What happend to the space sim genre ?
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Iwata said:
I've been playing space combat sims since the days of the TRS-80 and it's always been one of my fave genres.
I frequently regret that the Mass Effect games don't give you the chance to go into space combat with the Normandy. Instead we get the mind-numbing dreariness of the planet scanning minigame.
And another vote of confidence for Starlancer here. Seeing those capital ships breaking up before exploding was a sight to behold. There's absolutely no reason a good space combat sim can't be as satisfying as the best FPS.
And another vote of confidence for Starlancer here. Seeing those capital ships breaking up before exploding was a sight to behold. There's absolutely no reason a good space combat sim can't be as satisfying as the best FPS.
Actually, Freelancer had been in development before Starlancer and the only ties it had to the latter were hastily shoehorned into it (Originally Freelancer was supposed to be a spiritual sequel to Privateer).Iwata said:
I liked Freelancer myself, personally, despite its numerous faults. It was a space sandbox, a subtype of a game that wasn't really being made even then. X2 and X3 are the only notable games released in that genre since then and they're broken, buggy messes of games.
