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Are we ever gonna get another space sim?

I for one am looking forward to Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. Sword of the Stars 2 is supposed to be coming, but I've never played the first game.
 
What kind of space sim are we talking about? I want a space MMO where you can fly capital ships to starfighters against live humans. Like...EVE mixed with Jumpgate.
 
As above but let people get off the ship and do stuff in space stations (like a gambling mini game) and visit strange planets to fight stuff on the ground.
 
If it happens it will probably be an indie developer. The current industry thinks its not worth the money. So my guess is not for a long while.
 
irishScott said:
No one has a joystick anymore, so I doubt it.
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Last I checked, most people had two per player. It doesn't take too much work for old games (Freespace 2) to be playable w/ a console controller, and in a new game, menu systems could easily replace having more functions than keys. IMO, as long as the management would be willing to give "casual gamers" the finger, it could work great.
 
Cerb said:
Last I checked, most people had two per player. It doesn't take too much work for old games (Freespace 2) to be playable w/ a console controller, and in a new game, menu systems could easily replace having more functions than keys. IMO, as long as the management would be willing to give "casual gamers" the finger, it could work great.
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I don't have one. At least I don't have one I could use. My only joystick uses a gameport, and I don't think a motherboard has had support for one of those in 15 years.
 
Martimus said:
I don't have one. At least I don't have one I could use. My only joystick uses a gameport, and I don't think a motherboard has had support for one of those in 15 years.
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If you build, you could still get one. You'll need 3rd-party drivers for Windows 7, though. You'll need extra drivers for a USB MIDI/gameport adapter, as well. And you know, I still can't bring myself to sell, give away, or throw away, my doorstop of a Sidewinder 3D Pro 🙂.

I was speaking, of course, of console controllers that can be used with PCs (for that matter, a modern console would not be a bad target, as modding would be the only major downside). While it took a lot of fiddling (Xpadder and AutoHotKey), I found I could play FS2 better on my gamepad than w/ a mouse (I can aim better w/ the mouse, but ease of maneuverability w/ the pad more than makes up for it). Still used the keyboard for all the but the basic targeting functions, of course.
 
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