Are we ever gonna get another space sim?

[shortylickens]

Just sayin....

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

no

 

[KaOTiK]

One can dream

 

[Karstein]

Braben is too busy.

 

[Newbian]

Needs space boobies in it also.

 

[Red Hawk]

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.

 

[KaOTiK]

Needs space boobies in it also.

On the ships themselves?

 

[Via]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/116/1165437p1.html?RSSwhen2011-05-02_084900&RSSid=1165437

 

[Nintendesert]

http://pc.ign.com/articles/116/1165437p1.html?RSSwhen2011-05-02_084900&RSSid=1165437

Definitely looking forward to this one.

 

[maniacalpha1-1]

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.

 

[Cheesetogo]

Definitely looking forward to this one.

Hopefully it will be possible to play it without a finance degree.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

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.

 

[Skott]

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.

 

[BladeVenom]

On the ships themselves?

Yes, nose art.

 

[WhipperSnapper]

I for one am looking forward to Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion.

Me too as you can tell from my sig. However, it isn't a simulation unless 4x-RTS counts as a simulation.

 

[monkey333]

Escape velocity is a good time...

 

[irishScott]

No one has a joystick anymore, so I doubt it.

 

[SunnyD]

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.

It's called Allegiance.

 

[shortylickens]

No one has a joystick anymore, so I doubt it.

Actually Freelancer and DarkStar one play just fine with a mouse, so I doubt its essential.

 

[brandonb]

X Rebirth is coming.

 

[Cerb]

No one has a joystick anymore, so I doubt it.

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.

 

[Martimus]

http://universesandbox.com/

That is a space sim.

 

[Martimus]

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.

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.

 

[JackSpadesSI]

I couldn't care less about a MMO, but I'd LOVE another FreeSpace game!

 

[Cerb]

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.

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.