Star Wars Squadrons

[PanzerMeyer]

Who will be buying this besides me and Jedi? I am quite anxious to try this out online and see what it's like.

[Hammer]

Too arcadey/gamey for me, at least from my look a few months ago.

[Jedi Master]

If you played the old X Wing/TIE Fighter games, it's pretty much just like that.
You have missiles/torps/bombs and lasers, you shift your recharge rate to prioritize shields, guns, or engines, or balance them out.

It's certainly not DCS: TIE.

[PanzerMeyer]

Concur with Jedi. If you enjoyed the 90's SW space games then this is no different when it comes to "realism".

[Hammer]

I will have to look at the previews again then - Grifter and I both looked at it previously. The question is how much? When is it due out?

[PanzerMeyer]

The game came out October 2nd. I’ve put in about 5 hours so far and I’ve enjoyed it.

[Jedi Master]

It was $40.

[Hammer]

does it have multi-player? coop? head to head?

[PanzerMeyer]

does it have multi-player? coop? head to head?

Most of the focus of the game is actually MP. It has both Coop and head to head modes. The single player campaign is only 10 missions!

[Grifter]

Pass. A proper star wars flight sim game should be as realistic as others in that genre. I think this one is. But, it should also have an awesome single player campaign. this one does not.

[PanzerMeyer]

Pass. A proper star wars flight sim game should be as realistic as others in that genre. I think this one is. But, it should also have an awesome single player campaign. this one does not.

It's possible that a future DLC might introduce more single-player campaigns but I honestly doubt it. For someone looking for a purely single player space sim experience they are better off with Elite Dangerous or Star Citizen.

The single player campaign in Squadrons is really well done with a pretty compelling story. The huge flaw is that it's just so short.

[Grifter]

Right. I think I would dig Elite Dangerous....assuming I had the time. I'm so busy right now there is just no way.

[Hammer]

Edit: NM, you mean this game.

[Jedi Master]

XWA cost $50 21 years ago. That is $78 in today's money.

SWS costs $40 today, plays about the same but is shorter in the SP area.

I'd say that half the cost for half the content is about right.

[PanzerMeyer]

Finished the SP campaign recently and I really enjoyed it. Now I'm looking forward to trying some of the online coop battles vs. AI. Anyone here interested in doing that besides Jedi?

[Hammer]

i will perhaps buy the game when it goes on sale. so not yet.

[PanzerMeyer]

i will perhaps buy the game when it goes on sale. so not yet.

There's a good chance it might go on sale for the Steam holiday sale. It will probably only be like 25% though since it is a recent release.