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Spaceship games, but mostly X
Drew-B
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Playing FTL over the last couple of weeks has inspired in me a sort of nostalgia-fueled space frenzy. Since that little Rogue-like graced my hard drive, I've since installed Independence War 2, Freespace 2, Nexus: The Jupiter Incident (On sale on gog.com for $3.99 currently), and have even been thinking a bit about what the hell happened to Homeworld.
Basically, this has all culminated in me once again downloading my copy of X3: Reunion via digital distribution. This is kind of an exercise in masochism if I remember correctly. The game features an 87-page manual and a complete lack of in-game tutorial. I believe the last time I had this game installed, years ago, I had a notepad sitting in my lap with multiple pages of commands, command trees and tool tips written down. The download is currently at 21%...and I'm wondering if I'm not better off just seeking out a copy of Freelancer or something (The first time I got into X3, I played for several days before realizing there was a fast-forward button).
So, what's up space people? Anyone playing X right now? Space sims in general? I'm on a huge fucking space kick right now, right down to Battlestar Galactica in my instant cue, so I want to talk some goddamned space with you people.
Edit: Also, hey. I haven't really been around much the last few years. How's it going...
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I love the game dearly but it DEMANDS a certain amount of time that I simply can't devote to it
I've been itching to play Star Wars Galaxies but alas its dead, along with the brilliant Jump to Lightspeed expansion which was the only reason to play the game in my opinion
space games are a massively underserved genre
eve sucks
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I guess that's where I'll start.
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Drew, what have you done?
Sorry, I'm recently unemployed
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Loadsa money.
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somebody gimme a list of games like that (I have not played the X series, for the record)
If you get TC or others, the easiest way to get up and running, other than picking a character with tons of crap is
1) Get a jumpdrive by doing simple combat missions
2) With your jumpdrive, do a ton of "Seek and Destroy" missions which give stupidly high payouts for no reason, but require a jump drive
3) Troll OTAS HQ and immediately surrounding systems for people selling their freighters on the cheap
4) ???
5) Profit
That will work on any character that starts with a gun.
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Super hard to not click agree.
Willpower stay strong
Oh shit, what? Everything be different.
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it's like riding a unicycle with a 4% thicker wheel
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Oh, and in case anyone is wondering, Freespace and Freespace 2 are still mad-fucking-awesome
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XBox LIVE: Bogestrom | Destiny
PSN: Bogestrom
Sins is good but I found the sequel-spansion to be lacking
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I just signed up.
I lost so much time to Privateer.
Freespace 2 has had some great work done to it.
Do they realize that once I had to call a 1-900 number to find out the solution to a specific dungeon in a Zelda game?
I miss gaming when we were all pretty much of the same generation.
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I can remember reading my copy of Nintendo Power (to which I was a subscriber...ladies) and finally learning what the fuck that magic whistle was for in the original Legend of Zelda.
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So hyped... original Privateer is one of my favorite games of all time. OF ALL TIME people.
Yes, Rebirth.
And it looks pretty. I just hope it comes out before I have to find a new job.
Why, what's going on with your current job?
it's to build a fleet to grind for you
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I'm quitting because it sucks and I hate it.
12 working days left until I'm unemployed.
Hope you're cozy enough to be able to do that without spring boarding to another job.
Its an experiment to see how long my other half's patience lasts.
I am please XCOM is released here on my first weekend of Freedom.
Finding a job is a lot harder when you're out of college and have several years of professional work experience, ironically.
My situation really fucking sucks right now, but hey, I had to do this at some point. It's basically my big power play to end my life of arrested development that I've lived since graduating college. Mostly, though, I'm just terrified.
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I think I have 1100 hours into my X3:Reunion save. It would probably be twice that if my graphics driver didn't crash overnight while I was parked in a station.
I never even started the storyline, I don't think...
fuck you space squirrels
also the stick figure battles crack me up
I died horribly within five minutes.
That game is not kind to new players.
I was set to buy it on Steam but the more I read the more I was turned off. I don't think anyone said it was bad, necessarily. Just that it's a bit hollow for a PC space sim experience, and that there are much better alternatives that you might as well play instead if you're going to be on a PC anyway.
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A few friends and I had a LAN game of Freelancer going for about 3 months. At its most popular, we had about 18 dudes playing at the same time. The meta game started getting fuckin intense
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better
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what was that great space RTS from like 2004? homespace? fuck. it's such a rad 4x, i wish i could remember it's name
but to me the best space game will always be Escape Velocity
Homeworld (or Cataclysm or 2)?
Why do I not have Homeworld 3?