Any Good flight/shootem ups anymore?

[phaxmohdem]

I was wondering if there are any decent shootem up flight sims anymore. I'm not talking about real aircraft, I mean like the old days of Decent III, Terminal Velocity, HellBender, those kind of shootem up games. It seems like the world is focused on FPS's these days, and I haven't hear if any good ones have been released lately. Anyone know of/play any good modern ones?

 

[Malak]

Freespace was the last good space sim. I liked X-wing vs Tie Fighter too.

 

[Nohr]

I enjoyed Freelancer.

 

[phaxmohdem]

I downloaded the demo of Freelancer, it was pretty fun, not enough to make me want to go purchase teh whole game though. I wish there were a similar game that could actually tax my x800XL card with a little DX9 eye candy.

 

[Elcs]

Originally posted by: phaxmohdem
I downloaded the demo of Freelancer, it was pretty fun, not enough to make me want to go purchase teh whole game though. I wish there were a similar game that could actually tax my x800XL card with a little DX9 eye candy.

Closest you'd get is X3: Reunion....

but if it follows on from X2: The Threat, its not very combat orientated and its combat engine is poor.

 

[CTho9305]

It's not really new (2001), but I liked Echelon.

 

[Schadenfreude]

The newest one I can think of is Crimson Skies (2000).

Good game, though.

 

[Parkre]

I loved the Descent Series. I wished they kept the series alive.

 

[AnyMal]

Anyone remembers Fury?

 

[tuteja1986]

Freelancer :! all the way :!

 

[StevenYoo]

Originally posted by: tuteja1986
Freelancer :! all the way :!

freelancer is an awesome game!

 

[Schadenfreude]

This might warrant a look - and it's under $10 shipped.

Reviews

 

[MajorMullet]

I know you said no real aircraft, but Heroes of the Pacific is a great arcade-like flight sim. It's set in WWII, but the game mechanics are far from realistic. You have unlimited ammo and a swarm of enemies on each level, so there's always stuff blowing up

It has online play too.

If you want a cheap fix, I picked up a brand new in the box copy of Starlancer at EB recently for $1.99