Guest RabidRat Posted October 7, 2001 Share Posted October 7, 2001 Ugh... Since when do TIE Bombers hover and shoot lil green orbs??! They should be doing bombing runs, like flying over and dropping bombs behind them! Same with TIE Fighters!! Wut the heck! Look at Tiberian Sun and the Red Alert series, the fighters strafe and the bombers bomb. It can't be that hard to do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tie Guy Posted October 7, 2001 Share Posted October 7, 2001 Your right...they should be firing little blue orbs! But i see where you are coming from, but it is possible for a starfighter to hover over a target like that. Either way is just as real, but strafing is more common. I don't really see any major problem with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagobahn Eagle Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 Same with TIE Fighters!! LOL ! When did TIE Fighters get bombs?! Are you aware that this the fifth thread opened about negative things about the demo. This is getting as annoying as the "the graphics looks like AoK" threads were ridiculous. Come on, don't you have anything better to do? Go cram for the PSAT or something. The orbs should be red by the way.. Geeeeeeeeez.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rogue15 Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 if u've played shadows of the empire, they WERE green. btw, i think the non strafing thing sucks. it's not worth my $50 i can tell u that. i'm waiting for it to drop another $20 b4 i buy it, or i'll just ask for it for christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sir_thzar Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 Ok, the graphics are bad.... but I dont want to discuss that, just vent about it.. that out of the way... the serious problem is star figthers Sure, a star fighter could hover on its repulsor lifts and fire lasers at something, or a bomber could do the same, but seriously.... part of the attraction to a fighter is speed and dog figths, the big cool thing about bombers is one streaming over head dropping death on you, and gone before you can look up. Its been done well in the westwood games, it can be done here, easily. At this point figthers are uninspiring..... also, it took 2 proton torpedos to kill the death star... it takes a dozen or so to blow up a little house in SWGB.... Now preach to me about game balance all you want, but the fact is your not thinking..... make the runs short, and the wait long, but make a torpedo actually as powerful as it would be... .We want to play this game because we loved the movies... so make it like the movies..... and take out gunguns.... they are lame, and you all know, even those of you that wont admit it to yourselves.... you know the truth of thier dumbness in your heart... oh yeah, dotn wast your time insulting me, if you dont like my post talk about the post instead of debating about my age or cognitive abilities.. there are alot of spelling errors because its not worth the time to proof read... deal with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dr_death Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 i thought that the non straffing thing would bother me but it dosent i love the way they work, it has a nice gameplay feeling to i (i am not irish) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tie Guy Posted October 8, 2001 Share Posted October 8, 2001 Originally posted by sir_thzar it took 2 proton torpedos to kill the death star... it takes a dozen or so to blow up a little house in SWGB Actually...i took a serious design flaw and a chain reaction to take the Death Star down. The houses in GB have neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sardukar Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 lol, that's true. But if u want a RTS with proper dogfights and aircraft fighting go play Homeworld. If u haven't played it it's the most different RTS to date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord JayVizIon Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 i agree sard. i think swgb does a great job of incorporating land, sea, and air. the graphics aren't great, but was aok's demo awesome when it came out? no. if you want to use the full capabilities of ships in the rts framework, go out and purchase homeworld and it's sequel, cataclysm. both are great games boasting awesome graphics and great gameplay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maul403 Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 these posts about negative comments and crap are just stupid...if you want a 3d game go some place else..if you want nukes and rushes of 20 infantry that slaughter ur opponents base go someplace else ITS CALLED STRATEGY!!!!!!!!!!! WAKE UP PEOPLE! strategy is what this game requires...who cares what the grapics look like...or if TIE FIGHTERS strafe I mean god come on....the TIE Fighters dont strafe....oh no...the explonsions look bad...there is a flaw in the demo..im not gonna buy it! thats all ive heard..well to all u ppl.......i just better stop there sry just a little MAD :mad: :mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Duncan Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 I agree with sir_thzar. I like the way it was done in the C&C games. Fighters and bombers packed a pretty big punch, so to offset that Westwood made the bomber pretty easy to knock out of the sky, and made them fairly expensive and after every hit you have to go back to base and reload. Creates a very nice balance with air assaults and it looks better than hovering over a target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DarkTrooper Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 ok guyz think of it this way, what do "actual" bombers do do they hover in mid-air dropping bombs NO!! so u people are debating like it is real, relax it doesnt matter weather the bombs are red blue orange or whatever. Who cares, i dont care what color they are Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RabidRat Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 ok yo... to whoever said it was stupid to be posting negative things - wut's wrong with that? I thought the whole point of this section was to point out flaws and ask that they be fixed to the guy who said something about strategy... - there's a lot more strategy involved with strafeing starfighters and bombers flying past dropping bombs behind them, than StarCraft style stuff... sitting there dropping bombs in front of u is gonna get u killed, flying past might reduce the chances of getting shot down. I actually made it past anti-air defense with a squadron of tie fighters in the demo, but it'd obviously be suicide to stop, pause, and take pot-shots at a turret... besides, wouldn't it be a LOT MORE exciting to watch ur flying thingies do that?! i also noticed that starfighters dont' seem to be accelerating and decelerating like they should be... i know this is a game but can it really be that hard to make it a lil more realistic, so that it's closer to wut the movie was like? (i think someone mentioned this) and just to clarify... no, i'm not whining. no, i'm not posting to get attention, and no, i don't have better things to do. wut can i say, it's thanksgiving (i live in canada) and i was forced to stay home. meh~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest RabidRat Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 oh yah... Dagobahn Eagle... quote: "LOL ! When did TIE Fighters get bombs?!" TIE Fighters usually come with proton torpedos, haven't u ever played X-Wing vs TIE Fighter?! And they COULD technically be modified to carry bombs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maul403 Posted October 9, 2001 Share Posted October 9, 2001 sitting there dropping bombs in front of u is gonna get u killed, flying past might reduce the chances of getting shot down. if you are flying around all the time you WONT get shot down then all u ppl would complain about that!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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