Spaceflight Sim Dark Horizon Set for Release 88
Paradox Interactive has just announced the release date(s) of their latest game, Dark Horizon as September 23rd in North America and September 26th in Europe. Offering flight-sim style space combat (with joystick support, even) and many RPG elements like ship customization and weapon creation, this is the first serious attempt at the genre I have seen in a while. Hopefully game studios will realize that there are still many loyal flight-sim fans out there just drooling for a chance to dust off their joysticks and accelerate to attack speed.
Re:A Wing Commander Replacement? Maybe Not (Score:4, Interesting)
I liked Independence War [wikipedia.org] myself. They had a realistic space flight sim and showed how it could actually be playable. The tactics you used there were considerably different than the tactics you would use in any sort of flight-sim like space game.
Re:A Wing Commander Replacement? Maybe Not (Score:4, Interesting)
Yeah, every new space-sim I play is measured up against Gemini Gold [solsector.net] (successor to the Wing Commander Privateer Remake project). Universally, they are found wanting. It isn't just nostalgia talking; Privateer is still the funnest space-sim available.
Re:Realistic space sims! (Score:3, Interesting)
This got labeled funny, but it reminds me of the only open source space sim I know of, which got obsessed with realism. The devs thought it would be a great idea if 90% of your time was spent accelerating and decelerating between planets, and battles would be most interesting if they were spent 99% of time outside weapon range after flying past your target. No offense to those who worked hard on vega-strike, but it is a stunning example of the horrors of realism in a game.
Re:A Wing Commander Replacement? Maybe Not (Score:3, Interesting)
Agreed. I loved the first Privateer, and the second was okay. Independence War (I and II) were great, but they lacked the open endedness. The free travel patch for the first one helped, but there really was nothing to do as you roamed the galaxy.
Have you tried X3 Reunion?