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The entire genre of flight and space-sims has almost entirely gone away and to me its such a tremendous shame- with today's multi-monitor setups and wide screen
by kevstev 8y ago
The entire genre of flight and space-sims has almost entirely gone away and to me its such a tremendous shame- with today's multi-monitor setups and wide screens they would be such a better experience. X-wing, descent, flight simulator, were all so much fun. I still have my MS sidewinder collecting dust in a closet- which may be part of the problem- these games really needed a decent flight stick to enjoy, and that's a big barrier to entry.
- kuang_eleven 8y agoI wouldn't say that. Elite: Dangerous is the current big space-sim, and hotter than ever. Everyone is looking forward to Star Citizen, although it's even odds to me if it ever sees a full release...
- gwicks56 8y agoOh God, Privateer. That was another 10,000 hours of my childhood.
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- eropple 8y agoIn addition to stuff like Elite: Dangerous and the X series of games, House of the Dying Sun came out in 2016 and is rad.
- terandle 8y agoThe descent guys recently did a kickstarter for a new game: Overload. It just came out on Steam. I haven’t checked it out yet to see if it’s any good.
- headsoup 8y agoIt's Descent through and through. It's great.
- 2muchcoffeeman 8y agoTo this day I have to ‘invert’ my y-axis when I play for any sort of 1st person perspective game.
- gattr 8y agoSame here! IIRC for me it's due to Duke Nukem 3D's default settings. (Annoying when games "forget" to respect this option, e.g. Crysis 3 in the VTOL flying segment.)
- GEBBL 8y agoMe too, and this has a knock on effect as my six year old son likes to play some of my games and I don't reset the controls for him!
- Kim_Bruning 8y agoHuh? DCS, X-plane, Kerbal Space Program (especially with Ferram Aerospace) , Elite:Dangerous , IL-2. This off the top of my head. There's many more.
- tomc1985 8y agoThe only one out of that list that comes close to the style and gameplay of Descent or Wing Commander or TIE Fighter is Elite: Dangerous.
- kevstev 8y agoI feel you are actually supporting my point with your post. This is a handful of games released over a number of years. Space sims used to be its own genre with AAA titles. There would be hype, people would be excited for months about a release. Its just not the same- yes space/flight sims still exist, as do puzzle/adventure games, but they are small niches now when they used to be very popular.
- doitLP 8y agoDon't forget about Freespace!
- tgtweak 8y agoStill fun to play!
- rifung 8y agoWell perhaps they will come back in VR form? Also, I know it's not exactly the same but at least there are awesome driving games.
- djsumdog 8y agoStrike Suit Zero is a good modern indie space flight sim. But you're right, it's been a long time since we've had regular releases of games like Wing Commander and TIE Fighter.