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It was a trap! X-Wing/TIE Fighter info not coming soon?
Hey, remember when they announced a new Wing Commander and people were like "yay!" which very quickly turned into when they read a little further and saw it was Wing Commander Arena?
Good times.
At least we got a really nice pdf manual out of that.
Been in a meeting all day and just saw this - I've been hoping for an announcement like this for so long, and will remain cautiously optimistic (and hopefully they tell us what we want to hear)...but seriously, between this and Mechwarrior, I may well just die from the sheer weight of awesome. And to think, I just rewatched ESB and reinstalled TIE Fighter this week, too. :P
man. i remember in xvt there was a mod that introduced a planet with a station in orbit around it. i hopped in a defender and put everything into engines so that i could fly around it. i gave up after like 3 hours.
i remember i had these games and then i lost them. but i used my mouse to play it. then i rebought it in some collection and it didn't let me use my mouse anymore, it was joystick only or something. really bummed me out.
I played TIE Fighter A LOT. It like never got old. And I was pretty young playing it so it was interesting to see how my playing of the game differed as I got older.
The TIE Bomber had the tightest turn radius when you dropped it down to corner speed, and thus was the choice of dogfighting champions who wanted -- nay, NEEDED -- the thrill of watching their opponents mouth oh fuc-- right before the glass in their canopy melted away and the blood in their face instantly boiled and then froze.
Actually, on second thought, you know what I really want in one of these games?
...A fucking accurate A-wing! That means autotracking turrets, damnit!
The A wing's lasers are articulated and have a small firing arc. It is how it is supposed to take advantage of its speed, becase accuracy isn't as important. So why does no game put that in? If Halo can have auto-aim, then a space sim certainly should if the ship was designed with it in mind...
It kind of shocks me that this was never in any of the Rogue Squadron games, for the record.
Rogue Squadron 1 had auto tracking blasters for the A-wing. It was why I hated flying it because I couldn't make precise shots with it.
I hope this rumor turns out to be true and it isn't Clone Wars or pre A New Hope bullshit. Get us back in to the good stuff.
Look, buddy, you suck too badly to be trusted in three dimensions, so we stripped the wings off your TIE and gave it some tracks, also spinners. Now get down there and make us proud.
I will store my massive nerd-boner until there is actually some news on this game. News that involves the words "Exclusively on PC, because seriously fuck those console bitches". At that time you may think there is an eclipse, there isn't. It's just me, blocking out the sun.
Also, TIE Interceptor for life. They are fucking space ninjas.
Screw all your fancy little nancy-boy shields and missles.
4 lasers, two engines and a layer of aluminum foil holding them together. That is how a man rolls in space.
I think that a deep part of the appeal of all of these games was the management aspect of your power levels. It let each person play like they wanted. Don't want shields? Dump that power. Need to go full out to get into missile range ASAFP? Guns into engines and arm warheads. Heck, they even let you set your firing style with 1, 2, or 4 cannons.
If they remake it, Im hoping they'll go all out and not simply port shit. The old tie-fighter/X-wing games were probably my favorite game(s) of all time, but some of the mechanics could probably use a tweak. I forget when, if ever, they let capital ships target more than 1 target at a time... there's nothing quite like chasing after an X-wing in a Tie fighter, mistakingly hitting your home ship Star Destroyer, and watching it stop attacking EVERYTHING and focus ALL LASERS/MISSILES ON YOU.
(EDIT) Marikir reminded me of the games shield mechanic. I always hated how they start you off with 50% shields. I inevitably spent the first 15-30 seconds (?) of the game just turning up my shield/weapon energy, diverting all my weapon energy to shields, and just letting shit charge to full before actually starting the 'real' mission. Unless I had to race for an objective (rare), I always started like this... kinda stupid.
Slow+No Shields. Especially on a mission where you needed Rockets or Space Bombs.
Also, I found out about five years ago that I am juust barely good enough at TIE Fighter to beat all primary, secondary, and bonus objectives with a mouse and keyboard.
Olivaw is now my new favorite forumer. Also I hope this is a reboot and not just "Lets put X-Wing/Tie Fighter on Steam!" although that would be cool too.
Nothing beat a regular TIE or TIE interceptor melee with flares enabled... in an asteroid field.
A little recognized fact was that the regular TIE could actually fire faster than most other ships (think this was in XWvsTIE and not the previous TIE game... so long ago...). So in a head-to head chicken charge with an X-wing, a regular TIE could win provided he unloaded a little early (knowing the X-wing would fly into the bolts that would eat through the shields and cockpit in a matter of seconds) and got out of there in time.
Testicles.
Balls.
Cahones.
If you just had to reach down and make sure you had any, you're probably better off in those shielded craft.
