22nd April 2003, 5:45 PM
Look at the wookie... now look around the wookie. There's reflections and realtime shadowing... with a semi-decent hair effect?
22nd April 2003, 5:45 PM
Look at the wookie... now look around the wookie. There's reflections and realtime shadowing... with a semi-decent hair effect?
22nd April 2003, 7:08 PM
JESUS TAP DANCING CHRIST, that looks so fucking awesome! Rebels charging on tauntauns into battle? If the on-foot levels are as awesome as those shots depict them to be, this game will officially kick fucking ass.
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I hope you guys like these. I haven't even taken a look yet. And please don't mind the oversaturated screen shots. It's the best I could get. And please don't let this get out. I don't want those EGM guys coming over here and telling me to take it down. So keep it within TC!
22nd April 2003, 7:35 PM
And here's the rest!
And don't worry, if the images don't show up just hit the refresh button. I'm uploading them to the TC server right now.
22nd April 2003, 8:08 PM
Holy shit! This is so awesome!!!
BTW the images are repeating because of the way Zinio works. I had to take shots of the top, middle, and bottom parts of each page, and parts overlap.
22nd April 2003, 8:17 PM
Hey guys, if you were wondering why some of the graphics looked a bit unfinished, a member at the ign boards offered a good explanation, which sounds true:
Quote:Originally posted by: Likwid_Cid
22nd April 2003, 8:59 PM
The graphics already look phenominal... and aren't maxed out yet... wow! I wonder how it'll look when it comes out...
Oh and that article is GREAT! The game sounds extremely good... obviously. Without Rare around to challenge it, Factor 5 has clearly won the 'Nintendo Graphics' crown... several times over.
22nd April 2003, 9:58 PM
i bought rogue leader because it was a launch game...but i never botherd to beat it...flight sims (even if they are arcade styled) aren't really my thing...and i'm not a huge star wars fan...so i wasn't sure about this game, but this artcile has made it sound rather awesome. and i feel the need to buy it, if just to ensure future factor 5 games on nintendo systems.
All the kids black and white, together we are dynamite.
22nd April 2003, 10:16 PM
Quote:Originally posted by A Black Falcon Yeah they still have a lot of work to do with the graphics. They haven't even implemented bump-mapping in most of those screens. I'm positive that it'll blow us away when E3 comes around.
22nd April 2003, 10:30 PM
Sim? This isn't a sim by any stretch of the imagination. Its a arcade flying game a lot closer to those open levels in Starfox than a spaceship sim...
22nd April 2003, 11:34 PM
He just said "flight sims (even if they are arcade styled)".
22nd April 2003, 11:53 PM
I'd call Crimson Skies or Wing Commander or maybe Freelancer flight sims that are arcade styled... not Rogue Squadron. Its an action/shooter game.
23rd April 2003, 6:40 AM
I gotta admit, I don't care for action-flight sims all that much, either (hence why I never bought Rogue Squadron 2). This game sounds awesome, though! With the co-op and ground missions, I think I have enough incentive to buy it.
23rd April 2003, 8:57 AM
My only fear is that because the series has been a predominantly flight simulation game that the on-foot levels will suck; or be like those of SotE. If they manage to pull off a game that combines something to the effect of the flight game of RL and the third-person of Jedi Outcast, I'd eat my hat.
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23rd April 2003, 9:19 AM
Is it just me or are they just recycling old levels? Is that what they did with the second game, recycle the levels from the first? How dull...
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23rd April 2003, 9:50 AM
i think that rogue squadron can be considered an arcade flight sim because it simulates flight with arcadey physics and flair. just as one could say that the rush series is an arcade driving sim...it virtually simulates a (outta control) driving experience.
oh well, it's no big deal, i imagine everyone knew what i meant, and ABF is just splitting hairs. and starfox isn't really my type of game either. *waits for the kicking that will surely follow his previous statement.*
All the kids black and white, together we are dynamite.
23rd April 2003, 10:16 AM
DJ, Darunia: Did either of you read that article I posted?? They answered both of your concerns. They're keeping the same basic control scheme in all modes, and they are not recycling any old levels. There won't be another death star run or any of the other movie events from RL. They are doing everything from the movies that couldn't be done before, which is why there is still a Hoth level (which will let you do exactly what Luke did in ESB). You get to run through the first Death Star, rescue Princess Leia, and try to make your way out of the trash compacter! And that's only a bonus mission! How cool is that??!! Expects tons of more stuff like that.
23rd April 2003, 11:52 AM
OB1, why do you ask if they read it? Just by reading their comments it is very, very clear that they didn't...
