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As a space sim fan, the death of the genre is truly sad. I can only
look back with fondness now, at games like the Wing Commander series,
Freespace 2, the I-War series, etc. This game shows little promise to
offer whaat those games had because:

1. DX9 support in 2010. Really? Really?
2. No single player campaign (yet). SERIOUSLY? If I want a simple
online mashup I will play a console. Why do people put Wing Commander,
Freespace, and I-War up on a pedestal? Partly because of great single
player campaigns.
3. No joystick support (yet). SERIOUSLY? The dumbing down of space and
flight sims to exclusively support keyboard/mouse is pathetic. Again,
the best games in the genre (see above, add many others, like X-Wing
vs TIE Fighter, etc.) all supported joysticks. Most support joysticks,
throttle, and rudders.

This is not a slam on Jonah for posting. It is more of a lament at the
state of the genre. It would be nice if an A-list studio would make a
space sim that supports  DX10 or DX11, has an immersive single player
campaign, and fully supports joystick/ru8dder/throttle. But evidently
there is a better chance of aliens actually landing on earth and
giving us space ships than of us making a decent, modern space sim.

On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:03:22 -0400, "Jonah Falcon"
<jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote:

>
>"Jonah Falcon" <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote in message 
>news:s7KdnfexU_lZwATWnZ2dnUVZ_jqdnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>> Preview of Naumachia in this month's PC Gamer. Looks like a traditional 
>> Wing Commander-style space sim.
>
>Website:
>http://naumachia.aureasection.com/