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Spaceflight Sim Dark Horizon Set for Release

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the zen-and-the-art-of-flight-sim-creation dept.

Paradox Interactive has just announced the release date(s) of their latest game, Dark Horizon as September 23rd in North America and September 26th in Europe. Offering flight-sim style space combat (with joystick support, even) and many RPG elements like ship customization and weapon creation, this is the first serious attempt at the genre I have seen in a while. Hopefully game studios will realize that there are still many loyal flight-sim fans out there just drooling for a chance to dust off their joysticks and accelerate to attack speed.

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  1. Re:A Wing Commander Replacement? Maybe Not by Omnifarious · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I liked Independence War myself. They had a realistic space flight sim and showed how it could actually be playable. The tactics you used there were considerably different than the tactics you would use in any sort of flight-sim like space game.

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  2. Re:A Wing Commander Replacement? Maybe Not by halivar · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Yeah, every new space-sim I play is measured up against Gemini Gold (successor to the Wing Commander Privateer Remake project). Universally, they are found wanting. It isn't just nostalgia talking; Privateer is still the funnest space-sim available.