I've got this site called "Game Giveaway of the Day" in my RSS reader. Every day they distribute a different commercial game for free. 99% of the time it's "Yet another Tetris Clone written in Visual Basic that noone in their right mind would pay $20 for". But occasionally, once every month or two, a good one comes through. Today it's
Space Interceptor.
It's free for the next 22 hours or so.
Looks like a generally good, on-rails arcady 3d space ship blasting game. Kinda shortish, a comment said it takes about 5 hours to play through. Not that I've got that much free time right now. :P
It got decent reviews. (Averaging a 7 or 8) *Steals links from comment*
http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r22002.htmhttp://pc.ign.com/articles/567/567710p1.htmlhttp://www.gamespot.com/pc/sim/projectearth2/review.html
Download:
http://game.giveawayoftheday.com/space-interceptor/
Note that I'm going off the Game Spot review posting this here. I can't say if it lives up to the hype because I'm still only 15% into the 400MB download.
Oh, right. Screenshots!
So, what say the masses? Is this a good /decent game to grab?
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Gameplay sounds fun, looks great, and I've been looking for a new Space/Sci Fi type game. Win! Plus, I have the day off so I'll post some crap about it later.
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And yet... shiny. Meh.
I've been using the mouse and keyboard, default controls. You need to turn down the mouse sensitivity a bit, but after that, it controls pretty well. I also skipped the tutorial since a quick glance at the control list tells you everything you need to know. The mouse does weapons, speed, and turning/pitching, with hotkeys on the keyboard for rolling, switching weapons, boost, and some other stuff I don't use much. It's pretty easy to get the hang of. I haven't tried the joypad, or even checked to see if it supports it.
Edit- Okay, it worked that time.
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It does make me want to play Freespace 2 again though.
This game was originally called Starmageddon 2: Something and it was released in Poland way back when. It was a low-budget production, but rather enjoyable. The dialogue was of course in Polish and it was quite decent. Regardless, the steering was rather... sloppy.
Now it seems the guys are expanding on the internets with a rather weak English version.
Also, FUCK THAT ESCORT MISSION IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. That is the hardest thing in this game.
- The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (2017, colorized)
There's stuff out there that's definitely much better. If you've played Freespace 2 and Freelancer, Space Interceptor is somewhere in between those. It's mission based, like FS2, but the combat is a bit lacking, like Freelancer.
And if you haven't played freespace 2, what the fuck is wrong with you? There's no excuse anymore since the game is available to download now. Play it, now. Right now.
Don't have one. Why should I need one? I don't for any other flight sim game.