Wing Commander Saga

[Zyx]

Looks like one of the many fan-made Wing Commander games is being released soon, in couple of days from now. Based on the Freespace 2 engine, Wing Commander Saga: The Darkest Dawn has been in the works for the past 10 years and features... well ...

- Epic Storyline that complements, not contradict, the events portrayed by the Wing Commander 3 game and novel.
- Presence of other Confederation carrier battle groups and fighter squadrons gives large-scale “teamwork” environment – the Hermes does not fight the war alone
- Over nine hours of voice dialogue.
- Approximately 70 cut scenes for a total of about 90 minutes of pre-rendered footage (not counting in-flight communications and command briefings).
- Over 60 voice actors, some of whom are actual professionals.
- 221 voice acting roles.
- 55 missions.
- Achievements (mission performance is evaluated and rewarded)
- 90 models created for Saga.
- Download size of 3-4GB with an installation size of 8-9 GB

See the launch trailer:

[eMTe]

Download size of 3-4GB

I wonder if it is the record for the freeware game?

[Scythe]

Sounds impressive, should be checked out for sure.

[eMTe]

I downloaded it, but was halted during installation, because I dont have enough RAM. Ah.

[Scythe]

I suppose that means it's been released. I'll have a look see.

[Scythe]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm............

Already tired of repeating the same failed training mission over and over (stupid escort missions) and listening to the same lines of dialogue ad nauseum. Walls of text between each mission have not been read after the first one. Voice acting of very variable quality - which does mean that some of it is pretty good, but also that some is a pain to listen to.

I have a negative impression so far, we'll see if I have the motivation to try and get past this roadblock.

[Scythe]

I give up. I can't even complete the Prologue missions on Very Easy difficulty. I'm not given the information I need to do so, and trial and error is very, very boring when you have to listen to the same dialogue every time.

[eMTe]

Another supporting vote for my stance of not buying and playing modern games. I can have more fun with the discovery of an unknown (to me) 8-bit or Amiga game than with downloading the new one for a decent sum of money or simply being "huge". Both are "computer games" and engage the same senses. In fact, old games engage even one sense more - and it is imagination.

[Scythe]

I'm not sure I understand the relelvance?

[Zyx]

I think he just had a nostalgic fit. New games with their 3Ds and multi-gigabytes sizes are nothing compared to making cows out of pinecones and using your imagination to play FarmVille.

[Chroelle]

WOWSERS - coming from a freeware game:

Minimum Specifications:

Windows® XP
1 GHz processor
2 GB RAM
128 MB 100% DirectX 9.0 compatible card
Windows® XP-compatible sound card
Windows® compatible mouse and keyboard
OpenAL
6 GB free HD space

[Zyx]

I think it's good to keep in mind that DirectX 9.0 was released in 2002, Windows XP in 2001 and Intel Pentium III 1 GHz processor already in 1999. You're running quite a lemon if your computer doesn't match these specs =)

[Chroelle]

But look at it in the light that the games we usually play here are more like:

Recommended specs:

A computer running DOS or higher.
Cord, long enough to reach the wallsocket.

[eMTe]

A computer running DOS or higher.
Cord, long enough to reach the wallsocket.

Actually, I have to use power strip.

[Drasir-Vel]

Just completed it and it's great. It's got lots of content, and it has that very epic feeling to it at the end. Makes me want to play X3 again. That's really why i play these games, it's the immersiveness and the story. That's also why i played it in very easy difficulty. It was more fun then, when you didn't have to be as much on edge all the time with what friendly most needed assistance.