X360 Space Shooter?

Rivulent

Are there any space shooters on 360 that are any good? Anything coming out? I suppose I'll never see Colony Wars surface on the platform, since after all the development company was bought by Sony. Any recommendations?

Zilla360

AFAIK there's only Project Sylpheed and Wing Commander : Arena to choose from.

Rivulent

Thanks for the heads up. Gamerankings doesn't take kindly to either of those titles. Darn.

Evangir

Sylpheed is pretty good. You should try the demo. Some of the critics were unnecessarily harsh in my opinion.

Klyka

Don't let the ranking fool you. Project Sylpheed is actually a really great game and I am enjoying it immensly.

Dr_Keenbean

Sylpheed is rad and reasonably priced.

WC: Arena is sorry garbage that tarnishes the good name. Read the manual, it's great but avoid the game like the plague.

Bamelin

Wing Commander Arena is not a bad game either ... it just got alot of hate because it isn't anything like any other Wing Commander game that has come before it.

To be perfectly honest Wing Commander Arena has more in common with Subspace than it does with previous Wing Commander Games.

This is not nessecarily a bad thing.

In my mind Wing Commander Arena is basically Subspace Continuum "Lite".

AggroChan

Geometry Wars is good if you're into old school :P

Lemmy

Space Giraffe should be out soon.

Hopefully.

fragglefart

Project Sylpheed arrived at my doorstep this morning (£17.99 from Asda website) and I have to say, it really is pretty damned good. It would be worth trying the demo first, some people didn't like it. Me, I played the demo tonnes, and waited for the inevitable price drop before snagging it, and I really enjoy it.

The combat is awesome, dogfights are fun, going head to head with one of the larger battleships is great and the weapons are cool. Some people didn't like the controls, but once I took the time to get them down, the playability increase was well worth it. Some of the effects look pretty tasty too. And the story is suitably well produced and cheesy. Worth a shot IMO.

Silpheed

fragglefart wrote: »

Project Sylpheed arrived at my doorstep this morning (£17.99 from Asda website) and I have to say, it really is pretty damned good. It would be worth trying the demo first, some people didn't like it. Me, I played the demo tonnes, and waited for the inevitable price drop before snagging it, and I really enjoy it.

The combat is awesome, dogfights are fun, going head to head with one of the larger battleships is great and the weapons are cool. Some people didn't like the controls, but once I took the time to get them down, the playability increase was well worth it. Some of the effects look pretty tasty too. And the story is suitably well produced and cheesy. Worth a shot IMO.

It pretty much needs to be cheesy when the main characters name is "Katana Faraway"

ben0207

Lemmy wrote: »

Space Giraffe should be out soon.

Hopefully.

Is this going to feature those fancy light synth things Minter is so fond of?


(and having spent Saturday 4AM fucked off my tits staring at the 360 visualiser for 2 hours I have to agree with him)

Artoria

AggroChan wrote: »

Geometry Wars is good if you're into old school :P

Listen to this man no 360 should be without Geometry wars.

Also Aegis Wing is pretty good too. And it's Free.

BigDes

ben0207 wrote: »

Lemmy wrote: »

Space Giraffe should be out soon.

Hopefully.

Is this going to feature those fancy light synth things Minter is so fond of?


(and having spent Saturday 4AM fucked off my tits staring at the 360 visualiser for 2 hours I have to agree with him)

I do that all the time, just stare at all the pretty.

Bouncing_Soul

Does this game have that inertia-less flight stuff, like in Independence War?

Cantido

I'm having trouble with the first escort mission in Project Sylpheed. I was all over that ship but it keeps blowing up. Suggestions?

Also, your Captain gives suggestions on how to fuck up a big ship, because ramming is not enough. How do you know where to mess up a big ship?

chamberlain

Cantido wrote: »

I'm having trouble with the first escort mission in Project Sylpheed. I was all over that ship but it keeps blowing up. Suggestions?

Also, your Captain gives suggestions on how to fuck up a big ship, because ramming is not enough. How do you know where to mess up a big ship?

