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Offline The Rut Nut

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Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« on: April 10, 2007, 05:42:39 pm »
Wow, I haven't been on these forums in a while. Anyway, it's not me, but my dad who's always looking for a sci-fi flight simulator. Something where you fly around in a cockpit and shoot aliens. That's how HE described it, anyhow. To tell the truth, I had absolutely no idea. I don't know of any like these, except maybe Starfox, but I don't think that's really the kind of game he's looking for. Could anyone help me out? It'd help me get him a good birthday present, or father's day. Whatever.  ???
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2007, 07:40:05 pm »
Take a look at Freelancer... it's got some aliens in it and it's a great (and easy) flight sim/arcade battle game.

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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2007, 07:41:45 pm »
I wish there was one where you can actually explore the planet   :-\

What about a fantasy flight sim?
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2007, 08:06:25 pm »
Um... fantasy...?

That's tough... ah Skies of Arcadia might fit the bill.
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2007, 08:07:19 pm »
I'm looking for a dragon flight one that isn't an MMO or a movie tie in...
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2007, 08:15:26 pm »
You want a combat flightsim with a dragon battle?

Eeesh... you're making this real easy... :P



The first level in StarFox Adventures is just like that. I think you may be out of luck...
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2007, 08:31:33 pm »
I do hear that there will be Lair which is all about dragon fighting, but unfortunately it will be released for the PS3. :'(
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2007, 08:44:24 pm »
Oh is that the game where you fly on the dragon's back?
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2007, 09:53:35 pm »

Yes.
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2007, 08:08:48 am »
X3 is the main one, quite beautiful graphics
other than that, freelancer
the only other one is the open space project (an open source improvement of starlancer 2 i think)
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2007, 09:34:06 am »
Yes X3 and really very nice looking.  A friend of mine is playing DarkStar One and so far he's having a blast.  Might want to check it out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkstar_One
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2007, 12:58:41 pm »
The problem with the X games is that they are obscenely hard to pick up and play and there's a ton to learn.
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2007, 03:05:12 pm »
Hm, freelancer just seems like a one player version of EVE...
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2007, 03:29:54 pm »
Other way around by two months. :P
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Re: Looking for a Sci-Fi flight simulator... do they exist?
« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2007, 05:43:02 am »
You could look at "Babylon 5: I've Found Her" - a free space sim (heavy emphasis on "SIM"). Just google the name.
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