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Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#1 - 2013-01-24 22:13:45 UTC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS50TK_Eqxk

Freespace 2 meets Ace Combat franchise meets Zone of Enders meets Homeworld 2

not perfect tho, and story-wise could've use a bit more polish, single-player only.

still, a very, very good Kickstarter game.

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Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#2 - 2013-01-25 00:03:42 UTC
Grimpak wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS50TK_Eqxk

Freespace 2 meets Ace Combat franchise meets Zone of Enders meets Homeworld 2

not perfect tho, and story-wise could've use a bit more polish, single-player only.

still, a very, very good Kickstarter game.


Bought it, downloading.
Had the final arc of every mecha show ever running through my head as I watched the trailer.
All I need now is my Beam Saber....

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Rain6639
GoonWaffe
Goonswarm Federation
#3 - 2013-01-25 03:55:32 UTC  |  Edited by: Rain6639
the premise is the -biggest- thing people have been wishing for years--joystick style flight. and these people are going to make a whole game out of the joystick fleet battle mechanic. and money. good for them. and it's mecha? absolutely going to play.

competition is good.
Otrebla Utrigas
Iberians
#4 - 2013-01-25 10:52:32 UTC
I'm thinking about buying this game... but it has some substance or it is all flash??
Xuse Senna
Nocturnal Romance
Cynosural Field Theory.
#5 - 2013-01-25 10:54:23 UTC
I only got it for the OST.... xD

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Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#6 - 2013-01-25 17:05:23 UTC  |  Edited by: Grimpak
Otrebla Utrigas wrote:
I'm thinking about buying this game... but it has some substance or it is all flash??

I'm going to be honest here: technically the game is good. balanced. easy where it needs to be and hard where it can be hard. if you hated Freespace 2's escort missions, you will also hate escort missions here.
GFX are nice, game engine works good enough. Soundtrack was made by the guy that made HW2's soundtrack, and the art in general seems to be very similar.
not having multiplayer in this type of game is bad, but on the technical side, that's really the only bad thing to say about it.


story wise, could be better. needs polish, but I've seen much worse.


TL:DR: it's not perfect nor innovative, but for the price tag, you get a very nice and challenging single-player space-sim.

and collector's edition is a must. soundtrack is a very strong point in this game.

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Brujo Loco
Brujeria Teologica
#7 - 2013-01-25 17:09:52 UTC
YOU PEOPLE gonna make me buy this ... with your speculation ... is it at least good? fun? worth the $?

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Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#8 - 2013-01-25 17:16:40 UTC
Brujo Loco wrote:
YOU PEOPLE gonna make me buy this ... with your speculation ... is it at least good? fun? worth the $?

let's say that the Eurogamer reviewer hated the game because he failed mission 3 20 times in a row.

the game has very high difficulty spikes, but if you played Freespace 2 or Freelancer you'll fit in perfectly. it's a return, albeit not perfect, to the golden age of the space-sim shooter.

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Juno Valerii
Federal Navy Academy
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-01-26 00:36:30 UTC
Grimpak wrote:
Brujo Loco wrote:
YOU PEOPLE gonna make me buy this ... with your speculation ... is it at least good? fun? worth the $?

let's say that the Eurogamer reviewer hated the game because he failed mission 3 20 times in a row.

the game has very high difficulty spikes, but if you played Freespace 2 or Freelancer you'll fit in perfectly. it's a return, albeit not perfect, to the golden age of the space-sim shooter.


SOLD!!! w00t
Kirjava
Lothian Enterprises
#10 - 2013-01-26 05:46:41 UTC
Played the first few missions.... you can tell that its got a lot of Homeworld cues.

Story seems a little lacklustre as does the voice acting. You'd think that the annihilation of Earths Navy with no enemy losses would put some sort of fear or shock in captain whatshername.

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Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#11 - 2013-01-26 13:26:52 UTC
mission 8 difficulty level: ******* bonkers.
Blackfleet frigate = world of pain.
Blackfleet corvettes = torp shooting hellhounds that spawn anti-fighter beams that hit for I-thought-I-had-a-*******-shield damage.
Blackfleet carrier = OHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHITOHSHIT

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