I never used ramming. The first power attack is enough. It also should be said that the game is much more fun if you play through on easy first, unlocking better weapons, before trying it on medium or hard.

Silpheed

chamberlain wrote: »

Cantido wrote: »

I'm having trouble with the first escort mission in Project Sylpheed. I was all over that ship but it keeps blowing up. Suggestions?

Also, your Captain gives suggestions on how to fuck up a big ship, because ramming is not enough. How do you know where to mess up a big ship?

I never used ramming. The first power attack is enough. It also should be said that the game is much more fun if you play through on easy first, unlocking better weapons, before trying it on medium or hard.

I still can't believe that the demo mission for Sylpheed was a goddamn escort mission. When you want to show off as much as possible you set the player in a fleet battle without the need to babysit a bunch of transports.

Question for those of you who have completed the game: Are there many escort missions in the full game?

chamberlain

Silpheed wrote: »

chamberlain wrote: »

Cantido wrote: »

I'm having trouble with the first escort mission in Project Sylpheed. I was all over that ship but it keeps blowing up. Suggestions?

Also, your Captain gives suggestions on how to fuck up a big ship, because ramming is not enough. How do you know where to mess up a big ship?

I never used ramming. The first power attack is enough. It also should be said that the game is much more fun if you play through on easy first, unlocking better weapons, before trying it on medium or hard.

I still can't believe that the demo mission for Sylpheed was a goddamn escort mission. When you want to show off as much as possible you set the player in a fleet battle without the need to babysit a bunch of transports.

Question for those of you who have completed the game: Are there many escort missions in the full game?

You almost always need to keep your supply ship from being destroyed, but it never felt that tedious or overly difficult.

Speaking of space games, I want Freelancer on the XB360, right now.

Evangir

chamberlain wrote: »

Silpheed wrote: »

chamberlain wrote: »

Cantido wrote: »

I'm having trouble with the first escort mission in Project Sylpheed. I was all over that ship but it keeps blowing up. Suggestions?

Also, your Captain gives suggestions on how to fuck up a big ship, because ramming is not enough. How do you know where to mess up a big ship?

I never used ramming. The first power attack is enough. It also should be said that the game is much more fun if you play through on easy first, unlocking better weapons, before trying it on medium or hard.

I still can't believe that the demo mission for Sylpheed was a goddamn escort mission. When you want to show off as much as possible you set the player in a fleet battle without the need to babysit a bunch of transports.

Question for those of you who have completed the game: Are there many escort missions in the full game?

You almost always need to keep your supply ship from being destroyed, but it never felt that tedious or overly difficult.

Speaking of space games, I want Freespace on the XB360, right now.

Fixed.

/shill

Silpheed

Screw Freelancer, give me a fully updated Freespace 2 instead

EDIT: Wow, I guess great minds think alike..

Saved

It will never, ever happen, but man getting the SCP version of FS2open on Live would be awesome.

BaronVonSnakPak

i hated the demo for sylpheed.

i want to find the person who created that mission and club them with a baby seal.

Silpheed

BaronVonSnakPak wrote: »

i hated the demo for sylpheed.

i want to find the person who created that mission and club them with a baby seal.

Golden Rule for space shooters: Escort missions aren't fun, have never been fun and will never become fun either. Fuck every unimaginative developer who feels that a few fighters should protect what usually is their factions last hope in a dinky freighter, held only together by spit, duct tape and the decompressed remains of the last crew..

VoodooV

I think a BSG shooter is in the works...not a sim, a shooter

BaronVonSnakPak

Silpheed wrote: »

BaronVonSnakPak wrote: »

i hated the demo for sylpheed.

i want to find the person who created that mission and club them with a baby seal.

Golden Rule for space shooters: Escort missions aren't fun, have never been fun and will never become fun either. Fuck every unimaginative developer who feels that a few fighters should protect what usually is their factions last hope in a dinky freighter, held only together by spit, duct tape and the decompressed remains of the last crew..

as a devout fan of the genre, i agree 100%.

this thread is making me think about firing up tie fighter or freespace 2 again, hmmmm...