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Star Wars: Squadrons |OT| X-Wing vs TIE Fighter
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I was obsessed with the X-Wing novels as a teen, but I don't know if they still hold up.
The first Alphabet Squadron book blew me away, though!
I was actually looking at that on Amazon the other day, but I wasn't sure if adult me could stomach it.
I'm sure I would have loved it back in the day though.
Oh my, once you get past the 30fps issues on PC it´s buttery smooth and the first two missions are pretty nice. Controls well with a controller, super different to Ace Combat as expected. With a HOTAS it has to be amazing, and on VR it will be even better. Really feel like i´m missing those two elements to enjoy it even more.
Got this pre-installed and will test it out 11pm tonight.
Need to work out what i will map it to on my Warthog Hotas
Need to work out what i will map it to on my Warthog Hotas
They honestly hold up better than most old EU stuff. They're cheesy but space top gun makes for a fun easy read.I was obsessed with the X-Wing novels as a teen, but I don't know if they still hold up.
The first Alphabet Squadron book blew me away, though!
This game is cool. The missions seem a little too streamlined compared to something like X-Wing/Tie Fighter but it feels good to play. Just finished Mission 2 (the one where you do a thing with a Star Destroyer) and so far it's good.
As for performance it's sub-60 on a slightly overclocked 2080, high settings, 1440p. I need that 3080.
As for performance it's sub-60 on a slightly overclocked 2080, high settings, 1440p. I need that 3080.
So for HOTAS users, for a fast paced game like this, do you think the x axis (moving joystick left and right) is better for roll or yaw? I tend to use roll on x axis in games like Elite Dangerous (z twist for yaw), but I feel like it might be different in a game like this.
Why would you play flat if you can go VR? It's literally another world of gaming.
There is. Search for the game in the store, you'll see the pre-order
X for yaw in this and other space sims in the Xwing/Freespace style, 100%.
Sure, but with Ace Combat, for example, found the transition in VR much smoother getting used to the feel & flow of the game in flat first. Wondering if anyone had similar experience here since it's deeper mechanically.
I haven´t tried both since I do not have a VR headset, but playing without it feels like the game would truly come to life on VR. You will gain the ability to look around the cockpit while flying and check your surroundings. On the controller, you have to click twice on the right stick to just move the camera, and have to give up ship controls while doing so.
Jump back and forth from what I can tell, at least in the beginning.
Holy Shit this reminds me so much of the original Tie-Fighter while flying.
There is a much greater sense of speed, some things have changed but quick changing energy sub systems is still in my muscle memory lol.
This was clearly designed with fans of the originals in mind! Playing with a Joystick feels great!
There is a much greater sense of speed, some things have changed but quick changing energy sub systems is still in my muscle memory lol.
This was clearly designed with fans of the originals in mind! Playing with a Joystick feels great!
So how would this work with quest VR? Am I going to be using the quest controller's which probably aren't the best or would I be able to plug in my elite controller to the computer and have it work that way?
can't use the tracked controllers. KB /m, Controller, or stick only
Read some reviews and bought it for Xbox One. Looks fantastic.
Haven't played a true Star Wars slave battle game for many many years. Can't wait.
Haven't played a true Star Wars slave battle game for many many years. Can't wait.
Played the first mission (not sure if it counts as the first two, tho), and from an absolute fanboy of the 90's PC "simulators" that still play them nowadays (thanks, XWAUpgrade), my feelings are pretty much summed here:
I have some issues with the targeting controls, but this is an absolute triumph. To anyone around here who may have worked on this: Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I have some issues with the targeting controls, but this is an absolute triumph. To anyone around here who may have worked on this: Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Now go and make an expansion with a full-fledged campaign, pretty please :P
That's expected and usually I use my long as cord and take my VR to the living room but since this is just a sitting VR game I should be fine in my little computer cubby haha
What VPN do you use? Is there a free one or trial I can get my hands on for a few hours? Do I need to stay on the VPN to play or can I go back once I unlock the game?
Wait there's not a full-fledged campaign?Played the first mission (not sure if it counts as the first two, tho), and from an absolute fanboy of the 90's PC "simulators" that still play them nowadays (thanks, XWAUpgrade), my feelings are pretty much summed here:
I have some issues with the targeting controls, but this is an absolute triumph. To anyone around here who may have worked on this: Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
Now go and make an expansion with a full-fledged campaign, pretty please :P
There's a 14 mission campaign, and then the main focus moves to the multiplayer. I just don't care that much on the MP part and I want a campaign with a gazillion and a half missions, like in the old games.
Yeah as someone who loved loved loved TIE Fighter and X-Wing and all of the 90s Lucasarts flight sims, THANK YOU (EA) FOR THIS!
There is a campaign, but people are saying it's only 6-8 hours. So not something as long as the tours of duty from the old games.
There is a fully fledged single player campaign. Damn, read the OT! ;)
ExpressVPN but it´s not a free one unfortunately. I only did this trick once before back when Fallout 4 launched and back then I did it with a free one, but I do not know which.
You need to stay on the VPN whenever you launch the game. If you close the game after closing the VPN it will "lock" itself again, though you will not have to "decrypt" the game again fortunately.
I think he means an expansion with an additional campaign like they used to do in the 90s. Which would be super cool.
Not really. XWA was SP focused. Squadrons is basically XvT, the first MP focused offshoot of the series which had a limited rebel and imperial campaigns like Squadrons as well.
Just the type of thing I wanted to know, thanks. Sounds like a somewhat of a cumbersome solution. Straight to VR it is
Oh man, I forgot I had $10 AND my EA Play runs out tomorrow, LOL.
That gave me $5 off for being an EA Play member, and $10 off from the credit I got with the accidental listing of delisted games I purchased from Microsoft.
Just got the game for $26 on Xbox! 🕺
That gave me $5 off for being an EA Play member, and $10 off from the credit I got with the accidental listing of delisted games I purchased from Microsoft.
Just got the game for $26 on Xbox! 🕺
Working late all week but I'm going to try to get an hour in tonight on Rift S. Pretty much my ideal VR game. I'm loving how much this resembles the old Xwing games.
Got it! Thanks for the response again. I knew there was some aspect of EA's service that was coming, but when I didn't see responses about Game Pass in the first few pages, I knew I must've misunderstood.
Did you by any chance need to change anything on Steam for this to work? I just tried it with Tunnelbear, I had quit Steam before connecting, then started steam again but it still says the game will be playable on release day. Or is this VPN just blocked by Steam?
Hm, if I'm reading the joystick layout right, the default setting for the axis is that X is yaw and twist is roll. That's opposite from the defaults in Elite, I think. That'll take a little getting used to.
Also I need to find out what to put where on my Thrustmaster HOTAS X, I'm short one button on the stick itself to fit both auxilliaries and a contermeasure button there, unless I move targeting completely off the stick.
I was surprised by this game, with it being a lower priced game.
I didn't expect much from the campaign, just a short tutorial, with the focus mainly on multiplayer, but happy to see it's around a 7-8 hour story and the full VR support is awesome too.
I didn't expect much from the campaign, just a short tutorial, with the focus mainly on multiplayer, but happy to see it's around a 7-8 hour story and the full VR support is awesome too.
I want to preorder the Windows digital version from Best Buy but it doesn't say which client it is for. I don't really care in the end because I have $25 credit expiring and need to spend it, but would prefer Steam or EGS over the godawful Origin. Anyone know? The product page doesn't seem to say.