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dos video game. after posting about terminal velocity, it hit me: hey, i liked tie fighter even more! i was addicted to that game beyond belief! but the soundtrack is not terribly memorable re: trackball: i started off with mouse, but i found a joystick was really the best feel for flying in space |
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soundtrack is like recycled wolfenstein 3D |
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whoever's playing the demo i linked is a total noob |
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he was also playing the floppy version. i had the . |
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one of the most brilliant design decisions of tie fighter was giving you an energy budget. you could send all power to the shield, or all power to the weapons, or varying degrees in between. naturally foments all sorts of strategies: do i leave it balanced and nibble at the fringes? do i charge everything up, put most of the power into weapons, attack until my shields are limping, then retreat? depends on the scenario, really |
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this is as your flying with 6dof, fulfilling mission checklists, doing things like inspecting cargo vessels, protecting some VIP in an escort, etc. |
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you could also switch the firing pattern of your guns -- alternating left/right? synchronized pair? opt to use various different sorts of missiles... all of this was led to a bit a learning curve, obviously -- all of these things were hotkeys on the keyboard, and the keyboard was mapped da fuk out. i remember making heavy use of the feature that allowed me to mark various enemy ships with the scanner and assign them to a separate threat group. mouse was too janky. so i'd be flying with one hand, managing all the systems and strategy with the other |
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depending on the model you were flying, shields could also be weighted from front to back. you could also divert engine power to other systems. etc etc |
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X wing Vs tie fighter was better obviously. |
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strongly disagree. had all three: xwing, tie fighter, and x-wing vs. tie fighter. tie fighter was the clear winner |
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I get heat stroke just thinking about all the carbon emissions of those space ships. Not a good example we want to set for our children. Hopefully this game is rated "M" by the ESRB |
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WHY |
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112% troll not replying to either of you, except i already have |
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Yeah I have to agree tie fighter was the better game for single player, the campaign was much better with lovely animated cut scenes and great mission variety, Xwing-Vs Tie fighter was ostensibly a multiplayer game with some single player missions tagged on until the balance of power expansion pack |
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Tie fighter even had secret mission objectives that you could do specifically for the emperor and join his secret society, tie fighter is a ridiculously good game, in fact I still play it to this day, Xwing alliance seems good as well I think it goes like this tie fighter, xwing, xwing alliance, xwing vs tie fighter im not biased cos xwing vs tie fighter the first one I owned and I loved it |
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That first Star Wars arcade game, not sure if you had Vader’s Tie fighter or a normal one, but you could sit inside the thing instead of playing standing up. When my step dad would take me to the arcades it’s all I wanted to play. |
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yeah the vector graphics one, your in a xwing I think its truly mindbogglingly good for the time it was made |
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Yes of course as you’re fighting the Death Star. Got things mixed up. |
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when we are pensioners should we put our money together and get one? |
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yes, that guy said pretty much everything i've been saying. i'll just ad that i broke a joystick once because i was so into it. plastic handle snapped |
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I have the exact same Logitech joystick he showed in that vid, I had a different one that snapped playing it as well, you do really get into it especially when your close to beating a mission and half your systems are destroyed. You have gone up a lot in my estimation Epics for having good taste in games |
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good article I found Epics, yeah your right about balancing the energy budget, added an extra strategic element to the game, |
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Used to love it too |
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