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Good futuristic games?
Jan 20 2010, 8:03 am
By: Alzarath  

Jan 20 2010, 8:03 am Alzarath Post #1

Praetor

I'd like to find some futuristic games for the PC, but I'm bad at looking for stuffs. I saw dark void previewed before and it looked awesome, but the reviews I saw all said it was very generic. So, gonna skip on that. Anything you guys can recommend to me?



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Jan 20 2010, 8:28 am BeDazed Post #2



If you like big ships and flashy shipfights, you should like Nexus: The Jupiter Incident. :P



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Jan 20 2010, 9:21 am NudeRaider Post #3

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

In order of release date: (roughly)

Dune
UFO: Enemy Unkown (US title: X-COM: UFO Defense) - and every successor up until UFO Afterlight being the newest as of now
X-Wing, Tie-Fighter, X-Wing vs. Tie-Fighter, X-Wing Alliance
Fallout 1-3
Z
Total Annihilation
StarCraft *
Unreal 1+2
Wing Commander Prophecy
Independence War 2
Star Wars: Empire at War
Freelancer *
Dawn of War * (and all expansions / standalone derivates)
Supreme Commander
Star Trek Legacy
Crysis
Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars Kane Edition
Sins of a Solar Empire *
Mass Effect
Borderlands *

* Great for multiplayer

This is by no means a complete list, but I enjoyed each of them. Special recommendations are marked in orange.
(Note how there's much more orange for the older games ^^)

Btw. I don't know if you've heard about it, but there's a great set of campaign mods for StarCraft called Vision of the future. I think it's the 3rd part where it pays off to have played Wing Commander Prophecy, because the new race is based off it.




Jan 20 2010, 11:20 am Alzarath Post #4

Praetor

Thanks, I have a few of these. I'll check some of em out when I can.



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Jan 20 2010, 1:14 pm Riney Post #5

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When it decides to fucking come out. CURSES IJJI



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Jan 20 2010, 3:45 pm samsizzle Post #6



If you want to play an old game with a freakin awesome atmosphere get Unreal Gold.



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Jan 20 2010, 10:54 pm Heinermann Post #7

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I've been looking for a good futuristic space sim myself, unfourtinately none of them(so far) seem any good.




Jan 21 2010, 12:55 am KrayZee Post #8



The Aliens vs Predator games.



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Jan 21 2010, 2:51 am ClansAreForGays Post #9



Quote from name:Dark_Marine


When it decides to fucking come out. CURSES IJJI
Unreal tournament, but with 1 gun.

I thought the gaming industry grew up already.




Jan 21 2010, 10:38 am NudeRaider Post #10

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

Quote from Heinermann
I've been looking for a good futuristic space sim myself, unfourtinately none of them(so far) seem any good.
Space Simulator, huh? Try SIMTrek. ^^

On a more serious note, a good modern game that should fall into this category is Freelancer. It's a space shooter with RPG elements. And there's a nice mod for it with a PvP and a Role Player server where you can fly anything from a fighter, over a freighter to a battleship and actually play your role by interacting with human pirates, police, freelancers, etc.

But maybe that's not quite what you're looking for? Maybe more like Project Nomad? If yes, then Independence War 2 might interest you. It's more mission based though.

Another seemingly interesting game (haven't played it) is Precursors from this website.




Jan 21 2010, 7:24 pm Riney Post #11

Thigh high affectionado

Quote from ClansAreForGays
Quote from name:Dark_Marine


When it decides to fucking come out. CURSES IJJI
Unreal tournament, but with 1 gun.

I thought the gaming industry grew up already.

You actually carry 3, this moron just doesnt know what hes doing.



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@RineyCat on Twitter

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Jan 22 2010, 4:00 am BeDazed Post #12



I am telling you guys. Try Nexus: The Jupiter Incident for a great space sim.



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Jan 22 2010, 10:40 am NudeRaider Post #13

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

We'll see about that, last part is currently loading. :P




Jan 22 2010, 4:58 pm Kyrax Post #14



I've heard EVE Online is pretty good..Haven't ever played it though.



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Jan 22 2010, 7:34 pm Zycorax Post #15

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Quote from Kyrax
I've heard EVE Online is pretty good..Haven't ever played it though.
EVE is awesome, if you can get past the first few months and generally have some patience. It's also a game that really requires you to play with other players to be fun.




Jan 22 2010, 11:05 pm ClansAreForGays Post #16



EVE Online is the greatest game screen saver of all time.




Jan 23 2010, 12:15 am OlimarandLouie Post #17



Quote from ClansAreForGays
EVE Online is the greatest game screen saver of all time.
Ditto :bleh:



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Jan 24 2010, 9:18 pm NudeRaider Post #18

We can't explain the universe, just describe it; and we don't know whether our theories are true, we just know they're not wrong. >Harald Lesch

Quote from BeDazed
I am telling you guys. Try Nexus: The Jupiter Incident for a great space sim.
Played it through. It was quite fun, but that's because I'm a spaceship fan. The game had nothing spectacular imo.




Jan 25 2010, 12:23 am BeDazed Post #19



I quite liked it. :P The way you could customize and control every movement your spaceship made was awesome. You can make about anything 'manual' from 'automatic' once you get good with the controls.



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Jan 25 2010, 5:36 am Gigins Post #20



Fallout, Fallout2, Fallout3



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