View Full Version : Nominations: Favourite Flight/Space Sim (all eras)
Archangel
04-20-2009, 02:27 PM
If there's only a "shoot" button, it's not a simulator. Also, way too few titles since 1999. Knock yourselves out.
Wing Commander 3: Heart of the Tiger (PC)
Tie Fighter (PC)
Jane's Advanced Tactical Fighters (PC)
Jane's AH-64D Longbow (PC)
Privateer 2: The Darkening (PC)
Archetype
04-20-2009, 02:35 PM
Wing Commander (SNES)
Rogue Squadron (N64)
Archangel
04-20-2009, 02:36 PM
Rogue Squadron's a shooter.
Hell, pretty much anything on a console is, Wing Commander ports (which all sucked on a joypad) notwithstanding.
Jericho
04-20-2009, 02:36 PM
Pilotwings
lulz
Sarxos
04-20-2009, 02:42 PM
Homeworld 2 (PC)
Tie Fighter (PC)
Freelancer (PC)
Elite (PC)
X3 (PC)
Gary_Busey
04-20-2009, 02:43 PM
Wing Commander IV (PS)
IL-2: Sturmovik (PC)
Microsoft Flight Simulator X (PC)
Ace Combat 4 (PS2)
Colony Wars (PS)
redsox39
04-20-2009, 02:46 PM
Jet Fighter II (PC)
Ace Combact 4
Archetype
04-20-2009, 02:47 PM
Rogue Squadron's a shooter.
Hell, pretty much anything on a console is, Wing Commander ports (which all sucked on a joypad) notwithstanding.
Words hurt, y'know.
Archangel
04-20-2009, 02:48 PM
I'm REALLY not sure about Ace Combat...
Ace Combat is an arcade style Flight Action video game series published by the Japanese company Namco Bandai Games. Emphasizing action and dramatic plots over realism, the series has established itself in Japan, and the world as a prime example of the pseudo realistic flight action genre.
But because there are rather few titles out there, I'll think about allowing it.
Zilchoid
04-23-2009, 12:18 AM
TIE Fighter (PC)
It's the only one I've played at length, and really, why would you play any others?
Kerjack
04-23-2009, 12:33 AM
LOMAC (PC)
BlackShark KA-50 (PC)
X-PLANE (PC)
FSX (PC)
Freespace (PC)
Might have to take one of those out and add Chuck Yeager's Air combat or Fighter Ace, those where the bomb diggity for their times.
Archangel
04-23-2009, 12:35 AM
TIE Fighter (PC)
It's the only one I've played at length, and really, why would you play any others?
Because Privateer 2 had Clive Owen and Christopher fucking Walken in it.
Kerjack
04-23-2009, 12:44 AM
My two favorite intros to a flight sim.
Decent: Freespace (original)
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Falcon 4.0
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Zilchoid
04-23-2009, 12:46 AM
Because Privateer 2 had Clive Owen and Christopher fucking Walken in it.
Touche', sir. Video games with Hollywood talent are usually worthy of mention. (Example: GTA series) A development company isn't gonna put out a shitty product if you've got to put up the dough for A or B list names to be involved.
Skybase
04-23-2009, 01:23 AM
X-Plane 9
Microsoft Flight Simulator X
Chuck Yeager's Air Combat
Falcon 4.0
And I'd probably add Blackshark if I actually get ahold of it to play it.
Otherwise, I might actually throw Microsoft Space Simulator up there. Wonder what ever happened to my copy of that. Hrm...
VoxAngelikus
04-24-2009, 01:40 PM
Starfox64
am i doing this right?
Archangel
04-24-2009, 06:56 PM
TiM asked me the same question, and there is no way that Starfox is a simulator.
Jane's USAF (PC)
best sim i've ever played, still playing it from time to time.
POO POO CANNON
04-27-2009, 10:25 PM
Fine, beause Arch is a cotton headed ninny muggins:
FSX
XPlane
Flight Simulator '98.
Tie Fighter
Wing Commander IV
Archangel
04-27-2009, 10:50 PM
I am NOT a cotton headed ninny muggins!
I've been watching through Babylon 5 again lately, and find myself wishing that the space combat sim based on that show hadn't been cancelled, as I'm totally confident it'd be on this list