If they remake it, Im hoping they'll go all out and not simply port shit. The old tie-fighter/X-wing games were probably my favorite game(s) of all time, but some of the mechanics could probably use a tweak. I forget when, if ever, they let capital ships target more than 1 target at a time... there's nothing quite like chasing after an X-wing in a Tie fighter, mistakingly hitting your home ship Star Destroyer, and watching it stop attacking EVERYTHING and focus ALL LASERS/MISSILES ON YOU.
(EDIT) Marikir reminded me of the games shield mechanic. I always hated how they start you off with 50% shields. I inevitably spent the first 15-30 seconds (?) of the game just turning up my shield/weapon energy, diverting all my weapon energy to shields, and just letting shit charge to full before actually starting the 'real' mission. Unless I had to race for an objective (rare), I always started like this... kinda stupid.
Actually, I remember always draining my cannons (ion and laser) into the shields to quickly get them to overcharge full (which was the REAL full in my opinon) and then letting the cannons get back to full and overcharge as soon as possible. I did think it was odd that they had an overcharge power level, but didn't worry about it too much. Just worked with it.
Why does it look like it was made to have LEGO attach to its body?
Talking about legos, the ultimate edition starships are pretty cool:
Is the one I have
Is the one I want (it's only $500 )
I've got the TIE Interceptor. It is indeed awesome.
Wish they would put out a B-wing, just because it's a kickass looking design.
I've got me an X-wing back at home; my brother had the TIE/I...we had a ball building them when we were kids, too. And duuude, I'd take a Lego B-wing in a heartbeat.
Why does it look like it was made to have LEGO attach to its body?
Talking about legos, the ultimate edition starships are pretty cool:
Is the one I have
Is the one I want (it's only $500 )
I've got the TIE Interceptor. It is indeed awesome.
Wish they would put out a B-wing, just because it's a kickass looking design.
I've got me an X-wing back at home; my brother had the TIE/I...we had a ball building them when we were kids, too. And duuude, I'd take a Lego B-wing in a heartbeat.
Yeah, I've got that one. It's sitting on top of my other book case. It's a fun model to build and looks great for what it is, but I want something with the level of detail that the UC TIE Interceptor has on it.
Fuuuuuck I've never played these but all this talk of x-wings and tie fighters makes me wanna dig out Rogue Leader and play it.
Pfffffft. Babies' toy.
Anyway... TIE Fighter. Man. That game was a turning point in my youthful perception of videogames. The mission where they turn on you blew my mind. Never had I considered that a videogame could break its established rules halfway in, without warning.
to be a pilot licensed to fly unshielded spacecraft: 20/20 vision or better, decent dexterity, no present colorblindness, a pair.
to be a pilot licensed to fly shielded spacecraft: 20/20 vision or better, decent dexterity, no present colorblindness.
Just to continue the joke where only manly burly hair-chested men fly without shields. Anything else is for those individuals that are not men, or, namely, girly boys.
I loved TIE Fighter. As a kid I got the expansion from a thrift store without realizing I needed the base game and tracked down the base game with my father. I didn't have a joystick, I played with the keyboard and mouse, but I had a ball.
I got X-Wing a few years later, but that game was much harder than TIE Fighter.
I liked Empire at War's interpretation of Impstars.
Doesn't matter what ships you have, you go up against an Imperial Star Destroyer and it will hurt like a motherfucker. If you've got a billion Y-Wings or B-wings and the Impstar's not backed up by Tartan Cruisers then maaaaaybe you can hurt it 'till it's interceptors fuck you up.
Mon Cals? Fuck that noise, the Star Destroyer will fuck them up right.
In fact, Empire at War with expansion is an awesome Star Wars game. I still play it every once in a while.
Also, if they just remade the originals but made it look like
Anyway... TIE Fighter. Man. That game was a turning point in my youthful perception of videogames. The mission where they turn on you blew my mind. Never had I considered that a videogame could break its established rules halfway in, without warning.
If the ground combat of Empire at War wasn't an abortion, that game would be really great. If they took Company of Heroes and skinned it with Star Wars, replaced the ground combat in EaW with it, and priced it at $50, I would buy it.
I would buy it two, maybe three times.
The space combat in that game, while it gets repetitive once you're steamrollin' bitches, was one of the most pleasant things ever. Because at that point you could just throw it into movie mode and watch the dogfights.
Also, if they just remade the originals but made it look like
This
I'd be so very happy.
Nonononono, man, we need a freeform X/T game ala X. Startin' off in a dinky snubfighter, selling yourself out for whatever cash and salvage you can get, slowly shootin' and lootin' your way up the the military hardware ladder...good lord.<3<3
If the ground combat of Empire at War wasn't an abortion, that game would be really great. If they took Company of Heroes and skinned it with Star Wars, replaced the ground combat in EaW with it, and priced it at $50, I would buy it.
