Comments on: Latest Evochron Legends

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:51:04 +0000

“even if the poster himself didn’t like it”

Eh?

By: tals

tals — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 07:36:56 +0000

Just bought this game, documentation side is poor – although there forums are very helpful. Graphics i’m happy with and whilst some of it could be clearer it’s so far not detracting from the game. Need to play more before I can get any lasting impressions but at the moment i’m enjoying the ride. I see no reason why the 200mb or so download wouldn’t be worth anyone trying – even if the poster himself didn’t like it. That is the point of a demo :)

By: Shadowcat

Shadowcat — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 07:50:04 +0000

surleyben: Me too :)

Even the demo for the hugely-praised “Freespace 2″ got uninstalled from my PC rather promptly once I found that I could slow my ship down to a stop, but not continue that acceleration and travel backwards.

To my I-War-spoiled brain, that was utterly ridiculous.

By: surlyben

surlyben — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 06:58:32 +0000

“I-War 2″ still puts most space sims to shame, IMO Boy, howdy! I never could get back into those non-newtonian sims after I-War. Kept crashing into enemy ships every time I turned to put my guns on ‘em

By: Bullwinkle

Bullwinkle — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 20:22:50 +0000

Er…I’m certain you have a really good reason for that comment. Besides the standard.

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:25:41 +0000

I don’t think a £15 gamepad (just get a 360 USB pad – it’s the official standard PC one now) is a high barrier to entry for anything. And if you’re one of the people who still refuse to buy one, then you deserve all the mockery you can get.

By: Bullwinkle

Bullwinkle — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:12:22 +0000

TB: “If you play space-sims with a mouse you deserve everything you get.”

Good point. Because that’s just what a dying genre needs: high barriers to entry.

By: Dominic White

Dominic White — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:59:06 +0000

@Paul – Yeah, actually. The mouse controls in Terran Conflict are really good. I’ve found them more precise than using a joystick/gamepad, for the most part.

It’s still a game with a significant learning curve, but it’s probably the biggest (and most moddable – dear god, there are THOUSANDS of mods and plugins available for it – it’s like Oblivion in space) game in its genre right now. Worth the time investment if that’s your thing.

By: Count Valar

Count Valar — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:57:26 +0000

I’ve bought all the games from this guy. They’re good games in their own right, but they lack immersion (hard to define, I know). And I seriously think he should expand it along the lines of Starshatter and X3 with capitalship-focused, more strategic, gameplay. The dogfight, fighter-only thing, has narrow appeal for me.

X3 is obviously an excellent game, in all respects, with much higher production values, but that shouldn’t come as a surprise.

By: TotalBiscuit

TotalBiscuit — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:41:44 +0000

BB – All that indicates to you is that you have no taste what-so-ever. X3:TC is the best sandbox space-sim since Elite and anyone who thinks otherwise is a big, casual baby. Probably owns a Wii unironically too.

By: one f jef

one f jef — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 04:35:50 +0000

BB: X3: TC is quite amazing actually, but it was extremely buggy in the original release and even some of the subsequent patches.

Currently, at 2.1, it’s not only playable, but flat out amazing.

By: BB

BB — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:06:08 +0000

X3:TC is a hunk of crap and I am the one to know. Can we not talk about it please?