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  • KelorKelor Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    HK-47 was the best thing to come out of KotOR.....meatbags.

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  • FiarynFiaryn Omnicidal Madman Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    NH03 wrote: »
    Seeing a product and trusting the name and seeing a product and buying it regardless because of that name is a good way to buy a bad game.

    Bioware isnt exactly an mmo brand name.

    It's almost like there's a company that made an MMO that was wildly successful despite them having no experience in making such a game.

    But who?

    Who could it be?

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  • KhavallKhavall British ColumbiaRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Kelor wrote: »
    HK-47 was the best thing to come out of KotOR.....meatbags.

    HK-47 was insane in KOTOR 2. In 1 he was fine, but jesus was he awesome in II.


    Of course everyone was awesome in 2.

    Especially Kreia

    And Atton in that one dialogue. Yeah you know the one.

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  • NoneoftheaboveNoneoftheabove Just a conforming non-conformist. Twilight ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I still get the warm fuzzies over Dark Forces. Mowing through Stormtroopers never gets old for me, even less so when I have a lightsaber.

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  • EngelNULEngelNUL Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    The Concussion Rifle in Dark Forces (1) was awesome, especially on Imperial City and Executor levels. When there were like...40 Stormies sitting around waiting to be killified.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Lamoid wrote: »
    Khavall wrote: »
    I often consider LPing Empire at war. It's just so goddamn cool.

    Empire at war is great, but without Forces of corruption it's really bland. It's like they got all the movie crap out of the way with the first game, so for the expansion they just went crazy with content. I mean you've got Ysalamirs, witches of dathomir, and friggin' Thrawn. Also having a third faction really helps the pace of galactic conquest. I remember having to purposely not attack the empire because I could have marched up to coruscant with a fleet of 10 mon cal cruisers in the first ten minutes. The fact that Zann gets badarse mandalorian battleships is just the umm... Vweilu nuts on the... ryshcate?

    Does anyone know if there's a interface mod for Kotor1 that lets you control it with a keyboard like you can in kotor2? Screw the story, that's why I've only replayed the first one once or twice and kotor2 a half dozen times

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Dark Forces, as my second first person shooter (I went from Wolfenstein 3D straight to DF, skipping over Doom) holds a very special place in my heart.

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  • ArcticMonkeyArcticMonkey Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Are the Windows 95 DirectX Tie Fighter and X-Wing Collector's Series remakes playable on a modern computer?
    I f they are I might have to track down a copy. If not I might settle for dosbox emulating the X-Wing Collector's cdrom.

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  • GoodKingJayIIIGoodKingJayIII They wanna get my gold on the ceilingRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Fiaryn wrote: »
    NH03 wrote: »
    Seeing a product and trusting the name and seeing a product and buying it regardless because of that name is a good way to buy a bad game.

    Bioware isnt exactly an mmo brand name.

    It's almost like there's a company that made an MMO that was wildly successful despite them having no experience in making such a game.

    But who?

    Who could it be?

    Your sarcasm is awesome.

    Seriously, everybody starts somewhere. Bioware belongs in the MMO market (that's pretty much where WRPGs are going), and I think they can make a solid game. In addition, they're using an established engine, so they don't have to go through the nonsense of building their own.

    Will it have bugs? Sure. Can it succeed even though Bioware's never developed an MMO? Absolutely. Will it be great? I have no idea, that's something we won't know until later stages of development.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Are the Windows 95 DirectX Tie Fighter and X-Wing Collector's Series remakes playable on a modern computer?
    I f they are I might have to track down a copy. If not I might settle for dosbox emulating the X-Wing Collector's cdrom.

    That would depend on your OS. Vista doesn't like (and will refuse) to run 16-bit executables, which can be problematic for even installing a lot of older games.

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2009
    I can't believe 6 pages in and no one's mention the Star Wars retrospective that GameTrailers did back in the fall. I can't link it now, cuz I'm at work but if someone else can that'll be awesome. It was a really really good retrospective of the Star Wars games, ranging all the back to the Atari Empire Strikes Back to Force Unleashed.

    That said, the first game I ever took online was Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight through the Microsoft Gaming Zone! since DFII didn't have it's own lobby. Then, X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter. I lost many hours of my childhood to those two games.

    And I wouldn't take it back for anything.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Are the Windows 95 DirectX Tie Fighter and X-Wing Collector's Series remakes playable on a modern computer?
    I f they are I might have to track down a copy. If not I might settle for dosbox emulating the X-Wing Collector's cdrom.

    I've played TIE Fighter with no problems on my XP machine; I imagine you could rig up a virtual machine for Vista if you had that.

