range. I don't get it. I tried it again recently (like a month or so ago, it was on sale on Steam) and I *still* couldn't figure shit out.
Anyway, the Independence War series was excellent and available on gog.com for cheap.
I played it when it came out, which for me was well before the steam era.
I recall enjoying it but not finishing it because it became tiresome at some point. Or maybe some other shiny thing distracted me.
Also a long time ago there was a game in development by Red Storm called UFS Vanguard. It was exactly this kind of game. I was really looking forward to it but then it got cancelled. There's some screenshots still floating around. Don't know why I still remember it, I guess somethings just stick in your mind.
http://www.spacesimcentral.com/downloads/ft2.php?dir=/Starshatter_TGS
thats the game I was talking about with this post
You can play it over the internet so you don't need your real life friends anymore!
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It makes me sad that this game probably won't get to its funding goal.
No. Not the same.
http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=16534
starshipcorporation.com
Warframe/Steam: NFyt
start off commanding small patrol ships and work your way up to admiral piett on the executor.
edit: bonus money if i actually get a 3rd person avatar which I can actually walk around on a physical bridge to look over crewmen's shoulders.
"Let's see what's on my calendar for this month.... ship resupply next week, good. Black Anvil squadron arriving on the 12th.
Oh... oh no. Lord Vader coming to inspect the ship on the 20th."
I'm sure that's a license thing because I don't believe any Star Trek games are available digitally (except for STO). A shame, because there are some really good ones.
This would be actually really cool. If you fail a couple times, he arrives to "oversee" your efforts. If you screw up in front of him there's a chance he Force Chokes you.
1. space empire v: starfury (an open space trading/battle game). you can roam around different star systems freely. you can encounter enemies/pirates that you can fight and planets where you can trade items/improve your starship. there are also quests available.
2. nexus jupiter incident. for starters, it may be difficult. but after a while, you will find it an addictive game that is relatively easy to play.
if you also love commanding ships (ones that float on the ocean), you may want to try
1. overboard / shipwreckers (an old PS one game)
2. assassin's creed III
3. paradox EIC