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Nefaro

#60
November 03, 2014, 05:19:06 PM
Quote from: Shelldrake on November 03, 2014, 03:40:12 PM
^ Watch the price drop once GOG releases it for $10!


smittyohio

#61
November 03, 2014, 05:34:59 PM
Quote from: Shelldrake on November 03, 2014, 03:40:12 PM
^ Watch the price drop once GOG releases it for $10!

Just out of curiosity, has this game been modded into a decent state?  The original game got *horrible* reviews... Just wondering if it's gonna be another GOG game where the user ratings are completely out of whack with how good the game actually was back in the day.

JasonPratt

#62
November 03, 2014, 07:43:29 PM
Personally I take this as evidence that someone at Disney has decided to resurrect the games side of Lucasarts, and this is the first reasonable step.
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Nefaro

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November 03, 2014, 07:49:56 PM Last Edit: November 03, 2014, 07:51:33 PM by Nefaro
Quote from: smittyohio on November 03, 2014, 05:34:59 PM
Quote from: Shelldrake on November 03, 2014, 03:40:12 PM
^ Watch the price drop once GOG releases it for $10!

Just out of curiosity, has this game been modded into a decent state?  The original game got *horrible* reviews... Just wondering if it's gonna be another GOG game where the user ratings are completely out of whack with how good the game actually was back in the day.

I played it again back in '08 or '09.  It was still a lot of fun, despite the graphics obviously being outdated.  Those weren't even too bad except for the fleet battles sub-game.  The ships were always pretty tiny in that 3D space so they didn't have all that much resolution.

The reason Rebellion got bad reviews back in '99 was due to it's learning curve.  Between the varied facets, some unconventional GUI mechanics, and reading some parts of the manual being almost a requirement, the twitch strategy gamer crowd wasn't into it much.  Back then those types were all about playing Age Of Empires or any of a horde of typical Build & Swarm style RTSes that were the rage.  Not games where you had to calculate far ahead because sending your fleets into hyperspace meant you'd have to wait quite awhile before they came back out - with no recourse once they're sent. 

GDS_Starfury

#64
November 03, 2014, 08:33:00 PM
digging around it would seem that X-Wing Alliance got a pretty massive graphic overhaul a while back.



I also feel like Ive posted this info before.....
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GDS_Starfury

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November 03, 2014, 08:34:22 PM
Jarhead - Yeah. You're probably right.

Gus - I use sweatpants with flannel shorts to soak up my crotch sweat.

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Gus - Celery is vile and has no reason to exist. Like underwear on Star.

endfire79

#66
November 04, 2014, 12:09:15 AM
Quote from: GDS_Starfury on November 03, 2014, 08:33:00 PM
digging around it would seem that X-Wing Alliance got a pretty massive graphic overhaul a while back.



I also feel like Ive posted this info before.....

Man, flying that thing around the Rebel fleet in Tie Fighter was sweet :)
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Anguille

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November 04, 2014, 04:13:22 AM Last Edit: November 04, 2014, 04:15:08 AM by Anguille
Quote from: smittyohio on November 03, 2014, 05:34:59 PM
Quote from: Shelldrake on November 03, 2014, 03:40:12 PM
^ Watch the price drop once GOG releases it for $10!

Just out of curiosity, has this game been modded into a decent state?  The original game got *horrible* reviews... Just wondering if it's gonna be another GOG game where the user ratings are completely out of whack with how good the game actually was back in the day.

I guess the problem was that the game has a awfull interface, bad graphics in battles (with x-wing fighters flying backwards  ::)) , a huge manual and a steep learning curve (when you compare it to Birth of the Federation released the same year, you see why this hurts). Still...once you pass these, there's a really good 4x with lots of interesting stuff.

I have the disc but would still buy a GOG edition of it...

Martok

#68
November 04, 2014, 05:21:16 AM
Bah.  I'll take Empire at War over Rebellion/Supremacy any day of the week.  It's a lot prettier, and far less painful to learn how to play. 
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bbmike

#69
November 04, 2014, 06:08:25 AM
Quote from: Martok on November 04, 2014, 05:21:16 AM
Bah.  I'll take Empire at War over Rebellion/Supremacy any day of the week.  It's a lot prettier, and far less painful to learn how to play.

Hmm, I actually have that one in my Steam library!
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Shelldrake

#70
November 04, 2014, 06:12:31 AM
The X-Wing Alliance graphics upgrade looks very nice - will have to find my disk and check it out!  :)
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Jarhead0331

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November 04, 2014, 06:48:11 AM
Quote from: Martok on November 04, 2014, 05:21:16 AM
Bah.  I'll take Empire at War over Rebellion/Supremacy any day of the week.  It's a lot prettier, and far less painful to learn how to play.

...and you call yourself a grog? Heresy! You should be burned at the stake. Empire at war is ok, but the only thing it has over rebellion is looks. That's it. Rebellion is a far superior wargame.
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BanzaiCat

#72
November 04, 2014, 07:34:22 AM
Empire at War was pretty much Age of Empires in a Star Wars wrapper.

Not that there's anything wrong with that. Rebellion was certainly a different game with a learning curve. I was so smitten with the ability to control the Empire, though, that I saw past that. Loved being able to capture Rebel scum heroes and slowly strangling the life out of their fledgling rebellion as planet after planet slowly fell under my Imperial might...sigh.  :smitten:

I do remember that I did that once. Once, as in, one game. That game probably took me close to 80 hours of gameplay. Movement was a chore as Nefaro stated; it took way too long. The Death Star was worse than a Houston driver going under the speed limit in the passing lane - that damn thing took forever to move to a new system. But once it did, the system became suitably scared. Using it, though, to destroy a planet meant a huge amount of Rebel support appearing throughout the galaxy, IIRC.

Martok

#73
November 04, 2014, 07:42:55 AM
Hey, at least EaW possesses a halfway-decent combat system and a UI that doesn't feel like it's actively trying to thwart me (even if it is a much shallower game).  Sorry, but this is one instance in which I will cheerfully choose "shallow/pretty" in the name of getting to the fun quickly and easily; Rebellion was simply too frustrating to figure out for me to enjoy. 




Quote from: Jarhead0331 on November 04, 2014, 06:48:11 AM
...and you call yourself a grog? Heresy! You should be burned at the stake.
Mmm, steak.  Now I'm getting hungry again.  :D 

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BanzaiCat

#74
November 04, 2014, 07:46:08 AM
Quote from: Martok on November 04, 2014, 07:42:55 AM
Hey, at least EaW possesses a halfway-decent combat system and a UI that doesn't feel like it's actively trying to thwart me (even if it is a much shallower game).  Sorry, but this is one instance in which I will cheerfully choose "shallow/pretty" in the name of getting to the fun quickly and easily; Rebellion was simply too frustrating to figure out for me to enjoy. 

Oh, I completely agree with you; don't get me wrong. Like I said, I played through Rebellion one time and was done with it. If it comes out on GOG I'll buy it again (eventually, probably months down the road), play through it one time, and be done with it again.

When I played Rebellion, I was without children and had a LOT of free time on my hands. Today, if I had a choice between Rebellion and EaW, it would be EaW, hands down, 90% of the time. Rebellion, you'd have to pick at slowly over a long period of time.

I wonder what the mod community might have done with Rebellion, and if GOG releases it if it will incorporate any of that.
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