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The problem is getting a copy of Armada 2 unless you pirate it. It sells for a lot since the game was pretty limited in copies and hasn't been available via retail since first release.
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Fleet Operations is pretty good fun
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I haven't played it since around 2009, has it changed much since? Thom12255 fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Dec 29, 2013 |
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Dec 29, 2013 02:04
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Does Fleet Operations let you plat as a morally corrupt, possibly insane Admiral who is out to commit a xenocide?
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Dec 29, 2013 02:05
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I didn't discover it until 2012 so I don't know. I should have some friends pick it up, seems like a dece lan game
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Dec 29, 2013 02:06
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Railing Kill posted:I couldn't help but think of the conclusion in the light of more recent sci fi, though, or even DS9 at its darkest. A captain with privileged information gets assimilated by an unstoppable enemy bent on the destruction of civilization as we know it, and then suddenly, neatly "unassimilated"? Debrief that guy and then shove him out the nearest airlock. Or, ship him to some distant Picard being assimilated was a way to potentially write Patrick Stewart off the show as he and Paramount were having a contract dispute and Paramount wanted to be ready to let him go if necessary. Since they didn't let him go, they had to be able to incorporate him back into the show. The episode after BOBW, Family, was actually the result of the writers and producers vehemently arguing that they really couldn't just mash the reset button after such a traumatic experience. That said, drat dude, you'd just cold space the guy? Not mandatory retirement from Starfleet active duty and reassignment to a defense think tank, not a lifetime pension and therapy, just *pfft* out the window or stuck in an interrogation chamber forever? If Star Trek can't be the advocate for at least attempting to behave ethically, who can?
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Dec 29, 2013 02:16
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Star Trek is pretty good at bending the definition of ethics to fit whatever plot they've devised imo See: kurn
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Dec 29, 2013 02:18
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Trek games chat is depressing because it's been like ten years since an okay Star Trek game has come out.
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Dec 29, 2013 02:20
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If you didn't let officers return to duty after being assimilated/ mind controlled/ put into alien stasis to live out a separate lifetime/ de-evolved/ hyper-evolved/ phased/ merged with another officer and then separated/ kept in a pattern buffer for 70 years, etc, etc, you'd have nothing but green cadets manning the ships and we all know how that turns out.
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Dec 29, 2013 02:25
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Trent posted:If you didn't let officers return to duty after being assimilated/ mind controlled/ put into alien stasis to live out a separate lifetime/ de-evolved/ hyper-evolved/ phased/ merged with another officer and then separated/ kept in a pattern buffer for 70 years, etc, etc, you'd have nothing but green cadets manning the ships and we all know how that turns out. Yeah they all start chanting in unison about how awesome they are.
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Dec 29, 2013 02:30
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Conquistador posted:Star Trek is pretty good at bending the definition of ethics to fit whatever plot they've devised imo And yet they still manage to not defend unrepentant pedophiles Neelix doesn't count no matter how much you want him to.
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Dec 29, 2013 02:34
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:Trek games chat is depressing because it's been like ten years since an okay Star Trek game has come out.
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Dec 29, 2013 02:35
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 I like how you managed to bring Neelix into this
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Dec 29, 2013 02:36
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FlamingLiberal posted:Even worse, just look at the number of games that have even been released since 2005. You can count them on one hand. Every Trek game that comes out from now on is almost certianly going to take place in the Abramsverse. 
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Dec 29, 2013 02:46
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That's ok, JJTrek is better suited to mindless shootemups. Although Elite Force was fun as hell even though it was Voyager.
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Dec 29, 2013 02:50
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Tighclops posted:That's ok, JJTrek is better suited to mindless shootemups. Although Elite Force was fun as hell even though it was Voyager. Too bad Elite Force 2 didn't live up to it.
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Dec 29, 2013 02:55
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Thom12255 posted:Too bad Elite Force 2 didn't live up to it. EF2 let you use a tricorder to call in orbital strikes and massacre Romulans with a Bat'leth. It owned. 
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Dec 29, 2013 03:00
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Preechr posted:EF2 let you use a tricorder to call in orbital strikes and massacre Romulans with a Bat'leth. It owned. Multiplayer never took off though, that's where the fun was.
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Preechr posted:EF2 let you use a tricorder to call in orbital strikes and massacre Romulans with a Bat'leth. It owned.
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FlamingLiberal posted:It was weird that they got the entire Voyager cast to voice their characters in the first game, but in the second they could only manage Patrick Stewart, Tim Russ, and the guy who was Reg Barclay. And that Barclay suddenly became a super gung-ho hardass.
