The space fights, while on rails, are better than this game.

Unlike WoW for example, exploring is rewarding in SWTOR. Most people have no idea what they can find by exploring. The amount of secrets and stuff to find is fantastic and an unknown feature of the game. It's pretty good and gets better all the time. And another 'of course' is the online game. I know they are a cult hit, but they were critically panned failures and I concur with the latter. However, still not the RPGs and adventures we were promised (such as 1313 for example, and what Squadrons was SUPPOSED to be lol).Īnd then, of course, we had the god awful, super short, ridiculously over powered Force Unleashed games. Maybe it was the one with Kyle Katarn as the main? Aaannny who, the new Jedi games play just like them.

So was the other game that came out with the same combat style. Jedi Survivor and Jedi Fallen Order are basically continuations, GAMEPLAYWISE, NOT storywise, of the Jedi Academy games, which were fantastic btw. Disney, lucas, whomever owns Star Wars gaming these days absolutely REFUSE to take a chance by deviating from the past, which wasn't even that successful btw (games wise). I came to this forum because I was gonna rant about how they could have taken an epic space RPG approach like Everspace 2 did. I assume you mean PVP? Because there is no way you just called this game the best space fighter out there. Squadrons (like Star Trek Bridge Crew) is built for quick bursts of VR gameplay but when you take it out of the VR context, it comes off as arbitrarily limited and unfulfilling. This is especially tragic because other space combat titles have managed to integrate VR without compromising the overall game experience (Elite being one example). When you look at VR centric titles, they tend to be smaller in scope (for performance reasons) and built more around shorter bursts of playtime (for physical reasons). Had it not been made with VR specifically in mind, it probably would have had more room to breath. The other issue is perhaps going to be controversial to say but it does need to be said. While it might have had some appeal to those specifically looking for yet another class based, ultra-balanced competitive experience, those who were coming from the legacy of the older X-Wing/Tie-Fighter titles rightfully asked themselves 'Is this it? Is this what the developers thought Star Wars fans really wanted?' It doesn't really sell the fantasy of being a Star Wars starfighter pilot like the older titles did. The single player and PvE content is all strangled by the limitations of the 5v5 competitive format and as such, it never truly FEELS like Star Wars. Now If this was just a multiplayer mode attached to a much larger, more flexible game, it wouldn't be a problem but it isn't. Do you know what you never see in Star Wars films? 5v5 balanced competitive dogfights. It looks like Star Wars and even sounds like Star Wars but when you actually play it for what it is, you will find that the Star Wars aspects are but a thin coat of paint applied to the top of a fairly generic class based 5v5 competitive PvP focused title. Every aspect of design went towards that goal first and foremost. Obviously they were limited by technology of the time but when you play those older titles, you feel like you are playing something purpose built to immerse you in the role of a Star Wars pilot. You see, the older X-Wing and Tie-Fighter games worked really well because they were designed from the ground up to convey the basic feel as portrayed in the films.

Those older titles pretty much defined what a Star Wars space combat game should be and for good reason. When this game was first announced and then later released, the discussion often seemed to veer towards comparisons with the older LucasArts X-Wing and Tie-Fighter titles. The first factor comes down to basic game design format. I think it's struggle to maintain popularity really comes down to two major factors. Originally posted by Kajos™:its so dumb and frustrating this is the best space fighter out there and no one plays it i just tried war thunder and they made the controls even worse than escape from tarkov this is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

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