Space genre games

[dmarkwick 261]

I thought I would kick off a generic space genre thread to encompass any interesting space genre games. I'm looking forward to playing some, I always liked Elite so I'm looking forward to Elite Dangerous, and of course Star Citizen looks interesting...

Games I have in the past really enjoyed:

Elite

Mercenary

Damocles

Frontier

Shuttle

X-Wing vs TIE-Fighter/X-Wing Alliance

More recently I actually bought into a small game called Space Engineers, think of it as kind of a Minecraft for spaceships, except that you can crash stuff into other stuff. Witness:

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It's quite enjoyable. Rather flakey in a lot of areas but we are still in the early build stages of development.

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On the subject of Star Citizen, looking at their site I'm a little confused about their purchasing system. Has anyone here bought into it? It looks, to me, like you have to purchase (with real money) ships you want to play on? Is this a method for players with deep pockets to leap ahead in the game, or is there literally no progression without payment?

Edited November 22, 2013 by DMarkwick

[Tonci87 163]

I hope you just forgott to add Freelancer and Wingcommander to that list

[motorizer 12]

[/color]On the subject of Star Citizen, looking at their site I'm a little confused about their purchasing system. Has anyone here bought into it? It looks, to me, like you have to purchase (with real money) ships you want to play on? Is this a method for players with deep pockets to leap ahead in the game, or is there literally no progression without payment?

I have bought into star citizen at the cheapest level, you get one small ship, I can already load up the hangar module and look around it and get in, you can't take off yet though so it's a bit pointless. You can buy more ships for real money but they will all be availiable to buy with in game money, I guess by buying a head start like that people are paying NOT to play. To me, building up from nothing is what these games are about.

Another space game I have just backed on kickstarter is the mandate, more of a strategy game, but seems to encompass everything, from fleet battles, to crew management, to boarding actions..

Elite dangerous is my number one most anticipated though.

Edited November 22, 2013 by motorizer

[nettrucker 142]

Did you check on Homeworld series? These are older games but I remember playing them quite a lot when they were first released.

It's slow gameplay just google it or go to youtube and I'm sure you will find some stuff concerning these games.

[froggyluv 2130]

Star Citizen Dogfight module is promised for release before New Year. For anyone a little more curious about the whole whatwithall of the game, and perhaps having a little more time on their hands than they need (light prison sentence, 2 jugs of coffee, Mother-In-Law-Present) read The Big S.C.A.M. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/46095085/The%20BIG%20Star%20Citizen%20Admirer%27s%20Manual.pdf

[jblackrupert 14]

I played the hell out of Elite on the Commodore 64,

Hopefully there will be a demo for Elite Dangerous because Decent made me wanna throw up.

not sure how Elite will be with modern graphics.

[squadie 10]

The mother and father of Space games are currently in the making https://robertsspaceindustries.com/ and http://elite.frontier.co.uk/

[froggyluv 2130]

Wow Elite Dangerous looks to give ahelluva cockpit

[Dwarden 1124]

until 6th December you can become backer of Elite: Dangerous with all past privileges, since 6th it will be different (There will be still store but most likely less ric)

http://elite.frontier.co.uk/register/

also on www.Gog.com you can get Independence Wars for 1.5 and IW2:Edge of Chaos for 1.5 too

[dmarkwick 261]

^^ I guess I will buy into that backer deal. Least I can do after all those hours enjoyment I had in the 80s :)

[sudayev 27]

What? You're not familiar to the X series by Egosoft? Fix this asap (but avoid their recent game called Rebirth). Freelancer is also advisable.

[ProfTournesol 956]

Freespace 2 is a very good game too : http://www.gog.com/game/freespace_2

[nettrucker 142]

What? You're not familiar to the X series by Egosoft? Fix this asap (but avoid their recent game called Rebirth). Freelancer is also advisable.

I agree with that. Check the x series. Steep learning curve same as with ArmA. The game is a complex sandbox in space. Egosoft reminds me a lot of BI, they have 2 main things in common. Buggy game releases and long time support. You should definitely check it out.

cheers

[.Taffy 10]

This just popped on the scene, announced at VGX. I for one am certainly keen to find out more!

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/08/whatever-you-do-watch-this-hello-games-no-mans-sky/

[Dwarden 1124]

ye but the trailer leaves me in worry, if all is procedural ... why it does looks like preplaced stuff (e.g. normal trees, normal fish, normal grass) ...

nothing new or impressive seen (compared to procedural engines of Elite: Dangerous, Infinity The Quest of Earth (I-novae), Space Engine, Outerra, Limit Theory and similar ...

the spaceship and art has Homeworld wibe tho so i keep eye on it

[dmarkwick 261]

Wow that No Man's Sky has a great look, very Chris Foss/Syd Mead. If it keeps the look going, is genuinely procedural, I'll very likely pick this up. Sometimes just exploring is gameplay enough for me :)

[R0adki11 3945]

I like the look of Space Engineers and Elite: Dangerous :) oh and No Man's Sky looks great too :)

[dmarkwick 261]

I like the look of Space Engineers and Elite: Dangerous :) oh and No Man's Sky looks great too :)

Similar tastes. I got Space Engineers, have bought into Elite: Dangerous and will most probably buy into No Man's Sky if it comes to PC.

[Nawshad007 10]

I always love to play and discuss about space games. At the moment I am waiting for Star Quest for its 2nd version.

[Mr. Charles 22]

http://www.artemis.eochu.com/

Best MP COOP space game there is imho. You just feel like Captain Kirk if you can yell at your helmsman/science officer/weapon ops :)

[.Taffy 10]

Some more information on 'No Man's Sky'. Still no confirmation a PC release unfortunately.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/09/first-look-no-mans-sky/

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/10/interview-no-mans-sky-and-procedural-generation/

[froggyluv 2130]

Thought no one mentioned Limit Theory till I saw Dwarden did in passing -worth a look http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/limit-theory/

[Dwarden 1124]

Limit Theory has fantastic onthefly generated UI solution ... i really like it

[tortuosit 485]

Some more information on 'No Man's Sky'. Still no confirmation a PC release unfortunately.

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/09/first-look-no-mans-sky/

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/12/10/interview-no-mans-sky-and-procedural-generation/

!!!!! I must say I'm really waiting for an interesting space game, because I cannot see I will return to X in the near future. Except if there's nothing on the horizon, maybe I'll play X3 again.

[.Taffy 10]

Thought no one mentioned Limit Theory till I saw Dwarden did in passing -worth a look http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/tag/limit-theory/

Goodness I assumed it would have been brought up earlier in the tread! Limit Theory is very impressive and the creator's (Josh Parnell) ability to code is incredible. His video posts often show off major design features or improvements that he only began working on that week...sometimes even that very morning!