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Dec 29, 2013 03:24
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Preechr posted:And that Barclay suddenly became a super gung-ho hardass. ... It all took place on Barclay's holodeck didn't it?
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Dec 29, 2013 03:44
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That looks awesomely hilarious, I can only assume all those ships are about 30 seconds away from all smashing into each other. Armada 2 was the one that's like an RTS, right? You can't actually fly the individual ships? I really liked Bridge Commander, but even with all the mods and ship add-ons I ran out of things to do pretty quick. You can only fly around and shoot other ships for so long. I'd love another ship-based game like that, but with a better solo campaign.
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Dec 29, 2013 04:19
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Knormal posted:I'd love another ship-based game like that, but with a better solo campaign. FTL? Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator? Battlecruiser 3000 AD? 
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Dec 29, 2013 04:35
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Artemis Bridge Simulator, known far and wide for its solo campaigns,
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Dec 29, 2013 04:38
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Klingon Academy is an easy suggestion if you can get a hold of it and the Windows 7 Fan patch.
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:Trek games chat is depressing because it's been like ten years since an okay Star Trek game has come out. It's also depressing that, if you want to take SFC2 or The Fallen out for a spin, you either need to pay through the nose on eBay or pirate it, since there's nothing available for download anywhere. Come to think of it, does anyone know who owns the rights for Trek digital multimedia or whatever it's called? I guess that they haven't bothered to license the old titles on GOG or whatever since they figure there's no money to be made in updating a bunch of forgotten games that would appeal only to a small group of nostalgic nerds who probably already own them all.
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Dec 29, 2013 05:08
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:Trek games chat is depressing because it's been like ten years since an okay Star Trek game has come out. I feel like STO has improved a lot in the years since launch, so there's that, at least.
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Dec 29, 2013 05:11
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Rincewind posted:I feel like STO has improved a lot in the years since launch, so there's that, at least. It really had nowhere to go but up.
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Dec 29, 2013 05:13
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I see the Borg Cube, Spheres, and Pyramids but where are the Borg Klein Bottles?
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Dec 29, 2013 05:22
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All the Borg Klein bottles were destroyed by insane Stafleet Admirals.
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Here's some Bij I found for you guys: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWzCn0jN55s It's a fan-reading of "The Return." Written by William Shatner. Where the Romulans and Borg form an alliance and decide to dig up Shatner as step 1 in their plan to defeat the Federation. I am suffering, and did not want to hoard all this Bij. E: "There was an unsettling moment of quantum transition... and then Will Riker beamed into HELL." Owlbear Camus fucked around with this message at 06:58 on Dec 29, 2013 |
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OtherworldlyInvader posted:FTL? Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator? Battlecruiser 3000 AD? Mr. Jive posted:I see the Borg Cube, Spheres, and Pyramids but where are the Borg Klein Bottles? On second glance is that Federation fleet nothing but Akiras?
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Knormal posted:Nah, I want something where I can fly real Star Trek ships around. I'm the worst kind of nerd and want something in-universe even if the other games are better or more realistic, something where I can actually put all this useless knowledge about starship classes and Trek technology clogging up my brain to use. Yeah I decided just to throw an entire fleet of Akira's at the borg to see if they could beat them back, they got annihilated.
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Best of Both Worlds ending is total trash. Which makes a lot of what come before it trash too. Anyone actually played some Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator? I own it, I bought it because it was dirt cheap and I was with people that were keen. But anyone actually got it installed on a stack of computers.. set a lounge room.. done all the stuff? Is it good? Why is it good/bad?
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Tony Montana posted:Best of Both Worlds ending is total trash. Which makes a lot of what come before it trash too. I played it with some family while I was visiting for the holidays, it's just fun as hell playing together with a group. It was just my cousin and my sister, but I imagine it's even better in a larger group. Edit: How long has this been on Steam?
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Describe it to me. What do you do? Are the missions cool? Is it just 'there is a ship, pew pew time' or is there some Treky poo poo in there?
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It seems pretty pew pew from the videos I've seen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9Q2X32hZNk I have to admit it looks as though it would be pretty fun for a party game.
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Tony Montana posted:Describe it to me. What do you do? Are the missions cool? Is it just 'there is a ship, pew pew time' or is there some Treky poo poo in there? Heavy drinking and the resultant occasional accidental firing of nuclear missiles adds some spice.
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Do you all have to shake in your seats when the ship is hit?
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If you don't I think you've missed the point of the "let's get drunk and accidentally commit planetary genocide" simulator. (I've never played it but this is what I gather it's about)
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