    And yes, the GameTrailers Star Wars Retrospective was absolutely FANTASTIC. Wonderful memories. This should go in the OP.

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  • ArcticMonkeyArcticMonkey Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Are the Windows 95 DirectX Tie Fighter and X-Wing Collector's Series remakes playable on a modern computer?
    I f they are I might have to track down a copy. If not I might settle for dosbox emulating the X-Wing Collector's cdrom.

    That would depend on your OS. Vista doesn't like (and will refuse) to run 16-bit executables, which can be problematic for even installing a lot of older games.
    I'm not asking about the 16bit versions Dos games. Those are easy to emulate. However many of the early DirectX games I have tried have had problems on newer machines.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Are the Windows 95 DirectX Tie Fighter and X-Wing Collector's Series remakes playable on a modern computer?
    I f they are I might have to track down a copy. If not I might settle for dosbox emulating the X-Wing Collector's cdrom.

    That would depend on your OS. Vista doesn't like (and will refuse) to run 16-bit executables, which can be problematic for even installing a lot of older games.
    I'm not asking about the 16bit versions Dos games. Those are easy to emulate. However many of the early DirectX games I have tried have had problems on newer machines.

    A lot of the earlier DirectX games still use 16-bit installers. Rebellion, for example.

    And even with the ability to emulate some of the older DOS games, which may require weird workarounds, the configuration utilities are often unusable.

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2009
    Are the Windows 95 DirectX Tie Fighter and X-Wing Collector's Series remakes playable on a modern computer?
    I f they are I might have to track down a copy. If not I might settle for dosbox emulating the X-Wing Collector's cdrom.

    I've played TIE Fighter with no problems on my XP machine; I imagine you could rig up a virtual machine for Vista if you had that.

    And yes, the GameTrailers Star Wars Retrospective was absolutely FANTASTIC. Wonderful memories. This should go in the OP.

    The videos will embed, Tycho.

    Embed them, you fool!

    Do not fail me again!

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  • RoyceSraphimRoyceSraphim Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Are the Windows 95 DirectX Tie Fighter and X-Wing Collector's Series remakes playable on a modern computer?
    I f they are I might have to track down a copy. If not I might settle for dosbox emulating the X-Wing Collector's cdrom.

    This is why we have the GOG.com wishlist.

    I want Volition and the Ace Combat team to make a new freespace so we can get a star wars mod.

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  • Mr PinkMr Pink I got cats for youRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I'm playing through Force Unleashed for the second time. Something about that game just clicks for me. I think it's because I feel like a total bad-ass the entire game. So many moments that brought a grin to my face, or made me want to exclaim "Hell yeah!"

    MAJOR STORY SPOILERS
    - Killing wookies as Vader
    - Darth Maul w/ Duel of the Fates music playing (I drug the fight out so much just so I could hear the music more)
    - Pulling a Star Destroyer into a planet
    - "You were never going to overthrow the Emperor!" "Not with you."
    - The fact that you create the MUTHAFUCKIN' REBEL ALLIANCE

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  • augustaugust where you come from is gone Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Pancake wrote: »
    Are the Windows 95 DirectX Tie Fighter and X-Wing Collector's Series remakes playable on a modern computer?
    I f they are I might have to track down a copy. If not I might settle for dosbox emulating the X-Wing Collector's cdrom.

    That would depend on your OS. Vista doesn't like (and will refuse) to run 16-bit executables, which can be problematic for even installing a lot of older games.
    I'm not asking about the 16bit versions Dos games. Those are easy to emulate. However many of the early DirectX games I have tried have had problems on newer machines.

    http://www.lucasfiles.com/index.php?action=file&id=653

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Mr Pink wrote: »
    I'm playing through Force Unleashed for the second time. Something about that game just clicks for me. I think it's because I feel like a total bad-ass the entire game. So many moments that brought a grin to my face, or made me want to exclaim "Hell yeah!"

    MAJOR STORY SPOILERS
    - Killing wookies as Vader
    - Darth Maul w/ Duel of the Fates music playing (I drug the fight out so much just so I could hear the music more)
    - Pulling a Star Destroyer into a planet
    - "You were never going to overthrow the Emperor!" "Not with you."
    - The fact that you create the MUTHAFUCKIN' REBEL ALLIANCE


    I have mixed feelings about Force Unleashed. I included it with my top picks because I definitely think its worth playing once. The story is phenomenal. Also, you're right, there are moments where they really make you feel like a badass.

    But there are other moments that are just infuriatingly difficult. I'm specifically talking about the part where you fight like 4 rancors at once, the part where you have to shut down all 6 or 7 pylons, and the part where you're in a big canyon and there are lots of enemy snipers plus a ton of other shit.

