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Remembering the Star Wars Space Combat Sims 15 May, 2010 / 4 comments

The 'Screen Play' blog in this week's Brisbane times recalls the heydey of the critically acclaimed and much-loved LucasArts / Totally Games X-Wing series.

In the 11 years since [X-Wing Alliance], there has been nothing more from LucasArts in that vein, and the genre itself has faded to little more than a memory. Wing Commander's final gasp was the long-delayed and ultimately disappointing Freelancer, released in 2003 after more than four years of development. The last bastion of the space combat sim is the venerable X series, which reached its fifth release in 2008 with X3: Terran Conflict, a flawed game that failed to set the world on fire, let alone the whole galaxy.

D-Rod's teaser from last year is also recalled.

The X-Wing fan / Modding community is very much still alive and well.

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I still hope for 'Special Editions' of the X-Wing games at some point, perhaps leading into a whole new game from Larry Holland and Totally Games.

Source: Brisbane Times

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    icanseestars on 22 May, 2010, 14:24…
    Would be nice to see these kind of games again but it would have to be on game consoles too otherwise it would not be profitable enough.

    On a side note I always considered the term space combat sim to be very wrong, the X-Wing/Freespace/Wing Commander games were not space simulations like Elite or Independence War which had real space flight physics.

    They were slightly more sophisticated action games like the Ace Combat series on game consoles (substitute planes for spaceships). Therein lies the problem, the PC space fairing cousin to this genre never took root on game consoles and the Ace Combat series is still going and are occasional new titles like Ubisoft HAWX.

    In order to see X-Wing games again they would have to done on games consoles and simplified just a little.
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    ThunderPeel2001 on 19 May, 2010, 23:00…
    I would LOVE a Special Edition of the X-Wing titles. They're calling out for them!
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    clone2727 on 16 May, 2010, 00:52…
    There kind of was a special edition of X-Wing and TIE Fighter back when X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter was released ;) X-Wing 95 and TIE Fighter 95... basically the same but updated graphics/engine and no iMuse.

    I would only want one of X-Wing and TIE Fighter if it has iMuse in it. Those versions with the stock Star Wars soundtrack just weren't the same... those dynamic tracks definitely made the games.
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    Sabre on 15 May, 2010, 23:29…
    Alas, the comments regarding a new (or special edition of) X-Wing were made by Rodriguez. The new president might decide its not worth the effort of going down that route. I'd love for a new X-Wing installment though, building on where Alliance took the series. A special edition of TIE Fighter would be awesome, its easily one of the best games ever made.

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