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"Memnoch" <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote in message 
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> I'll probably pop out at lunchtime and snag a copy.  The quite stunning
> visuals are certainly the initial draw but I hope they have added more 
> things
> to do in the game this time around. The ship designs are nice, with one or 
> two
> reminding me of the Earth cruisers from Babylon 5. I am also glad they 
> appear
> to have dropped the very silly looking ball weapons from the first two,
> replacing them with beams instead. Hopefully there will be some cutting 
> beam
> weapons in there as well for some of the larger capital ships. The only 
> two
> things I have read about it so far that I don't like is that there are no
> cockpit views and the UK release, by Deep Silver I think, uses Starforce.
> Missing cockpit views seems like a small thing to some people I guess but 
> for
> me it just seemed more "realistic" to be peering through a canopy, seeing 
> the
> struts holding the cockpit in place. The Starforce thing again may not 
> bother
> some people but I would rather it not be there at all but there you go. It
> seems like the only alternative would be to wait for the 5th November and 
> get
> the US version imported. Rumours are that this won't use it but no details 
> on
> what it DOES use. Either way at worst it will be an interesting diversion 
> for
> a few weeks, and lets be honest there isn't exactly a lot else out there 
> at
> the moment, but maybe, just maybe it could be what we have all been 
> waiting
> for, at least until the next rewrite of BC gets released! ;-)

I'm taking a pass till it's in U.S. retail outlets....then I'll wait for the 
price to drop before I consider it.  I don't think I can bite on this 
franchise again, unless I read lots of great reviews (on usenet...not on 
sites).

Starforce is not great, but if you want to play some very good games (i.e., 
SH3 and, especially, Space Rangers 2....which is my personal GOTY), you've 
got to put up with it.  Games coming out of eastern Europe seem to favor 
Starforce (which is, after all, Russian developed) and that's where the 
innovative games seem to be coming from these days.....not the tired, 
endlessly rehashed crap produced by western developers.  But, hey, that's 
just my opinion. :)

Also, unless I'm mistaken, the English version of Parkan II is due out for 
the holidays.....and this is definitely a "must have."  The Russian 
version's been out since c. June, but I'm not seeing much about the English 
version. 

Ill be downloading my copy in about a week :0


On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 21:16:10 GMT, "DocScorpio"
<docscorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> wrote:

>
>"Memnoch" <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote in message 
>news:srb2m15ors5qa3k04q14mgu75ajmpsog9b@4ax.com...
>> I'll probably pop out at lunchtime and snag a copy.  The quite stunning
>> visuals are certainly the initial draw but I hope they have added more 
>> things
>> to do in the game this time around. The ship designs are nice, with one or 
>> two
>> reminding me of the Earth cruisers from Babylon 5. I am also glad they 
>> appear
>> to have dropped the very silly looking ball weapons from the first two,
>> replacing them with beams instead. Hopefully there will be some cutting 
>> beam
>> weapons in there as well for some of the larger capital ships. The only 
>> two
>> things I have read about it so far that I don't like is that there are no
>> cockpit views and the UK release, by Deep Silver I think, uses Starforce.
>> Missing cockpit views seems like a small thing to some people I guess but 
>> for
>> me it just seemed more "realistic" to be peering through a canopy, seeing 
>> the
>> struts holding the cockpit in place. The Starforce thing again may not 
>> bother
>> some people but I would rather it not be there at all but there you go. It
>> seems like the only alternative would be to wait for the 5th November and 
>> get
>> the US version imported. Rumours are that this won't use it but no details 
>> on
>> what it DOES use. Either way at worst it will be an interesting diversion 
>> for
>> a few weeks, and lets be honest there isn't exactly a lot else out there 
>> at
>> the moment, but maybe, just maybe it could be what we have all been 
>> waiting
>> for, at least until the next rewrite of BC gets released! ;-)
>
>I'm taking a pass till it's in U.S. retail outlets....then I'll wait for the 
>price to drop before I consider it.  I don't think I can bite on this 
>franchise again, unless I read lots of great reviews (on usenet...not on 
>sites).
>
>Starforce is not great, but if you want to play some very good games (i.e., 
>SH3 and, especially, Space Rangers 2....which is my personal GOTY), you've 
>got to put up with it.  Games coming out of eastern Europe seem to favor 
>Starforce (which is, after all, Russian developed) and that's where the 
>innovative games seem to be coming from these days.....not the tired, 
>endlessly rehashed crap produced by western developers.  But, hey, that's 
>just my opinion. :)
>
>Also, unless I'm mistaken, the English version of Parkan II is due out for 
>the holidays.....and this is definitely a "must have."  The Russian 
>version's been out since c. June, but I'm not seeing much about the English 
>version. 
>

Quoth The Raven: Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com>
in srb2m15ors5qa3k04q14mgu75ajmpsog9b@4ax.com
> I'll probably pop out at lunchtime and snag a copy.

I've only remained subscribed to this group for  news of  X3. sure I've 
been disappointed by every space adventure before hand, but I bought 
them and I'll be buying this one in hope that I can truly immerse my 
self in the vastness of space.

-- 
A squid has 10 tentacles.

Take out the _CURSING to reply to me 

On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:26:51 +1000, "Highlandish"
<ckreskay_CURSING@dodo.com.au> wrote:

>Quoth The Raven: Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com>
>in srb2m15ors5qa3k04q14mgu75ajmpsog9b@4ax.com
>> I'll probably pop out at lunchtime and snag a copy.
>
>I've only remained subscribed to this group for  news of  X3. sure I've 
>been disappointed by every space adventure before hand, but I bought 
>them and I'll be buying this one in hope that I can truly immerse my 
>self in the vastness of space.