I would buy it two, maybe three times.
The space combat in that game, while it gets repetitive once you're steamrollin' bitches, was one of the most pleasant things ever. Because at that point you could just throw it into movie mode and watch the dogfights.
God yes. Ground combat was so horrible, but space was fun.
Sorenson,
From the file title, I'm guessing it's an Excalibur. Not from Star Wars, but Wing Commander.
So, yeah, odds of it appearing outside of a mod: Slim to none, and Slim just left town.
The only problem with the joy that this thread brings is reminding me of the X-Wing novels.
There are so many things wrong with the books I can't even begin. But I will.
Corran flicked the X-Wings lasers over to dual mode. He stroked the X-Wing into a turn, and thumbed the trigger.
His hot red lances penetrated the TIE fighter's cockpit section before exploding suddenly, spraying plasma through space.
I'm exaggerating. BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY.
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The only problem with the joy that this thread brings is reminding me of the X-Wing novels.
There are so many things wrong with the books I can't even begin. But I will.
Corran flicked the X-Wings lasers over to dual mode. He stroked the X-Wing into a turn, and thumbed the trigger.
His hot red lances penetrated the TIE fighter's cockpit section before exploding suddenly, spraying plasma through space.
The only problem with the joy that this thread brings is reminding me of the X-Wing novels.
There are so many things wrong with the books I can't even begin. But I will.
Corran flicked the X-Wings lasers over to dual mode. He stroked the X-Wing into a turn, and thumbed the trigger.
His hot red lances penetrated the TIE fighter's cockpit section before exploding suddenly, spraying plasma through space.
Going from X-Wing (balancing shields versus engine versus energy for the quads) to TIE Fighter (balancing cannon energy versus engines versus a new change of pants everytime something came gunning for your ass) was a hell of a jump.
Then you get the TIE Advanced and/or Defender and just violate things en masse.
So many fond memories from both, however. Except for X-Wing Campaign 2, Mission 4. Fuck you, freighter Phoenix. Fuck you.
I don't care how many pages ago this was said, it is the fucking truth.
I CAN"T BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE! *Post tie-raumatic stress*
Tie Interceptor: Speed is really all you need. I'd love a chance to fly an E-Wing, though I'll skip it if we get some decent AI to fight against. Obviously you can't expect much from X-wing due to when it was made, but I could close my eyes and gun down tie fighters since they repeated the same serpentine flight path.
Erotic subtexts aside, I just remembered what was wicked fun.
IIRC, in Allience, multi player you could give each player a certain budget? And with that you had a choice as to what craft, or collection of craft you would fly?
It used to be awesome fun to set it really really low so you could have say "4 Z95s" or "One Tie INT with concussion torpedos" or 6 really crappy smuggler ships.
Inspired creativity, and the combat was fast and furious because everyone had low HP.
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I played TIE Fighter A LOT. It like never got old. And I was pretty young playing it so it was interesting to see how my playing of the game differed as I got older.
Xbox : gunst4r
Rogue Squadron 1 had auto tracking blasters for the A-wing. It was why I hated flying it because I couldn't make precise shots with it.
I hope this rumor turns out to be true and it isn't Clone Wars or pre A New Hope bullshit. Get us back in to the good stuff.
This motherfucker right here. Just... What?
I will store my massive nerd-boner until there is actually some news on this game. News that involves the words "Exclusively on PC, because seriously fuck those console bitches". At that time you may think there is an eclipse, there isn't. It's just me, blocking out the sun.
Also, TIE Interceptor for life. They are fucking space ninjas.
Screw all your fancy little nancy-boy shields and missles.
4 lasers, two engines and a layer of aluminum foil holding them together. That is how a man rolls in space.
Why does it look like it was made to have LEGO attach to its body?
Talking about legos, the ultimate edition starships are pretty cool:
Is the one I have
Is the one I want (it's only $500
Wish they would put out a B-wing, just because it's a kickass looking design.
I've also got the Imperial Star Destroyer. It is so boss.
A pain in the ass to build, though. Got to the end of a 120 or so page section and it had a "x2" at the end. I was not pleased.
Yeah, this better not be a joke.
(EDIT) Marikir reminded me of the games shield mechanic. I always hated how they start you off with 50% shields. I inevitably spent the first 15-30 seconds (?) of the game just turning up my shield/weapon energy, diverting all my weapon energy to shields, and just letting shit charge to full before actually starting the 'real' mission. Unless I had to race for an objective (rare), I always started like this... kinda stupid.
