Twizzickle Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I just experienced my first introduction to space combat in this game....such a let down. I figured since it was an mmo it would have open space. Instead its a rails shooter... thats awful I was picturing something like the original xwing games on pc, having actual control over your ship, dog fights, missile locks, zipping back and forth to avoid fire from a large ship, wingmen. But from what i've seen, SWTOR flying is made for dummies. on rails, arcade shooter. Point and click shooting...lame. I'm sorry, but its true. I hope the space combat part of this game isn't always like this. Because its not fun to not truly be free. Rails shooting is for the arcade...fun for 10 minutes until you go to the next arcade machine. Its not built for an mmo that should have hours and hours of gameplay. I know production costs would be more but, I'd rather the game had an expansion that added flight combat than see what I just saw. I hope I'm wrong and there is more later on, but I'm doubting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bollah Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Some people love it some people hate it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlasticCupMan Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 No. I don't find it a let down in the slightest, its just a matter of opinion I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunblade Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Rails shooting is for the arcade...fun for 10 minutes until you go to the next arcade machine. I kinda think this is the point. A little break from the other MMO activites. Personally I think it is well implemented. They gave me a feeling of space, travel and a huge universe. Maybe they can expand on it in future expansions. Going off rails and make it more free. I'm just happy they had some "space" stuff from the launch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadysketchy Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 The Space Combat itself isn't a letdown; because no rational person expected it to be anything other than awful, anyway The fact that they decided to waste Development Time, and Money on... Space Combat... however, was a massive letdown in 2010, and still is today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Draccman Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I love how the last 3 missions are reused missions from earlier with the difficulty ramped up (which really aren't any harder since you have upgraded parts). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chassit Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I find it rather enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginerc Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Space combat is fun little time waster, nothing more, nothing less. If you guys crave aerial combat, just take take a break from TOR and go play the new Ace Combat game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alkanterah Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 It kills time, kinda like Solitaire. Unfortunately when I'm playing SWTOR i'm never really looking to kill time. I've done one space mission, mostly just to see how it had improved since beta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fende Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I like it, used to hate it. If it was a full space sim, with actual objectives etc, it would detract from the rest of the mmo. It would draw population away from what they're actually focusing on. As it stands now it's something to do while waiting for a friend/guildy to get on, do a couple between planets etc. It reminds me of Starfox 64 <3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riavan Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I like the rails combat and there's no reason later on they couldnt make some pvp style open free roaming versions of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HerrFett Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 It's a complete letdown for people that never played Rebel Assault,Rogue Squadron i assume.For the people that played these games it's a nostlagia punch to the face and just a cool mini game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twizzickle Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 i guess to each their own, but i love flight sims. I've never dug arcade style. I guess i'm comparing it to starwars galaxies, which was really cool in space. You could have multiple people on your ship and you all had control over different turrets while someone would pilot the ship. But SWG failed, so I guess I'm a minority. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginerc Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I like it, used to hate it. If it was a full space sim, with actual objectives etc, it would detract from the rest of the mmo. It would draw population away from what they're actually focusing on. As it stands now it's something to do while waiting for a friend/guildy to get on, do a couple between planets etc. It reminds me of Starfox 64 <3 Holy smokes! Someone who actually understands what space combat in this game is all about +2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haristo Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 when it was announced a LOT of peeps hated it. IMO it think it's fine... it's Star Fox : The Old Republic... pointless but fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timowade Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 (edited) I kind of agree with you here. The space missions and space combat although fun to play do not really hold you to the game as say the land missions do. I would love to see this area of the game expanded upon greatly to match or maybe even surpass the land based side of the game. (ok maybe not surpass but it does need some work to bring it up to par lol) I have a few ideas regarding this.. How about some dual content missions, that content being land and space mixed missions not only for solo play but also for group play. This suggestion ties in with the one above in that some group space missions and group play in the space area of the game is needed imo. Free roaming would be an amazing addition but it would imo require a complete revision and relaunch of the entire space based part of the game, something only a dedicated team would possibly be able to do. (meaning also that this would likely come in the form of an expansion pack sometime in the future) larger planet areas, so how about alongside the regular planet areas we have how about moulding in or launching seperatly larger planet areas to explore (in your ship of course) and maybe find resources or whatever. ( the possibilitys of content addition in these areas is unprecedented and could be a good way to enter a sandbox kinda planet exploration theme) So linking in with the above suggestion, we bring to mind the fact many players have been discussing that this game is seemingly quite linear, with respects to the planet progression, and the storyline (dont change the storyline its awesome). There are some cool ways to combat this linear feeling and althogh you have tried this a little bioware, I think you could improve upon it. we could say add in those larger areas and also expand upon crafting in a big big way, add in some other side or mini games or micro managment (possibly micromanagment of your own estate and mines etc??). Anyway thats a few of my many ideas please what do you people think? Edited December 26, 2011 by timowade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twizzickle Posted December 26, 2011 Author Share Posted December 26, 2011 i played Rebel Assault,Rogue Squadron they were ok for their time. I found the xwing, ywing etc games much more enjoyable. I get the comment about drawing players away from the "game". I just had my hopes set unrealistically I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEMEyou Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I liked it until it stopped giving me XP 20 levels later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DariuszPol Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 No worry. Bioware said that they are preparing something cool for us. So just wait for expansion or something. Right now there is much more problems in this game than space combat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cormey Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I wasn't let down, I knew what was in previous KOTOR games and they told everyone it'd just be a rail shooter so i knew exactly what to expect. For what it is, i like it. It's a nice little diversion from the main game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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