I've been playing my copy for an hour or so and so far am very impressed. Gone
is the somewhat clunky flight model as far as I can see. It's not perfect but
feels a lot better than the first two. Weapons fire is a whole lot better and
the interface is very clean and uncluttered. Somewhat reminding me of Eve.
I've just be following the plot so far so haven't really visited many places
yet but its early days yet. Just drooling over some of the visuals to be
honest. Some of the stations are truly huge this time around.

Quoth The Raven: Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com>
in 2b55m1923ff41cs6p82f61b648ej97a8ds@4ax.com
> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:26:51 +1000, "Highlandish"
> <ckreskay_CURSING@dodo.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Quoth The Raven: Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com>
>> in srb2m15ors5qa3k04q14mgu75ajmpsog9b@4ax.com
>>> I'll probably pop out at lunchtime and snag a copy.
>>
>> I've only remained subscribed to this group for  news of  X3. sure
>> I've been disappointed by every space adventure before hand, but I
>> bought them and I'll be buying this one in hope that I can truly
>> immerse my self in the vastness of space.
>
> I've been playing my copy for an hour or so and so far am very
> impressed. Gone is the somewhat clunky flight model as far as I can
> see. It's not perfect but feels a lot better than the first two.
> Weapons fire is a whole lot better and the interface is very clean
> and uncluttered. Somewhat reminding me of Eve. I've just be following
> the plot so far so haven't really visited many places yet but its
> early days yet. Just drooling over some of the visuals to be honest.
> Some of the stations are truly huge this time around.

sounds good, i'll pick up a copy today i think

-- 
"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible
worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true." -James Branch Cabell

Take out the _CURSING to reply to me 

Can you damage sub systems and target them on enemy ships ???

If iam a Pirate i want to take my enemys engines down. Or their comms
so they can't send for help. If this is not in the game is a SHIT and
i will not be getting ot or even downloading it for FREE>

Any jammers inthe game ??

Thanks.



On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 07:31:32 +1000, "Highlandish"
<ckreskay_CURSING@dodo.com.au> wrote:

>Quoth The Raven: Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com>
>in 2b55m1923ff41cs6p82f61b648ej97a8ds@4ax.com
>> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:26:51 +1000, "Highlandish"
>> <ckreskay_CURSING@dodo.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> Quoth The Raven: Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com>
>>> in srb2m15ors5qa3k04q14mgu75ajmpsog9b@4ax.com
>>>> I'll probably pop out at lunchtime and snag a copy.
>>>
>>> I've only remained subscribed to this group for  news of  X3. sure
>>> I've been disappointed by every space adventure before hand, but I
>>> bought them and I'll be buying this one in hope that I can truly
>>> immerse my self in the vastness of space.
>>
>> I've been playing my copy for an hour or so and so far am very
>> impressed. Gone is the somewhat clunky flight model as far as I can
>> see. It's not perfect but feels a lot better than the first two.
>> Weapons fire is a whole lot better and the interface is very clean
>> and uncluttered. Somewhat reminding me of Eve. I've just be following
>> the plot so far so haven't really visited many places yet but its
>> early days yet. Just drooling over some of the visuals to be honest.
>> Some of the stations are truly huge this time around.
>
>sounds good, i'll pick up a copy today i think

On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 15:05:54 +1000, Kate Fisher <Myemail.com.uk> wrote:

>On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 07:31:32 +1000, "Highlandish"
><ckreskay_CURSING@dodo.com.au> wrote:
>
>>Quoth The Raven: Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com>
>>in 2b55m1923ff41cs6p82f61b648ej97a8ds@4ax.com
>>> On Fri, 28 Oct 2005 17:26:51 +1000, "Highlandish"
>>> <ckreskay_CURSING@dodo.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Quoth The Raven: Memnoch <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com>
>>>> in srb2m15ors5qa3k04q14mgu75ajmpsog9b@4ax.com
>>>>> I'll probably pop out at lunchtime and snag a copy.
>>>>
>>>> I've only remained subscribed to this group for  news of  X3. sure
>>>> I've been disappointed by every space adventure before hand, but I
>>>> bought them and I'll be buying this one in hope that I can truly
>>>> immerse my self in the vastness of space.
>>>
>>> I've been playing my copy for an hour or so and so far am very
>>> impressed. Gone is the somewhat clunky flight model as far as I can
>>> see. It's not perfect but feels a lot better than the first two.
>>> Weapons fire is a whole lot better and the interface is very clean
>>> and uncluttered. Somewhat reminding me of Eve. I've just be following
>>> the plot so far so haven't really visited many places yet but its
>>> early days yet. Just drooling over some of the visuals to be honest.
>>> Some of the stations are truly huge this time around.
>>
>>sounds good, i'll pick up a copy today i think
>
>
>
>Can you damage sub systems and target them on enemy ships ???

Not as far as I can see. Although I did read somewhere in game that either the
Paranid or Split are working on scanners that will tell you which sub systems
are fried after hitting them with an ion weapon to take down their shields.

>If iam a Pirate i want to take my enemys engines down. Or their comms
>so they can't send for help. If this is not in the game is a SHIT and
>i will not be getting ot or even downloading it for FREE>

If you have played either of the first two games you will know that there is a
small chance than an enemy will abandon his ship if you keep his shields down
long enough. You can then steal the ship and sell it off or with the right
upgrades have it fly as your wingman and defend you and join you on raids or
have it run trade missions for you.  I am way, way off from this at the moment
as I only have about 20K credits or so.

>Any jammers inthe game ??

Not that I know of.