Lol--I rmember the wire frame game version--was a blast.
You know I don't think there was a game before Tie Fighter that let you properly play as the bad guy. I couldn't believe being bad could be so fun!
These kids today take killing goody two shoes for granted!
I played XWing Alliance myself. Never got around to the older ones, but Alliance was amazing.
Which one, take your pick....
Epic/ Loved Tie Fighter
Epic, loved 'em all. I'm such an old fart.
the question is... what game is their that does this these days... I mean klingon academy comes close.. but its not playable anymore. Mechwarrior was another one of those games that came close.
In general I find games very simplistic these days. You just cannot get into them like you could a game like xwing\tie fighter. There is no feeling from the developers.
Sins of a Solar Empire could learn from this. Sins is a great game. It incorporates some features like the musical changes. But thats as close as you get to your chosen faction. I don't feel excited or like I am ever rewarded.
Sins should give us some tactical options that matter. Perhaps shield settings for the fleet. Perhaps this affects weapon power and speed. How great would that be. Some involvement in how you use your fleet once you determine what its make up is.
Side missions that involve perhaps chasing visiting alien ships as they make their way through and buying tech off them. Trading a bit. That would be cool.
Perhaps a 3D insert scene when a city changes or a tech is completed. Showing what the effect is.
There is an old game called conquest frontier wars that has some great features Sins could take hold of. Fleet commanders for instance. Supply ships and ammunition levels. Take enough supply ships and your fleet can last a few large engagements without having to return home or to a supply station.
Tie Fighter is to this day probably the best game of its type ever made. I'm speaking of course about the DOS version.
This is a genre that needs to make a comeback.
I was always fond of Wing Commander but if I had to choose it was this series. If memory serves I think Alliance allowed you to LAN it up. Oh, the LAN parties with the coaxial connections. Those were the good old days.
I remember a BBS game called Trade Wars...
I played X-Wing, TIE fighter and X-Wing alliance. I honestly don't remember the screenshots looking that bad though, my have times changed. Now if any series needs to be revived, it's this one (though I'd be somewhat scared if it happens because Lucas Arts hasn't done any particularly good games since the Kotors and Battlefront II).
Supposively there is a way to get the old Xwing games back online and sort of updated. PC Gamer posted up something for it a while back on their website. I never tried though. Too much to do as is.
I never really played these, but I would love to very much. My joystick must be defective, so I was barely even able to play the X-wing Alliance demo.
tie fighter is my #2 game of all time. i can't guess how many times i played through it. was the game that inspired me to enter the soundcard age. can still remember all the controls and could play it again and it would feel completely natural. is the number 1 game i'd like to see a proper sequel to (never did like XvT very much).
i think of this dead genre on a daily basis
I've heard about those games but never played them. But then again I gotted my first computer in 1998 so was a bit late to the party.
Loved them all. I probably play Xwing vs Tie fighter the most.
God Lucasarts needs to get off its ass and make a new simulator game... SERIOUS EVERYWHERE I READ PEOPLE WANT IT!
I was disappointed when I went from XWing Alliance to the console games "Rogue Squadron" etc. It would be awesome to see them recreate one of the original games at the least. I'd love to see X Wing and Tie Fighter tied into a new game on one of the current gen consoles. Playing X Wing over Xbox Live would be something - I can't think of any decent space based simulators on XBox anyway.
I'll always prefer it on PC, but since they're focusing on games that can cross PC and consoles simultaneously, that's my desire.
I'd love another TIE Fighter or X-Wing. Hopefully it is set in a newer timeframe (Thrawn Campaign anyone?) so we get to fly new ships like the Scimitar bomber, plus newer versions of the old favorites (shielded TIE fighter would be sweet).
As to a cross-platform game LA could make, another Republic Commando or Jedi Knight would be epic. That however, would have the approval of fans and critics everywhere and make George Lucas another pile of money, so it won't happen. He's far more interested in things like pacifist Mandalorians.
I remember that I was maybe eight years old when I last got to play any of these, and sucked pretty badly at them.
yeah, a new game of that kind would be really sweet. too bad they don't make them any more. not good quality anyway.
I also enjoyed freespace series a lot, though it was slightly different.
yeah, I cannot think of many games with the same heart and production quality anymore. It seems games are like movies. If you want one with heart you go look for indy or small companies. Thats why I like ironclad and battlefront.
Its also why I like the PC. PC lets anyone just start. No strings attached.
I remember the ships of X-Wing Alliance the most since that's what I played online with, but I know it had TIE Defenders (oh good times )and Darth Vader's TIE Advanced. Or do you mean you want the original TIE fighter with shields for some reason?
Original TIE with shields. A bit slower and less maneuverable, but still better than an X-Wing and less explosion-prone. Grand Admiral Thrawn realized he didn't have the sheer industry and manpower of Palpatine's Empire, so he refit TIE's with shields so both they and pilots would last longer. Higher costs per-fighter but fewer costs for replacement, repair, and training of new pilots.
These games always played best with a proper flightstick, but it'd be reasonably playable on a gamepad so they could probably make a cross platform version that works.
Maybe we'll see someone try again if Black Prophecy is a success.
I remember changing some of the game files on XWing Alliance so I flew the TIE Defender. I loved that ship so much. Tie fighter with shields, torpedos, speed to match an interceptor/A Wing (If you changed power properly), four blaster cannons and two ion cannons, if anyone's not familiar.
I'm pretty sure it had all of that without changing the files. It was my favorite starfighter as well. So my so my inner 10 year old got jelaous at kids these days when I ran into this in the store.
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