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Gaming Star Wars: Squadrons [Mod Approved]

Discussion in 'Community' started by black_saber, Jun 12, 2020.

  1. LloydChristmas

    LloydChristmas Baseball and Three-Time Jedi Draft Champion star 5 VIP - Game Winner

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    Dude in the article: "You'll see other ships flying around that aren't playable, maybe after launch they could be idk"

    Star Wars fans with PTSD from BF2: "OMG MICROTRANSACTIONS?!"
     
  2. SithLordDarthRichie

    SithLordDarthRichie CR Emeritus: London star 9

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    DLC and microtransactions aren't the same thing.

    I'm fine with the game having a season pass if it offers more ships & mission types etc
     
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  3. Glitterstimm

    Glitterstimm Force Ghost star 6

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  4. Jedi Ben

    Jedi Ben Chosen One star 9

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    20,000? Pah, amateur.
     
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  5. Jedi Ben

    Jedi Ben Chosen One star 9

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    On a different note - I get why they've locked the view to first person only, that the design is built around that, but that might rule it out for me.

    For racing and speed games, I'm fine with first person view, probably because whatever you're controlling is on a fixed plane. Once you go into the air, with three axes, first person ceases to work. I can't judge my position relative to everything else - No Man's Sky particularly demonstrated this to me. I got nowhere with first-person view, once they introduced third person view, it was much better.
     
  6. Chewgumma

    Chewgumma Chosen One star 7

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    This is looking far more in depth than I was expecting.
     
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  7. heels1785

    heels1785 Skywalker Saga + JCC Manager / Finally Won A Draft star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    looks great. i don't know if it was a thing in the old games, but having the ability to change where your ship's shielding is strongest at any given time is a nice touch.
     
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  8. solojones

    solojones Chosen One star 10

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    That's a key part of the old games.
     
  9. Jedi Daniel

    Jedi Daniel Chosen One star 5

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    It's shaping up nicely. I'll drop the $50 AUD just for the single player if I can get around 10 hours of gameplay out of it.
     
  10. black_saber

    black_saber Force Ghost star 5

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    So how many protagonist characters can you play I single player campaign and does this game require a VR set?
     
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  11. Jedi Ben

    Jedi Ben Chosen One star 9

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    VR not required.
     
  12. Glitterstimm

    Glitterstimm Force Ghost star 6

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    They've said there will be a rebel campaign and an empire campaign. I'm kind of getting the impression it will be an "alternative perspective" format, you play a mission as one side and then you can see what the other side was doing in the same battle. But I'm just speculating there.
     
  13. black_saber

    black_saber Force Ghost star 5

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    Ok cool. I can’t wait to buy this game.
     
  14. Lobey-One Kenobi

    Lobey-One Kenobi Jedi Master star 3

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    Did not know it was going to be this cheap, I was assuming the standard price. Even more excited for this now.

    TFU 1 and 2 were fantastic, I won't take anything else. TFU 2 was very short though, could have done with being cheaper.

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    This game might be enough for me to get VR to be honest, I've stayed away from it up until now.
     
  15. DarkRula

    DarkRula Jedi Master star 3

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    The Force Unleashed games were great for just smashing your way through enemies. They failed in the bosses department (except the Gorog), and the second was indeed a massively short game (not helped by half of it being on one planet). Still good single player experiences, though.
     
  16. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    Nice positive hands-on preview in PC Gamer (Oct edn).

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    My fave bits...

     
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  17. mnjedi

    mnjedi JCC Arena Game Host star 5 VIP - Game Host

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    This is looking pretty cool.

    I still demand a TIE Defender though.
     
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  18. Jedi Ben

    Jedi Ben Chosen One star 9

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    That preview pretty much makes the case that this one ain't going to be for me. :(
     
  19. Alpha-Red

    Alpha-Red Chosen One star 7

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    Woah, I think we have our first detractor.
     
  20. DebonaireNerd

    DebonaireNerd Jedi Grand Master star 5

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    Why do I keep liking the sound of this game?

    It's EA...is this a COVID symptom?
     
  21. SithLordDarthRichie

    SithLordDarthRichie CR Emeritus: London star 9

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    Fallen Order was great.

    Battlefront II is pretty good, though it took a while after launch for that to happen.

    No reason this can't be good.
     
  22. Jedi Ben

    Jedi Ben Chosen One star 9

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    Nope. The game is looking very good.

    But, personally? I find first-person view only very difficult in the full 3d plane of space. On a planet? It's a bit better but I still find third person view far easier.

    Now, add in changing power settings, while knowing where you're going in this full 3d environment while accurately lining up a shot.... Even the writer said it took some coordination and I've no reason to suspect impairment of any kind for them. If it's that tricky for the writer, it's likely to be far more so for me.

    This could be a good one to watch streams of.
     
  23. BigAl6ft6

    BigAl6ft6 Chosen One star 8

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    already bought my pre-order disc from amazon, hopefully there's no shipping delays making it show up in December.
     
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  24. jp-30

    jp-30 Manager Emeritus star 10 VIP - Former Mod/RSA

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    I disagree. I found it utterly boring, repetitive, no plot, sparsely populated worlds, next to no NPC variation... no reason to keep playing
     
  25. The2ndQuest

    The2ndQuest Tri-Mod With a Mouth star 10 Staff Member Manager

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    Damn, I'm going to be out of town when this comes out. Gonna be a week and a half behind everyone. Not ideal, but I guess that's ok, since A-wings are so fast I can catch up easy enough ;).
     
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