    On top of those parts, I also encountered several places where my character got stuck and I had to reload the game to get un-stuck. Also, on my 360 I had some pretty severe frame-rate issues in certain places. The very first level of the game, where you're playing as Vader and wrecking the Wookie village gave me some bad frame loss whenever a hut crumbled.

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    As long as the story segments are the same, I guess I'm obligated to be the test runner for the Wii version of TFU.

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  • delrolanddelroland Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Man, Star Wars games are ***.

    :P

    Just grabbed KOTOR2, haven't played it yet, so that should be fun.

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  • GoombaGoomba __BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2009
    They are so ***. Every **** Wars game (my own name for them lol) has been such ***.

    And make sure you get the fanpatch for KotOR2 because it's really great.

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
  • bloodatonementbloodatonement Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Looks like I'll be wasting my afternoon

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  • delrolanddelroland Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Goomba wrote: »
    And make sure you get the fanpatch for KotOR2 because it's really great.

    Got a link?

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  • JustinSane07JustinSane07 Really, stupid? Brockton__BANNED USERS regular
    edited April 2009
    You have not failed me! You are not Admiral Ozzel!
    Oh god, I am such a nerd!

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  • cj iwakuracj iwakura The Rhythm Regent Bears The Name FreedomRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    And here I thought I knew about all of them. The only one I recognize from part one of that retrospective is the Atari one with the ATs.

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  • bloodatonementbloodatonement Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    cj iwakura wrote: »
    And here I thought I knew about all of them. The only one I recognize from part one of that retrospective is the Atari one with the ATs.

    Hell no. I played the hell out of that game. Got to where i could play it for hours with out dieing.

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  • Xenogears of BoreXenogears of Bore Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Zerokku wrote: »
    My personal list is:

    TIE FIGHTER
    Episode One: Podracer
    Dark Forces 2
    Rogue Leader
    Trilogy Arcade

    Super Star Wars games would be next, followed by Rebel Strike, Rebellion, and oh, a dozen other games.

    Seriously there are at least twenty good SW games. Incredible for a franchise.

    You have a dissapointing lack of even a mention of Kotor on that list. I can only assume you haven't played it before.

    Well, looks like I forgot KOTOR.

    Hmm. take my original list, seed KOTOR1 before DF2, and put KOTOR 2 above Trilogy arcade. Problem solved.

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  • FoefallerFoefaller Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    delroland wrote: »
    Goomba wrote: »
    And make sure you get the fanpatch for KotOR2 because it's really great.

    Got a link?

    http://www.team-gizka.org/

    Site said it's not 100% done yet, but they are shooting for sometime this summer.

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  • bloodatonementbloodatonement Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Man those videos are superb. I mean, the guy takes on star wars video games with like a history channel special.

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Supposedly there's a leak somewhere though...

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  • Mustachio JonesMustachio Jones jerseyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    It's incomplete though, and two or three builds ago if I remember correctly.

    At this point, you should just wait for the public release.

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  • delrolanddelroland Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    It's incomplete though, and two or three builds ago if I remember correctly.

    At this point, you should just wait for the public release.

    To dowload the patch? Or before I start playing at all?

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  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    delroland wrote: »
    It's incomplete though, and two or three builds ago if I remember correctly.

    At this point, you should just wait for the public release.

    To dowload the patch? Or before I start playing at all?

    They're synonymous.

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  • PancakePancake Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    It's incomplete though, and two or three builds ago if I remember correctly.

    At this point, you should just wait for the public release.

    It's pretty much feature complete, just a bit buggy.

    That said, the leaked beta isn't anything near as bad as you'd get if you played vanilla patched.

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  • Mustachio JonesMustachio Jones jerseyRegistered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Without a doubt, and while they are taking an inordinately long amount of time to fix some of those bugs, I'd rather give those guys the benefit of the doubt here and play it when they think it's ready.

    I feel wrong getting it before it's "ready".

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Its May 1! Star War month has officially begun. Bust out your games and lets get our Star Wars on!

    I'm starting with KotOR2, which I actually have an active game going. I started playing a couple weeks ago which is what originally gave me the idea to make this thread.

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  • BiosysBiosys Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    I found Jedi Power Battles, playing through by myself.

    Shit is rock hard, I've died so many times, but I'll persevere, at least until the jumping parts.

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  • El ExtremoEl Extremo Registered User regular
    edited May 2009
    Biosys wrote: »
    I found Jedi Power Battles, playing through by myself.

    Shit is rock hard, I've died so many times, but I'll persevere, at least until the jumping parts.

    Coruscant will make you cry like a little bitch.

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