Arcade flight sim means it actually simulates flight in some way. Action shooter means you might be flying, but its not simulating flight. Rogue Squadron is the latter... you really don't have any of the aspects of a flight sim in the game. As I said, its a action/shooter. Like Star Fox. Darunia and DJ.... READ THE ARTICLE! NOW! THEN come back with so-called criticisms... you would understand that they aren't problems if you read it.
23rd April 2003, 1:31 PM
All that work and nobody bothers to read it.
23rd April 2003, 2:08 PM
Fools.
23rd April 2003, 3:40 PM
:S
23rd April 2003, 3:47 PM
I would have read more, but it was taking forever to load!
Sometimes you get the scorpion.
23rd April 2003, 3:52 PM
Umm...fuck you...when you buy me a better modem that can load gigantic jpegs in less than 10 minutes I'll read ur fucking article.
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23rd April 2003, 4:34 PM
Save them to your harddrive and read them all there.
Its an really, really great article.
23rd April 2003, 6:03 PM
Kiss my shiny metal ass, Darunia.
23rd April 2003, 6:49 PM
Pucker up and kiss my brown Goron ass first there buddy.
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23rd April 2003, 7:18 PM
:shake:
23rd April 2003, 7:36 PM
That ass doesn't look shiny OR metallic! FAKER!
23rd April 2003, 8:01 PM
Better?
23rd April 2003, 8:03 PM
Works for me. What's that label say?
The Earthworker Race has ended. Everybody wins.
23rd April 2003, 8:28 PM
So...you really ARE a horse's ass; I wasn't lying when I called you that! :D
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23rd April 2003, 8:56 PM
Beats me, EM.
23rd April 2003, 9:07 PM
It's <i>pretty</i> good. I <i>guess</i>.
23rd April 2003, 9:15 PM
Best I could find.
24th April 2003, 9:03 PM
and i love you for it...
and i'm drunk and...you can move up and down in mid air in rogue leader and can move all over the place in the space levels, just as if you were really in outter space. FLYING in outter space no less. i dunno...i seem to feel like i'm flying when i fly around in rogue leader, but to each their own i suppose. anyway, whatever the case may be the flying aspects of rogue leader aren't really my cup of tea...which i why i never bought the first one...the second one i bought because it was beautiful and seemed like more fun that luigi's mansion...and it was fun. this game tho, seems right up my alley. i like playing as a person running around shooting things than as a space ship shooting things. if that rant makes no sense, the reason lies in my second line. goodnight.
All the kids black and white, together we are dynamite.
24th April 2003, 9:11 PM
You don't seem drunk, hooligan.
24th April 2003, 10:12 PM
i'm a very well spoken drunk.
All the kids black and white, together we are dynamite.
9th May 2003, 12:56 AM
Quick, go to gamers.com!! They have a two-minute trailer for the game!!
9th May 2003, 10:03 AM
I saw a link to the download, but couldn't actually find it...
9th May 2003, 10:44 AM
The quality is horrendous anyways, so just forget about it.
9th May 2003, 11:39 AM
Watched it. For some reason the link only worked in IE, not Netscape. And yeah, the quality is terrible... but still, it looks really cool!
9th May 2003, 2:24 PM
Indeed it does!
:jedi:
9th May 2003, 4:42 PM
Here's a better video: http://www.thrillinghill.com/~monkeyland...trike.mpeg
13th May 2003, 11:56 PM
Hands-on impressions from IGN:
Quote:May 14, 2003 - We've just driven up to publisher LucasArts' San Rafael-based hideaway to see the Factor 5-developed Star Wars Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike. Three editors intently huddle around producer Brett Tosti's in-office television screen in anticipation of what's to come. We're genuinely thrilled because first we're all die-hard Star Wars fans, and second -- perhaps just as important, we know that if any software house can dazzle the cynics in us, it's the technically boundless Germans at Factor 5. Maybe we know what to expect, but it's still hard not to be impressed when Tosti flips through a debug menu and cues a wholly transformed Hoth level complete with more TIEs than could have ever been drawn on one screen in last year's GameCube shooter of the same franchise. Incredible!
14th May 2003, 12:28 AM
I'm confused... after saying 'Factor 5 Star Wars', isn't 'Incredible' an oxymoron?
14th May 2003, 6:41 AM
Awesome!! Two play co-op...and more awesome screens...man this game is going to carry GC at this rate. I'm wanting this game more and more...
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14th May 2003, 10:27 AM
You should see the new developer commentary video.
20th May 2003, 5:12 AM
Sorry, no new screens...but a good insight into the frame rate, and the multiplayer, and some of the levels...discusses the co-op and all.
Cliquez-moi
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20th May 2003, 10:06 AM
There's a reason why I made an Official Rebel Strike Thread.
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