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Pretty much this. Took me forever to get used to Rogue Squadron and I still don't like the space battles in those games very much because they are so different from TIE Fighter.
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I think almost any space combat game made after Wing Commander 3, except the Star Wars and Freespace games, at least has a sliding brake key that lets you do that. At the very least, I know it's in Wing Commander 3, 4, Prophecy, Tachyon: The Fringe, Freelancer, Starlancer and Starshatter. And, of course, it's practically the only way to fly in the Independence War 1 & 2.
True, very true.
I'd like a new game, sure, but a graphical update would be fantastic. Heck, I'd "settle" for a release of all of them that works on modern systems. Through one of the digital distribution services as well, if at all possible too.
Allegiance... man I loved that game.
If we are getting re-releases of one or all the space sims, I can't see Lucasarts not releasing on Steam. They just cut a huge deal with Valve, more of the LA library are on the way. Not only that, but TIE Fighter is an automatic PC-gamer boner; why would they cut out a substantial market share of people all but guaranteed to buy this game?
I would play the hell out of this on my xbox. It'd be great to finaly play it with the cognative ability to actualy win... I was 7 when I played X-Wing/B-Wing.
If they pulled a Monkey Island and updated the graphics that would also not be unwelcome.
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I don't know, that's actually pretty good, man
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1) If you want something done right, do it yourself. Wingmen are often useless for anything but buying you time.
2) There is no "up" in space, merely your orientation relative that fucking Star Destroyer.... OH SHIT DIVE DIVE DIVE!
3) People you are escorting have no will to live, yet you'll be blamed for them failing to show even an inkling of self preservation. Unfortunately, cutting out the middle man and shooting them yourself is frowned upon.
4) Sometimes you need to throw caution to the wind and divert all power from shields to engines and/or weapons arrays. Unless you already possess massive testicular fortitude, in which case you're already piloting something without shields, possibly while being fellated by personal worshipers who lavish you and your ... prowess with the adoration you deserve. In the latter case, however, try not to feel to bad when you get blown out of the sky by someone glancing in your general direction.
4a) Try not to weep too heavily when missions force you into ships with shields. Make them simple, manly tears. Unless you're a woman, in which case I guess they'd be simple, womanly tears.
5) There are few problems in space that cannot be solved by throwing enough fighters at it. However, should you be on the numerically superior force of this, something should come by to rectify that situation shortly. And by "something", I mean a Star Destroyer and/or Mon Calamari Cruiser(s).
6) Success can be measured by many metrics; ribbons, tattoos, a sense of satisfaction, etc. Failure is often accompanied by explosive decompression and a rapidly fading fireball. Don't fail.
7) The Freighter Phoenix can go fuck itself.
8) There is no lesson 8.
9) If you see one A-Wing or TIE Interceptor, odds are good that there are at least 1-3+ vying for a piece of your ass.
10) It doesn't work often, but occasionally you can use the hyperdrive as a way to move waaaaay faster than you should be able to. Trying this on missions you've yet to succeed at risks clutching defeat from the jaws of victory, however.
I second this.
Sadly, the shield-less ships usually couldn't touch that, as there was no way to get full engine without killing your guns...
I've also played XvT and didn't find it that enjoyable. It could be that I never played against anyone. Maybe that would change things. But I really prefer single player and I loved the fact that X-Wing and Tie Fighter actually had pretty decent (albeit frustrating at times) single player campaigns.
In fact, a couple years ago, I rescued a 100MHz Pentium from the recycle pile at work, installed DOS and Windows and managed to get both X-Wing and Tie Fighter working. My X-Wing savegame files would corrupt, though, and I didn't invest too much time trying to figure out why. I also got a CH Flightstick Pro to use...God I loved that joystick.
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Lessons from TIE Fighter:
1) If you're a really good servant of the Emperor, you get an awesome tattoo.
It seems like the old lucasarts is back and we will welcome them back with open arms (and wallets)
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Right?
Sock him right in the jaw? No? That was just me? Oops.
FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT FIX IT
You had terrible friends.
I trust you have disposed of them since.
Even though I'm much more of a TIE Fighter person, that is a goddamn cool idea, and wish I had considered it when I was younger.
Am I the only one who would like a few atmospheric combat missions? Maybe in an urban setting? I mean, requiring a player think on their feet and all. That, and more thins to catch on fire.
Right now, I'm enjoying the TIE Fighter Total Conversion, which puts TIE Fighter in the X-Wing Alliance engine (with a few new models for good measures). What have I learned?
1) A shieldless ship is always more durable than you think it is, but not nearly durable enough.
2) You see that big, bad-ass command ship hanging out there? Yeah, it's probably not going to do anything. Fucking glorified flying hangar.
3) There's a reason space-combat droids beep. You don't want to hear them talk.
4) Apparently, your bosses would rather commission a ship with the sole responsibility of reloading your--and only yours--ordinance. As oppose to letting you land and do it, you know, the normal ways.
5) Apparently, all TIE Bombers are carrying laundry, a spare bunk, a pair of motorcycles, and a full-sized refrigerator, because they carry shit for ordinance in that gigantic pod.
I also find it amusing when people get all "OMG TIE Defender!" being that the Missle Boat was designed to kill TIE Defenders.
Eat rockets, bitches!
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Wait wait wait wait. There's a TC that puts TIE Fighter into the XWA engine?!
Oh man oh man oh man. Am I safe in assuming it works fine with XWA Upgrade?
"You have not adequately supported me on this mission...and...it has failed."
You mean the models? Well, the TCTF switches out those for the Imperial fighters by default, but you can still add others--though replacing the TIE Fighter, for examples, can cause a glitch when it is modified by the mission to carry missiles.
And the TIE Defender was designed to kill everything else. Which is why it's got a tougher hull and ion cannons. :winky: Weaker shields though.
Which is not to say the boat isn't fantastic, it is, but I'll pass on the missile-spamming ship. Just a matter of taste, really.
That's exactly how a friend of mine and I played them before I had a computer of my own. I was on keyboard duty.
WHY CAN'T I BEAT THIS LEVEL ANYMORE WHAT THE HELL
That was the best way to play, back in the day.
Unless your keyboard guy decided to be a dick. "NO PUT POWER BACK INTO LASERS! Don't dump lasers to shields dammit!"
best part of BoP was when you fought the ssd. i mean it took probably 2 minutes to fly from prow to command tower
nnnnnnnneeeeeeerrrrrrddddddd
Huh
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Oh sweet wonderful game. As far as Star Wars goes, thats probably right underneath the X-Wing franchise on my list. It was so under appreciated. So complex. I have played it a couple times in recent years... as long as you let battles auto resolve (holy cat balls is the space combat terrible), it still holds up pretty well as a game, even to this day. But man, back in the day, Sunday afternoons, me, my little bro, a null modem cable, and a big ass sheet tacked to the ceiling between our computers so we couldnt see where eachother's bases/leaders were... hours and hours. Good times.
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