Sol: Exodus Review
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This would be great if it didn't decide to make me and mine the villains. (by which I mean, religious people in general and Christians in particular)
For a rough analogy, atheists in the audience, imagine how you'd feel watching a movie in which a crowd of bloodthirsty videogaming killers (justified in-universe by the popular perception of violent videogames as psychologically affecting) were the villains.
In general, though, I hope the resurgence of space combat games continues. Let's bring the age of Freespace back with a vengeance!
For a rough analogy, atheists in the audience, imagine how you'd feel watching a movie in which a crowd of bloodthirsty videogaming killers (justified in-universe by the popular perception of violent videogames as psychologically affecting) were the villains.
In general, though, I hope the resurgence of space combat games continues. Let's bring the age of Freespace back with a vengeance!
No sound in vacuum ?
Unacceptable !
Techies, install some sound system simulating explosions in my shuttle.
I demand it !
Unacceptable !
Techies, install some sound system simulating explosions in my shuttle.
I demand it !
"Shut up Flippy" in relation to barrel rolls? The internet is going to tear you apart Mr. Tito .
That quote from Lylat Wars/Starfox 64, which became the meme, was said by Peppy Hare. The toad was called Slippy, not Flippy.
Seems like a fun title though. Haven't heard great things about Evochron, so I may pick this one up...
.That quote from Lylat Wars/Starfox 64, which became the meme, was said by Peppy Hare. The toad was called Slippy, not Flippy.
Seems like a fun title though. Haven't heard great things about Evochron, so I may pick this one up...
um... Have ANYONE here played Freelancer? because I was thinking about that game when you were describing this game... I missed Freelancer... I wish they would make Freelancer2 or something... because that game... YOU CAN BE THE CARGO SHIP! I just wish they can make the next Freelancer allowing players to form a "guild" and then guild leader would control a slow turning/moving, turret bagging, NPC fighter sending, moving boss fighting Battle ship! MMO-Freelancer! This game... I think graphic and story is nice... but as far as epic-ness... Freelancer is still better choice...
The only thing that puts me off is the fact that it might be too short. Playing a great game that ends too abruptly would be a waste of time and/or money as I try to dig through my collection of older space sims (x3 most likely) or worse buy a mediocre game just to fill that gaping hole.
Heh, thanks. I tried to wipe the memory of that game from my mind. So when I tried to recall the exact character, I went with the wrong name altogether.mightybozz said:"Shut up Flippy" in relation to barrel rolls? The internet is going to tear you apart Mr. Tito
That quote from Lylat Wars/Starfox 64, which became the meme, was said by Peppy Hare. The toad was called Slippy, not Flippy.
Seems like a fun title though. Haven't heard great things about Evochron, so I may pick this one up...
Fixed in the article.
Greg
To be fair, I think the game is not so much vilifying the religious as it is the immoral manipulative cult leaders who feed on the faithful. Think of it as depicting L. Ron Hubbard as the villain, not religious people in general. The way Mr. Tito put it, it sounded like the mooks you were fighting were generally good people just scared and turned radical...omicron1 said:
Then again, I am an Atheist, I haven't played this game, and I probably would be defensive if the setting was instead a bunch of raging non-believers trying to blow up a space-church.
That said though, looking back in history, Organized Religion has been abused and used as a tool of war in the past. And by my understanding of it all, the fallibility of Organized Religion is no reflection of the religious.
That's not breaking the laws of physics. It's what would happen if you were to cease accelerating and then point the ship in another direction - you keep going in the direction you were originally heading.
It's prettierTelperion said:
Well you can't compete on price with a free game, but this does have it's moneys worth of content.
I know it's a strange thing when some devs just create for the fun of it while others ask for money, but it's hard or near impossible to compare them on worth... final question is always if it's worth it to you.
Freelancer was the last good space combat game I played. No hacking enemy capital ships, you shot them full of lasers till they blew up.
No you don't it works with mouse/keyboard, and Gamepads too. In fact my Joystick doesn't work with itChrono212 said:Now...I have a very, very, very srs question.
You hold the destiny of £6.99 in your hands, Escapees!
One thing though the developers are really on the case with tweaks and patches. In fact I'm downloading the latest patch which adds more joystick support (so maybe it'll work now).
This is a fun game, and well worth the £6.99. Combined with the amazingly quick tech support on their forums then I'd say this is a great buy.
This makes me very happy to hear. These people can shut up and take my money the moment I have money again.
It also makes me happy to see this genre making a comeback now. Between this, Darkstar 1, StarRaiders, etc were finally getting some titles.
But I too am a little resentful at yet another opportunity being taken to try and scapegoat religion. Really im not even a religious person, but its such a worn out tedious trope that really is just as hypocritical as what it is supposed to be rallying against, But i digress.
We need more games like this. Now if only interplay would either release or come off the IP for descent we would be doing pretty damned good.
It also makes me happy to see this genre making a comeback now. Between this, Darkstar 1, StarRaiders, etc were finally getting some titles.
But I too am a little resentful at yet another opportunity being taken to try and scapegoat religion. Really im not even a religious person, but its such a worn out tedious trope that really is just as hypocritical as what it is supposed to be rallying against, But i digress.
We need more games like this. Now if only interplay would either release or come off the IP for descent we would be doing pretty damned good.
Reading this review finally made me realize why I am so incredibly dissapointed by this game.
I approached it from the perspective of Freespace 2 and Starlancer.
Don´t do that.
Don´t expect a significant degree of variation in mission design, ships, weapons or characters.
Don´t expect a gripping storyline. Don´t expect huge battles between entire fleets.
It won´t give you any of these things.
It will give you good combat and good graphics (but dear god do I ever hope you like escorting transports).
It is fun, but this is not the ressurgence of games like Freespace and Wing Commander.
Thought if this sells well, we might get that one day, too.
I approached it from the perspective of Freespace 2 and Starlancer.
Don´t do that.
Don´t expect a significant degree of variation in mission design, ships, weapons or characters.
Don´t expect a gripping storyline. Don´t expect huge battles between entire fleets.
It won´t give you any of these things.
It will give you good combat and good graphics (but dear god do I ever hope you like escorting transports).
It is fun, but this is not the ressurgence of games like Freespace and Wing Commander.
Thought if this sells well, we might get that one day, too.
I really can't understand this. Look at the world around you. Pay attention to the news, certain extreme political speeches, terrorist propaganda and the like. Do any of these accurately reflect you, your beliefs or those of the people you know? Then why would you assume that the antagonists of this game are modeled after your beliefs and not the very real extremists I just mentioned?viranimus said: