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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN no, didn't know anything about it.

It was this...




It was a launch title for the Gamecube when it first hit the scene. The game was unanimously praised by critics for just about everything, from the production values, to the gorgeous visuals, to its Star Wars charm that fans of the franchise will really appreciate.

I never played it, but I saw it on display at a Best Buy, the game ran silky smooth at 60FPS, so the game really was a treat to the eyes. Many will say its among the best games on the system. Which unfortunately isn't saying too much since the Gamecube is widely considered to be one of the worst consoles in Nintendo's history, right behind the Virtual Boy. I mean, there were plenty of good games to be had, but the PS2 and Xbox manhandled it throughout pretty much its entire existence.

But the big N got to smile in the end since their Wii is now steamrolling every bit of competition in sight.

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Originally posted by Cpt.Cocaine FS2 had by far the most intense battles I'd ever experienced.

but did you play tie fighter?

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Originally posted by Cpt.Cocaine There's just something so epic about chasing little fighters through constant flak fire while trying to dodge giant energy beams ten times the width of your own fighter as two capital ships fight it out with you inbetween, or attacking an ennemy destroyer, scaling along it's surface and poking at it with your little pew pew lasers, not realising that you're flying dangerousely close to an anti-cruiser beam, then suddenly the whole screen turns white and your subwoofer starts rumbling...

yeah, all that was awesome. i just found the battles to be too small to really knock tie fighter off its perch of best space sim of all time. i saw no reason why they couldn't have just increased the number of ships by three or four times...also the "soup" missions pissed me off.

you guys have me all pumped up now though, thinking of grabbing XvT: balance of power which apparently has a whole single-player campaign...

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Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN but did you play tie fighter?

duh

X-wing and tie fighter were among the first PC games I've ever played. Tie fighter was epic, but I think FS2 was better.

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fair enough!

dont spose you played balance of power and can tell me whether its good or not?

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It's pretty decent. Not as good as XWA or tie fighter obviousely, but it's definately not bad. Also I remember it being hard. But then it's been ages since I've played it.

In any case it'll fulfill both your space sim fetish and your star wars fetish.

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excellent! i think i might have XvT floating around already.

if only i wasnt at work. i wanna go home and play!

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Originally posted by netroM http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_Pinball http://abandonia.com/en/games/1038/Psycho+Pinball.html

i used to play a pinball shareware game called "epic pinball" on a 3.5 floppy back in the day, it was win

i'm disappointed in you guys though, i thought you'd all reach into the obscure a bit more here's some of my favorites

Rise of the Triad- the only game that i know of with a weapon called "drunk missiles" and a powerup called "shroom mode"


Gabriel Knight


FireFight


I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream


Abuse


D/Generation

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Originally posted by Cpt.Cocaine Maybe so, but I don't think it's nessessary. FS2 had by far the most intense battles I'd ever experienced. There's just something so epic about chasing little fighters through constant flak fire while trying to dodge giant energy beams ten times the width of your own fighter as two capital ships fight it out with you inbetween, or attacking an ennemy destroyer, scaling along it's surface and poking at it with your little pew pew lasers, not realising that you're flying dangerousely close to an anti-cruiser beam, then suddenly the whole screen turns white and your subwoofer starts rumbling...

I'd love to see space sims where it's not like, you are like a demi god and it's up to you to destroy entire wing of enemy fighters

something like it's frigging hard destroying one enemy fighter, but the mission goals do not rely on you taking out entire enemy fleet. meaning, having smart friendly AIs working with you to accomplish the objective

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Originally posted by Cpt.Cocaine It's pretty decent. Not as good as XWA or tie fighter obviousely, but it's definately not bad. Also I remember it being hard. But then it's been ages since I've played it. In any case it'll fulfill both your space sim fetish and your star wars fetish.

it's pretty good story. some annoying missions (esp last one where you have to take down the SSD) but worth spending few hours on

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Originally posted by chinamon not true. i say "ugh" but i am a tranny.

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Originally posted by kotsy lol colour me retarded

Ultima 7 (well, the whole series...)


Ultima Underworld (1 and 2)

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Also, Alone in the Dark 1 and 2... before the series was a joke.

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Sorry, last one...


Raptor: Call of the Shadows


And my favorite "6th grade computer-lab time-waster:" Sim Ant.

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