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[Randodan]

This is going to be so good:

http://www.shacknews...king-a-new-game

http://www.youtube.c...d&v=t1Zc2oxijVY

[Egomane]

http://mwomercs.com/...2-star-citizen/

http://mwomercs.com/...6-star-citizen/

I know: It could not mentioned often enough, that there will be a new Chris Roberts game, but would you please use the search function next time?

[SkyChuffer]

Indeed. WING COMMANDER could never be mentioned enough.



Selective memory anyone?

[Lysander Davion Steiner]

please visit the actual site the fan base for it need to help raise money to make this MMO a reality

http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/

[1ceTr0n]

Lost interest as soon as you said "MMO"

[HSSG MaddogK]

WOW, can't hardly wait. I wonder how much of the wing commander property he still owns and how much may end up in this game. This news may actually top the news of Mechwarriors return.

[Sean von Steinike]

1ceTr0n, on 15 October 2012 - 08:09 PM, said:

Lost interest as soon as you said "MMO"

Lost all interest in MWO when they said Community warfare too I suppose?

[Greers]

I upgraded my PC to a 286 because WinCommander ran better using 3 MB main-memory than 640 KB Than upgraded to a 386 because WC2 required faster speed. Same for WC3 to a 486 and WC4 to a Pentium 60 (yea, 60 wopping MHZ!!!).

WC always set the standard of great gaming for me and I was sad as tehy stopped producing more of the series. Even watched the crappy WC feature film trice

So, hell yea, he will get some money from me!

Edited by Greers, 16 October 2012 - 12:15 AM.

[wintercold]

HSSG MaddogK, on 15 October 2012 - 08:36 PM, said:

WOW, can't hardly wait. I wonder how much of the wing commander property he still owns and how much may end up in this game. This news may actually top the news of Mechwarriors return.

NOTHING CAN TOP THE NEWS OF MECHWARRIOR'S RETURN. NOTHING!

[Emerald Fox]

Was always a fan of the wing commander games. Lol used to be addicted as a kid to wing commander 1. this should be interesting to see when it actually comes out

[Egomane]

1ceTr0n, on 15 October 2012 - 08:09 PM, said:

Lost interest as soon as you said "MMO"

It is not a MMO. It is a single player game with additional MMO content. You can go for the SP alone, offline if you wish, and never bother to interact with the rest of the world.

[Fooooo]

Egomane, on 16 October 2012 - 02:05 AM, said:

It is not a MMO. It is a single player game with additional MMO content. You can go for the SP alone, offline if you wish, and never bother to interact with the rest of the world.

Has chris actually said this ?

From what I've read and seen, you will still have to be "online" to access the Squadron 42 missions and after completing them you then get thrown into the full multiplayer universe part as you have now "retired" from your military job etc.

You of course can do the missions solo and nobody can stunt your progress etc, but you can also do them with actual players as wingmen etc.

You also can just not do the missions at all and go straight into the multiplayer universe but you probably will get a few things by completing the squadron 42 content so it may be worth it to some, namely a different starting ship or something I'd say.


Whatever way it works its still great its on the cards. Hopefully all the ideas are fully realized , much like I hope the idea's for MWO are fully realized.

Edited by Fooooo, 16 October 2012 - 05:06 AM.

[Greers]

Directly from his homepage:

• Wing Commander style single player mode, playable OFFLINE if you want
  
  Playable offline or online, co-op with friends, you sign up for a tour of duty with the UEE fleet, manning the front lines, protecting settlements from Vanduul warbands.

[Arch Angel 09]

looks like its gonna be cool!

[Elkarlo]

Greers, on 16 October 2012 - 12:05 AM, said:

I upgraded my PC to a 286 because WinCommander ran better using 3 MB main-memory than 640 KB Than upgraded to a 386 because WC2 required faster speed. Same for WC3 to a 486 and WC4 to a Pentium 60 (yea, 60 wopping MHZ!!!).

WC always set the standard of great gaming for me and I was sad as tehy stopped producing more of the series. Even watched the crappy WC feature film trice

So, hell yea, he will get some money from me!

I have bad news...
In a Interview Chris Roberts says that Star Citizen will be able to be more Power Demanding and using than it is expected from the "Next-Gen" Consoles... And in the same Paragraph he says, that the next Consoles will be near the Perfomance of a PC with a AMD HD 7950....

So you will need at least have 8970 or so when Star Citizen comes out for Playing, for the Full (3D) experience.

But wasn't it everytime so except WC5? That you could afford the PC to run the Game Smoothly 6 Month AFTER the Game comes out?

So Business as usual.

Btw he also said that Star Citizin will Support ALL Kinds of PC Controlls, from Keyboard/Mouse to Hightech Hotas... except Kinetic...

[Egomane]

Not a problem, Elkarlo. The game is scheduled for late 2014. until then we will have, or at least be near to, Radeon HD10xxx and GeForce 9xx cards. So a console will be outclassed again, by a large margin.

Edited by Egomane, 16 October 2012 - 06:14 AM.

[SwordofLight]

"Yer about to suck void, buddy!"
"You're a loose end looking to be tied."
"I shall feast on your entrails."
"Feel righteous fire!"

-Don (Independence Wars II came close, but it wasnt as open-ended as WC:Privateer, it was too buggy, and it just did not have the great one-liners)

[FrOdO]

I'm glad someone else has posted about this! I feel like the Mechwarrior community would be the first to show some love for the return to the PC Golden Era of gaming. I feel like we are truly getting back to the deep, rewarding experimentation within the world of virtual entertainment. First Mwomercs now this! If you haven't already, check Star Citizen out! BACK IT, BACK IT TILL YOU CAN't BACK IT ANYMORE....


ALL HAIL PC MASTER RACE!

[Diakonos]

Considering that we just got a new X-Com and Jagged Alliance, and will soon have the spiritual successor to Total Annihilation and SupCom (Planetary Annihilation) and Wasteland 2... yes, I think we may be entering another golden age of PC gaming.

[Blue Shadow]

1ceTr0n, on 15 October 2012 - 08:09 PM, said:

Lost interest as soon as you said "MMO"

well it will also have a single player campaign separate from the multiplayer like MMO part (or universe as he described it).