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[PCCL]

Hi all

I'm looking for good space battles while waiting for the new patch... any ideas?

here are what I mainly look for in a game

singleplayer (I'm just not a MP player)
commanding capital ships (none of that star wars style fighter thing)
slower paced battle (for this purpose, starfarer is a bit fast for my tastes. I modded it down a bit though)
serious tone (as long as it's not fluffy and ridiculous, galciv's silliness turned me off quite a bit)
decent or better graphics (doesn't have to be 3d, as long as it looks good. Any 3d games from before 2004 are probably out though)
good AI (as long as it's not bad to a point of no challenge or annoying, being able to hold its own in an even playing field is a plus)


Games I've already played:
Starfarer (well, duh)
Gratuitous space battles
X series
Sword of the Stars series
Homeworld series
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident
Battleship Forever
Starshatter
Star wars: Empire at war
Distant worlds
Galciv 2
Star Trek Bridge Commander
Star Trek Fleet Command series
Star Trek Legacy


any suggestions welcome

thanks in advance

gunny

[Upgradecap]

You've played all that cane to my mind - and more. I don't know if there are any that fill those requirements you pose, I most certainly can't think of any....

[K-64]

Not exactly sure if it's really what you're looking for, but the Angels Fall First mod for UT3 is rather good on the side of space battles I found. Good mix of FPS and capship combat. Though I'm entirely clueless as to where you stand on the front of it being an FPS

[Upgradecap]

Sorry, UT3? Never heard of that game!

[K-64]

UT3 = Unreal Tournament 3

AFF Planetstorm: 

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[Upgradecap]

Wowzers.

Inmate go getting dat gmae nao!

Also, how epic is that mod on a scale from 1-10

[K-64]

I'd say either 8.5 or 9. Mostly down to the AI being as dumb as a sack of bricks, but that's standard with team-mates in UT

[Upgradecap]

Wait, teammates are dumb as bricks?

[K-64]

Yeah, usually it comes down to the old "If you want something done, you gotta do it yourself". Although the cannon fodder doesn't hurt, I guess

[Upgradecap]

Suppose so.

Just read about V.2 of the mod here http://www.moddb.com/games/angels-fall-first-the-second-antarean-war/downloads

But what i read from the comments, it seems it's dead

[K-64]

Wrong mod

This for the UT3 mod
This for the standalone

[Upgradecap]

Man, i wish there where more stuff like that..

Really hope starforge will have spaceships. Really hope it will. Really hope.

[K-64]

Hope so (Also new version of it just released very recently)

On topic: What about Sins of a Solar Empire? The new expansion for that just came out too

[Upgradecap]

Also have that one, i do. It's rebellion, right?

[K-64]

Indeed it is