IOstars Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 It's an old game I admit and a lot more complex then most, however it supported joysticks way back when and the gameplay was top notch. It feels like they went with Starlancer sort of mouse controls here, however the twitchy fiddlemupping of aiming is just weird. I am used to play a lot of all sorts of space sims and I have never had such a bad hit ratio as in GS. There needs to be a deadzone for aiming, if there is a deadzone it needs to be bigger. It's hard to aim when the ship twitches when you need to aim a couple of degrees off 0°. I usually try compensate and then everything goes to hell. Maybe I'm just so bad at playing. However I have been hooked on space sims since X-Wing and the Tie-Fighter series and this just doesn't feel right for some reason. (And I came back to SWTOR just with of the prospect that GS would give me some SW sim nostalgia so I really want it to be good). Am I completely off and alone in this assumption? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackkbirdd Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 Ha! i placed a similar thread for the game that followed Xwing alliance http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=702524 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthKurt Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 I played TIE Fighter, it was a GREAT game back in the day. The Missions were very challenging and fantastic. By todays standards, the graphics were dismal, but hey AT LEAST THE JOYSTICK WORKED !!!! Not having a joystick in a space/flight sim is just RETARDED !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOstars Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 (edited) Ohh yeah Alliance was great, I remember playing those games online with a dial up modem. Good times. And no joystick in a space sim is weird I agree. Edited December 3, 2013 by IOstars Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackkbirdd Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 @darth fans completely remodelled the graphics so they are looking very smick these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOstars Posted December 3, 2013 Author Share Posted December 3, 2013 Yeah I had seen that, really cool work. Was hoping Bioware would look into the classics here for the foundation of playing. But I am guessing they skipped any sort of working with the old sim models thinking they needed to base it on kb/mouse settings. But that still feels off, Starlancer at least had controls that didn't make me go all over the place when I am trying to shoot at something thats straight in front of me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsDK Posted December 3, 2013 Share Posted December 3, 2013 When they first announced they were going to make a off the rails space project, I only prayed and prayed that the devs would look to X-wing, Tie Fighther, XvT, and XW- Alliance! they didnt...... just put x wing alliance gameplay and support in this engine and you have game of the year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOstars Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 I agree that would be great, but they didn't go down that route and the implementation isn't all bad. But handling needs to be tweaked quite a bit. There is an inherent flaw that makes me over compensate when trying to fly and shoot. In turn flying in GS is counter intuitive. And again adding Joystick support is sorely needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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