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Other Games => ... and all the other things floating around out there => Topic started by: [ptx] on June 12, 2012, 09:43:43 am

Title: Starfarer
Post by: [ptx] on June 12, 2012, 09:43:43 am
Gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWno9UISZaU) and website (http://fractalsoftworks.com/) and more gameplay (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwFqzilbnnk)
Looks absolutely fantastic, what SPaZ should've been, imo, totally hyped about this thing  :o

What do you think?
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: Christo on June 12, 2012, 09:47:28 am
Looks interesting, and also something that shouldn't fry my 6 years old PC.

lol
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: Bulzur on June 12, 2012, 01:00:16 pm
This looks fabulous. Really my type of things, mix of strategy/roleplaying (for upgrades) and a slight bit of skill to evade torpedoes for example. ( the guy should have disabled his shield in the first vid to dodge the 2nd torpedoe though)
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: Leesin on June 12, 2012, 05:06:47 pm
This looks fabulous. Really my type of things, mix of strategy/roleplaying (for upgrades) and a slight bit of skill to evade torpedoes for example. ( the guy should have disabled his shield in the first vid to dodge the 2nd torpedoe though)

Step back guys, we have a pro here.
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: Digglez on June 13, 2012, 06:27:27 pm
i skimmed over this video at first, but took a second look and it does look pretty fun.  Will need to watch the entire thing again.
Would be 10x more awesome if it was Multiplayer
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: Aleskander on June 14, 2012, 11:25:44 pm
well, fourm community is shit
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: Goldor on June 15, 2012, 12:26:03 pm
well, fourm community is shit

I've had no problems with them, care to point out a reason you feel that way?
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: Bjord on June 15, 2012, 12:34:47 pm
The ship design looks very much like Master of Orion's.
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: Aleskander on June 16, 2012, 03:02:36 pm
I've had no problems with them, care to point out a reason you feel that way?

Most are under 16 and act that way, several trolls, and general stupidity
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: Goldor on June 17, 2012, 05:40:20 pm
Most are under 16 and act that way, several trolls, and general stupidity

So they are to similar to the CRPG forum?
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: Elmokki on June 17, 2012, 06:03:59 pm
Starfarer should've had multiplayer. I mean, seriously, that combat with multiplayer would've been brilliant. Co-op with each player on his own ship only or team vs team or hell, even fleet for each player. Currently it's kinda neat, but needs more work to be actually good. Basically there isn't enough to do.

I was actually gonna code a multiplayer space game that would've been kind of similiar in terms of combat at one point. Playing Starfarer a few months ago got me interested again, but dunno lol. It shouldn't take that long to get a basic prototype up for such tho.
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: Oberyn on June 18, 2012, 12:35:41 am
Yeah I bought the game and played it for a few hours. I've reached the 100 limit for the fleet, 1 capital ship, 2 destroyers, 4 frigates and 4 fighter wings, all high tech Corporate stuff, and there's not much else to do beyong ambushing those fleets coming in off the map. I'm just using the abandoned station to build up an entire spare fleet in the unlikely event I lose this one. The Paragon class capital ship with 4 tachyon lasers on them or whatever they're called is just ridiculous, snipe destroyers from the very edge of your vision with 2 shots, barely need to take any objectives during large battles, just show up with the capital ship, 2 destroyers and maybe a couple of frigates or fighter wings as escort and rape everything.

The things planned to be implemented will probably give the game a little more depth, but you're right, the game mechanics are perfect for a multiplayer game. Probably hard to balance everything around for multiplayer though. I can think of many "troll" fleet builds.
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: Malaclypse on June 18, 2012, 12:58:39 am
Pretty fun game with potential. Can't wait for it to be a bit more fleshed out.
Title: Re: Starfarer
Post by: ShinySpoons on June 22, 2012, 10:19:42 am
Limited as it is atm, still very fun. I've "finished" it a few times already and I'm waiting for more updates to add some more replayability.