Hello folks, and welcome to episode 19 of the Space Game Junkie podcast! This week, Jim and I have no guest, and you know what thaaaaat meannnnns. WE TALK ABOUT EVERYTHING. Well, almost everything, both on and off topic, and we kinda have a topic, but we skim it because I’m neither prepared nor intelligent enough to discuss it at length. ;)
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Episode #19 Show Notes
Space Games Mentioned:
- Elite
- Endless Space
- Freelancer
- Freespace 2
- Frontier: Elite II
- Galactose
- Independence War
- Independence War 2
- Jumpgate
- Retrobooster
- Ring Runner
- Star Citizen
- StarDrive
- Starflight
- Star Wars: TIE Fighter
- Void Destroyer
- Void of Darkness (IndieGoGo Campaign)
Non-Space Games Mentioned:
- Age of Empires HD
- Age of Mythology
- ArmA 2
- Deus Ex: Human Revolution
- Farming Simulator Vita
- Frozen Synapse
- Gods Eater Burst
- Gravity Rush
- Mechwarrior Online
- Motorstorm RC
- Rise of Nations
- Saints Row 3
- Valkyria Chronicles II
- X-COM: Enemy Unknown
Miscellany:
- Dune clip
- iPad
- Playstation Vita
- Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me
Steam Horders, the movie!
I’m so bad about it, I’ve gotten just about every humble bundle since 3 or 4.. (including some of the weekly bundles) I’ve never regretted a purchase, even if I only actually enjoyed one or two of the games.
However my list is getting huge. 83 games… and I have only outright purchased maybe 2 or 3.
As for freelancer… Holy hell the game is great… sadly its pretty buggy to run a server :< lots of inherent flaws that make it difficult to enjoy. It was also one of the very few games that I used almost purely newtonian physics. I would thrust with afterburners, jerking and jogging back and forth, reversing to slow down and so forth… The AI had a very hard time catching up to me at such high speeds and so many high G turns.
As for why it slows you down, usually its something stupid like RCS thrusters setting your 'top speed' :P
Endless space's combat makes me sad. I just can't feel it, I wanted to do so much more with it… but the RPS system just pissed me off :< I was pinched on either side by two forces.. one side needed one type of military while the other needed another… so I made both… then brought them to bear.. yet before I reached their planets they had already switched gears and both sides of my military got wiped out.