Slow+No Shields. Especially on a mission where you needed Rockets or Space Bombs.
Also, I found out about five years ago that I am juust barely good enough at TIE Fighter to beat all primary, secondary, and bonus objectives with a mouse and keyboard.
JUST.
BARELY.
Olivaw is now my new favorite forumer. Also I hope this is a reboot and not just "Lets put X-Wing/Tie Fighter on Steam!" although that would be cool too.
A little recognized fact was that the regular TIE could actually fire faster than most other ships (think this was in XWvsTIE and not the previous TIE game... so long ago...). So in a head-to head chicken charge with an X-wing, a regular TIE could win provided he unloaded a little early (knowing the X-wing would fly into the bolts that would eat through the shields and cockpit in a matter of seconds) and got out of there in time.
Testicles.
Balls.
Cahones.
If you just had to reach down and make sure you had any, you're probably better off in those shielded craft.
Origin: Viycktor
Actually, I remember always draining my cannons (ion and laser) into the shields to quickly get them to overcharge full (which was the REAL full in my opinon) and then letting the cannons get back to full and overcharge as soon as possible. I did think it was odd that they had an overcharge power level, but didn't worry about it too much. Just worked with it.
I've got me an X-wing back at home; my brother had the TIE/I...we had a ball building them when we were kids, too. And duuude, I'd take a Lego B-wing in a heartbeat.
But wait! It's not quite the same, but there's this: http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Star-Wars-B-Wing-Fighter/dp/B000AOEWH8
Oh man.
Pfffffft. Babies' toy.
Anyway... TIE Fighter. Man. That game was a turning point in my youthful perception of videogames. The mission where they turn on you blew my mind. Never had I considered that a videogame could break its established rules halfway in, without warning.
Time Lapse video of me building one...
3DS Friend Code: 0404-6826-4588 PM if you add.
to be a pilot licensed to fly shielded spacecraft: 20/20 vision or better, decent dexterity, no present colorblindness.
Just to continue the joke where only manly burly hair-chested men fly without shields. Anything else is for those individuals that are not men, or, namely, girly boys.
Shields, got that.
Two different types of missiles, sure.
Ions, well, why not?
Turbobooster...well, I guess...
Mine too.
chair to Creation and then suplex the Void.
I got X-Wing a few years later, but that game was much harder than TIE Fighter.
Doesn't matter what ships you have, you go up against an Imperial Star Destroyer and it will hurt like a motherfucker. If you've got a billion Y-Wings or B-wings and the Impstar's not backed up by Tartan Cruisers then maaaaaybe you can hurt it 'till it's interceptors fuck you up.
Mon Cals? Fuck that noise, the Star Destroyer will fuck them up right.
In fact, Empire at War with expansion is an awesome Star Wars game. I still play it every once in a while.
Also, if they just remade the originals but made it look like
I'd be so very happy.
I wish I could tint your image Lime-colored, because it is so true.
Also, I literally just giggled with girlish glee at the thought of a new X-Wing game.
This.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
I would buy it two, maybe three times.
The space combat in that game, while it gets repetitive once you're steamrollin' bitches, was one of the most pleasant things ever. Because at that point you could just throw it into movie mode and watch the dogfights.
What is that? Looks like some fake T-Wing thing I found on a big P&P resource dump site years ago.
EDIT: Oh. Never was a Wing Commander boy, so eh.
God yes. Ground combat was so horrible, but space was fun.
From the file title, I'm guessing it's an Excalibur. Not from Star Wars, but Wing Commander.
So, yeah, odds of it appearing outside of a mod: Slim to none, and Slim just left town.
There are so many things wrong with the books I can't even begin. But I will.
I'm exaggerating. BUT ONLY SLIGHTLY.
so turned on right now
My god I'd never thought of it like that.
Really, they're Star Wars books, it should be assumed that there's going to be a lot wrong with them.
But there is also sooo much that is right.
Yub Yub commander.
I don't care how many pages ago this was said, it is the fucking truth.
I CAN"T BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE! *Post tie-raumatic stress*
Tie Interceptor: Speed is really all you need. I'd love a chance to fly an E-Wing, though I'll skip it if we get some decent AI to fight against. Obviously you can't expect much from X-wing due to when it was made, but I could close my eyes and gun down tie fighters since they repeated the same serpentine flight path.
IIRC, in Allience, multi player you could give each player a certain budget? And with that you had a choice as to what craft, or collection of craft you would fly?
It used to be awesome fun to set it really really low so you could have say "4 Z95s" or "One Tie INT with concussion torpedos" or 6 really crappy smuggler ships.
Inspired creativity, and the combat was fast and furious because everyone had low HP.
Those were the days.