Comments on: It’s a Trap? Lucasarts Tease X-Wing Special Edition.

By: PC Monster

PC Monster — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 21:07:23 +0000

I can’t see Lucasarts expecting everyone to run out and buy Joysticks, although if there was a game that’d actually rekindle the flight-stick renaissance then Tie Fighter is probably it. I’d be perfectly happy for them to implement a decent mouse-control into the game (and the ability to rebind keys!).

But hey, thinking about all the excited comments on this thread practically pleading for graphical upgrades to better suit modern technology…aren’t we now calling for the very thing that every serious fan has agreed ruined the films? :P

By: dsmart

dsmart — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 01:19:35 +0000

Told you it wasn’t X-Wing. Ha!

By: NegativeZero

NegativeZero — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:33:15 +0000

The Win95 CD versions of X-Wing and TIE Fighter both run in Win XP reasonably well, you know. Upgraded graphics too (XvT engine).

The major downside is that iMUSE doesn’t seem to work. TIE Fighter without the dynamic music feels hollow. :(

By: dsmart

dsmart — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:41:42 +0000

This can’t be a new game. My guess is that its just going to be one of their Steam releases of the original legacy game.

If they release a new space game, I’ll be absolutely shocked. They’d be stupid to do it. But this is Lucas, so all bets are off.

By: CMaster

CMaster — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:48:48 +0000

Actually, one of the annoying things about TIE I found that flies in the face of some of the points made above is all those early missions where they make you fly a slow, shielded and unmanouverable gunboat.

Still a new X-Wing/Tie game would be a very good thing.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:40:17 +0000

I agree the TIE Defender and Missile Boat were really overpowered, but it was still fun (especially having enough advanced missiles to take out a Calamari cruiser…)

By: Psychopomp

Psychopomp — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:00:20 +0000

Man, I can’t believe this. It’s like the devs exist in a vacuum, where IL-2, and Red Baron never existed.

(Yes. I know. *That’s the point*.

By: lePooch

lePooch — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:38:31 +0000

I first played X-wing vs. Tie Fighter as a kid. Going back to TIE Fighter was a nightmare after that. Seriously, you died in roughly four shots.

I wore out a lot of cheap joysticks on this series(mainly cos Dad stowed away the $200 flightstick for himself).

Also, did anyone else run around as a kid imitating the slightly-creepy-wet-fist-on-flesh “thwoosh-thwucha” of a laser hitting your shields?

Just me then, huh?

By: Monchberter

Monchberter — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:33:38 +0000

Personally TIE Fighter was best because we all loved the sneering preening space nazi imperial officers gloatingly referring to “rebel scum” in the mission briefings.

By: animal

animal — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:50:15 +0000

As I said last time I’d definitely buy a new joystick. I can see other people not wanting to do the same though, so just put in some extra work and add a proper joystick/pad, mouse and keyboard interface on top; then everybody wins.

By: roryok

roryok — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:05:26 +0000

I really really hope lucasarts go ahead and give all of their classics the SE treatment. I would happily pay (again) for SE versions of Monkey Island 2, The Dig, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max (if they’re allowed…), Full Throttle, Dark Forces, Outlaws, Rebel Assault, X-Wing, Tie Fighter etc etc etc

In fact, I really hope they do so well that other companies can’t resist doing the same, and next years charts are full to the brim of (tasteful) remasters of old classics.

By: Mark Owens

Mark Owens — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:58:17 +0000

Oh Man, Ballblazer, The Eidolon, Koronis Rift & Rescue on Fractulus (Behind Jaggi Lines – to those in the know ;-) ) What an era that was. In those days everything was soooo exciting. Something that seems to have got lost in todays world of super flash graphics is the gameplay on a lot of the stuff today. I suppose I’m just getting old (42 next birthday) and I’ve lost my rose tinted glasses.

Microprose, Synapse Software, Adventure International, Jeff Minter where are you when we need you.