New Space Combat Game Announced - Star Wars: Squadrons

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  1. Timby

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    Given that this is a $40 game and it's on Frostbite, I strongly suspect that this is just the space combat engine from Battlefront II (which Motive worked on) modified to have a more in-depth cockpit experience.
     
  2. Tuskin38

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    The singleplayer campaign, yeah, but Criterion did the space combat for Battlefront 2.
     
  3. Tuskin38

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    EA's Gamechangers (basically sponsored youtubers) were allowed to record gameplay




     
  4. JD

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    Looks fun thus far but the bobbleheads is a little much.
     
  6. Ithekro

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    Hmmmmm. The impressions given suggest the game play is very much like X-wing and TIE Fighters, with additional things that you can do that were definitely not possible back in the 90s. Not sure on the modules, though customizing to your own style I guess would be worthwhile. I would hope for more missions later. Even if they are basically remakes of the older X-wing series campaigns spanning pre-Battle of Yavin to the Battle of Endor. Though many of those campaigns would need substantial reworking since the canon has gone in new directions on some of those fronts (anything involving Thrawn, and missions about the Death Star plans). Though, depending on what Disney is doing post-Jakku, there are any under of small Imperial holdouts that might cause trouble for the New Republic....and there is always the question of what happened to Thrawn (and Ezra)? Star Wars battles are heavily reliant on starfighters, so there is a lot of potential content. Even if it is not as customizable, like the Clone Wars era, where one side's fighters are the pilots (droids) and the other side is made up mostly of the same guy with different hair cuts and tattoos (clones), or happen to be a rare Jedi for the Republic or militia fighter pilot (both sides)
     
  7. JD

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    You can turn all of that stuff off, so you don't see it on your ship, or anybody else's ships.
     
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    It's inclusion is a little weird to me. I had no doubt it was some sort of accessorizing you could do to your ship. But, an Ewok bobblehead? Strange.
     
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  12. JD

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    That was pretty cool.
     
  13. Mark_Nguyen

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    I'm expecting one for the other side too. IS that Hera Syndulla in the game?

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  14. Tuskin38

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    Yes.
     
  15. David cgc

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    I'm a little amused that the Star Destroyer in the short is the Rogue One model superficially modified to resemble the ESB model, since until Rogue One, books and games and cartoons representing the ANH version of the Destroyer just superficially modified the ESB version. Shoe's on the other foot, now!

    Though I'd prefer if they just had two accurate models, and used them side-by-side, instead of just using the Rogue One model for everything now, no matter how little sense it makes.
     
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    Be nice is they had a detailed scan of the ESB ISD II model, that teched it up to match the movement and lighting of the Rogue One ISD I model.
     
  17. General_Phoenix

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    Anyone going to start a TrekBBS squadron for this game?
     
  18. Tuskin38

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    Press embargo has been lifted.
     
  19. JD

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    This came out today, it's a little out of my price range at the moment, so it'll be a while before I get it.
     
  20. Tuskin38

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    According to the end credits Denis Lawson did voice Wedge. I don't think that was mentioned in any pre-release articles/interviews at all.

    He showed up in the trailer, that's why I didn't tag this.

    here's most of the voice cast (including background actors), I might have missed a couple as I got distracted while taking screenshots
    imgur.com/a/T30kBm5
     
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