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[xg4bx]

i had never heard of this game until i saw it listed on gamefly. it has been ages since i've played a wing commander style game. it comes out in july and is $50.

[Zeptari1]

I'm very interested in this one!

here's a review i found... looks decent.... july 20th....

http://www.eurogamer...alliance-review

i gotta get through RDR first....

-rick

[Karyyk]

This looks like what the absolutely dismal Wing Commander Arena should have been (that's my worst XBLA purchase to date). This looks interesting...

[Nukey Shay]

How can they return? Everybody died except for Talby (who got assimulated).

[moycon]

Maybe they learned a thing or two from Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers?

[Cybergoth]

It's a 5 year old german PC game. A pretty good one though.

[Cybergoth]

Cybergoth, on Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:53 AM, said:

It's a 5 year old german PC game. A pretty good one though.

I just saw that you can download the PC version DRM free for $5 from gog.com this weekend.

[edweird13]

Cybergoth, on Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:53 AM, said:

It's a 5 year old german PC game. A pretty good one though.

Thats what I thought. I beat this game a long time ago on PC.

[Zeptari1]

i think it came out today... anyone get it?

[save2600]

The battling in outer space looks great, but I wouldn't care for the character development/action or plot at all. Seems so many modern games are bent on being a hodgepodge of genres these days.

[Chuck D. Head]

Nukey Shay, on Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:52 AM, said:

How can they return? Everybody died except for Talby (who got assimulated).

+1 for that reference. The only reason I clicked on this thread was on the odd chance someone actually made a game out of that movie; could be fun, blowing up unstable planets, surfing the phoenix asteroids, "feed the alien" mini-game......Morgan

[xg4bx]

heres another review.

http://www.joystiq.c...w-darkstar-one/

There is a lot to do. I played for 18 hours (over the span of two days, mind you) and I managed to uncover just around half of the 300 star systems on the map. I can't promise you won't occasionally be irritated by mission and dialog repetition, but the quantity is definitely there.

4.5/5

[Nuclear Pacman]

Just found out about this game. I've only played it for a couple of hours, but it kind of seems like a real successor to Star Raiders. I mean, you tell me the Star Map in your logbook doesn't make you think of Star Raiders. The game seems very open ended, so I'm looking forward to putting more time into it.

[Zeptari1]

I'm thinking of picking this up tomorrow. I'm in the mood for something
different on xbox. I haven't played a game like this in a long time.
I'm surprised this thread isn't longer...
-rick

[Nuclear Pacman]

After playing this for 10 hours or so, I will say that it's quite boring. I'm going to play it sporadically, but I don't envision any marathon playing sessions. It's a neat game, and very large, but I'm not impressed with the customization of the ship like I thought I'd be. The weaponry isn't that impressive, especially your main laser/s.

[Ryanw]

I've been so deprived of space combat this generation that I might give this one a go. Has anyone heard of any other space shooters like this coming out any time soon?

[Metal Ghost]

I posted this in the Deal Alert as well, but I thought I'd mention it hear as well: if you have a Five Below store nearby, they have this game on sale this week for $5.

[madmax2069]

when i looked at the Youtube video in the first post when it first started it reminded me of eve online until it showed gameplay (in cockpit).

[Zeptari1]

Metal Ghost, on Tue Mar 1, 2011 9:02 AM, said:

I posted this in the Deal Alert as well, but I thought I'd mention it hear as well: if you have a Five Below store nearby, they have this game on sale this week for $5.

Yes it's true, i have the Five Below ad right in front of me. It's really $5!
Go get it people.... I still havn't played it yet... I play too much Halo! hahah

-rick

[Ryanw]

Still had a dozen copies at Five Below when I went this week. So far so good!

[Zeptari1]

I just started playing it last week... it's an ok game... would have been much
better if they didn't screw up the flight controls.I would say this game is geared
more for the hardcore space sim crowd. Still a good game. And at $5, a steal!

-rick