Hi, Since I have been playing a good bit of solo FT I was looking for
something like it for the PC;after looking thru some PC gaming mags I have
seen a few that may fit the bill but wish to consult the listers first for
opinions.The following games I am thinking of are: Homeworld 2 Star Trek
DS9:Dominion Wars
Star Wars X-Wing and/or TIE Fighter,or perhaps Rebel Strike
Any other suggestions for good space battle games? If so,please enlighten
me.....thanks for the help.
I have not played Homeworld 2, other than the demo... But HW 1 was a ton of
fun, but you are somewhat removed from the action... Just giving orders and
watching the result rather than actually
participating - which disappoints some people I know. From a minis
comparison perspective, though, it should line up nicely. It is also an RTS,
which may count against it depending on your tastes.
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> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, Mark & Staci Drake wrote:
> Hi,
Starfleet Command 2
Forget Dominion Wars, it's mediocre at best. Starfleet Command 2 is your
best bet for 'Trek games, but be advised it has nothing to do with the
Next Gen series whatsoever. You wanted the X-Wing games anyway, X-Wing:
Alliance is your best bet there. Rebel Strike and Rogue Squadron (et al)
are more console games than sims like the X-Wing games, not that they
aren't fun in their own right. Also consider Independence War 1/2 as
first-rate games.
> Mark & Staci Drake wrote:
> Hi,
Mark,
You might want to try Star Empires III.
http://www.malfador.com/se3.html
It's not a fast paced game. It is turn based. A lot like a old Avalon Hill
game, but I love it.
You have to develop technologies, watch spending, design ships, have great
space battles, etc. It's kind of like a complete campaign system.
If your looking for a game that is like a flight simulator then this is NOT
it... SE3 is a strategy game.
And it's FREE too!
Warren Shultzaberger "Religion is for those who are afraid of going to Hell.
Spirituality is for those who have already been there."
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> Mark & Staci Drake wrote:
> Hi,
You can play Full Thrust on line via Play by E-mail with FTJava.
If you want a across between an RPG and a starfighter games, Origins Privateer
(the original, not the sequeal) is a lot of fun.
ias
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> On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, Michael Llaneza wrote:
> Forget Dominion Wars, it's mediocre at best. Starfleet Command 2 is
> Next Gen series whatsoever. You wanted the X-Wing games anyway,
And to throw this a little more off topic, there are mods for SFC2 that will
createall of the ships from Star Fleet Battles, and give them the "SFB
appearance", just in case you need your Gorns to actually look like the old
school SFB ships.
> From: ~ On Behalf Of Mark & Staci Drake
> Since I have been playing a good bit of solo FT I was looking
As far as I know, Jon Davis's FT Java IS FT2 for the PC, and any other Java
platform that Jon's team have got it to run on.
> Homeworld 2
Cannot answer for the Trek franchises and I thought the 'Wars
titles you mention were all first-person space fighter sims.
HW swept the board in '99 without any boost from the film industry. Yes, it's
indirect but you can place your POV on any vessel and ride an attack craft
through an enemy formation or hover over an enemy cruiser whilst your forces
beam it into a blinding fireball. If (like me) you don't like the RTS pace
then live on your pause key; you can check to see where and what your forces
are up to then switch the action back on to
give them new orders. Though if you play head-to-head.. well,
welcome to the real world.
Drawbacks: the plot is linear with no difficulty settings, though you can fix
this in generic skirmishes or by deliberately making life more difficult for
yourself ("I'm not having Taidan trash in my fleet", or by actually doing what
Fleet Intelligence tells you to.)
HW:Cataclysm is more of the same for those who wanted more; strike craft fuel
is replaced by pilot experience and a minor play balance issue is rather
decisively fixed [1] but the
amazingly sexy AI voice-over from HW is dropped in favour of
a character I found positively irritating.
I re-equipped specifically for HW2 and man, it is fast. It
doesn't help that as soon as you finish off an episode the game hands you any
outstanding resources and hyperspaces you off to the next bit of mayhem; no
time to build, research or catch your breath. I've dropped the scenario [2] in
favour of playing skirmish just to get my HW2 skills up to scratch.
For all of these and any other titles you consider, read up on the
specifications and make sure your system is (a) up to scratch and (b) has a
reasonably clean OS. The forums are full of folk who tried to run these very
demanding programs on piles
of rubbish. And one final tip; try to resist the walk-throughs
as long as you can, and put one down as soon as it helps you!