Game News Mmmm... New Space RPG.

[Deathy]

Tags: Malfador Machinations; Space Empires: Starfury

<a href="http://malfador.com">Malfador Machinations</a>, the creators of the Space Empires series of space strategy games, have announced <a href="http://www.malfador.com/starfury/starfury.html">Space Empires: Starfury</a>, a space RPG, which seems to be in a similar vein to the Star Control series. Not much on their <a href="http://www.malfador.com/starfury/starfury.html">official site</a> except for a feature list and some <a href="http://www.malfador.com/starfury/sfpics.html">screenshots</a>.
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<li>24bit 3D real-time rendered graphics.
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<li>Support for resolutions 1024x768 and up.
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<li>Freeform structure: Follow the given missions, or perform your own as a merchant, mercenary, or pirate.
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<li>Detailed ship configuration through components.
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<li>12 different ship classes from different races you can command. More than 50 starships and starbases to battle!
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<li>Dozens of star systems for you to explore.
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<li>A living breathing universe with events happening all over the galaxy.
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<li>Encounter and battle your favorite races from Space Empires IV in ship to ship combat.
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<li>Complete game customization allowed by players ("mods").
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<li>Discover: Warp Points, Nebulae, Binary Stars, Trinary Stars, Asteroid Belts, Gas Giants, Cosmic Storms, and more!
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So far, it looks pretty good, but that's probably the Space Empires fanboy in me thinking that.

 

[Spazmo]

Sounds like fun, but the word "missions" has me worried about the RPG-ness of the game.

 

[Greenskin13]

Mmmm...space RPGs.

I hope it'll give us alot of freedom. I like freedom.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

Sounds like fun, but the word "missions" has me worried about the RPG-ness of the game.

In space CRPGs, typically they call "quests", "missions". Basically, someone contacts you, and offers you a job. You do it, they pay you.

 

[Jed]

In space, no one can hear you quest.

J

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

In space, no one can hear you quest.

J

I bet you can hear in space in this game, though. :D

Even Babylon 5, which used physics more than most sci-fi, still allowed you to hear things in space.

 

[Jed]

I bet you can hear in space in this game, though. :D

Yeah, the soundtrack!

Even Babylon 5, which used physics more than most sci-fi, still allowed you to hear things in space.

So little sci-fi gets physics right. I never watched that show very much, though my little brother and I adapted some of our personal slang from some of Bab5's character aesthetics: We refer to a balding man as having a "space-age haircut."

J

 

[Section8]

Well, true to physics or not, Audio-Visual experiences tend to be much more compelling than plain visual experiences.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

Well, true to physics or not, Audio-Visual experiences tend to be much more compelling than plain visual experiences.

That's true, but it's always funny when the Enterprise banks to turn like airplanes have to do.