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Starpoint Gemini 3 (X, Freelancer & WCPrivateer Like Game)

Post by Blake00 » Fri, 13. Sep 19, 14:42

Amazing! Only a couple of weeks ago I was excitedly posting here about the release of Rebel Galaxy Outlaw and now someone over in the Freelancer Facebook group posts a video of yet another very X, WC and Freelancer like game called Starpoint Gemini 3!

The previous Starpoint Gemini games had space combat, trading on stations and even some planet landing stuff however they still felt a bit different eg more of a big ship RTS tactical combat game. However for this new game it looks like they've totally gone in a pure X/WC/Freelancer style fighter game direction (which I think has upset some of their past fanbase but hey its great for us haha) with all the cool stuff like landing on planets and space stations to trade and visit their seedy space bars for work! It also has an interesting (unfinished) side game where you take control of a small probe infiltrating derelicts and space stations avoiding security systems that sort of reminds me of some of X2 – The Threat’s good old side missions.

The game is still in early access on steam so naturally it lacks polish but is already looking absolutely gorgeous!! The only fault I have with its otherwise stunning graphics are the very plastic mannequin like people but apparently the devs have said they'll be fixing that.

This guy has done a good video preview of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irhHBt28xxU

Here's some sexy screens I found around the place:
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Re: Starpoint Gemini 3 (X, Freelancer & WCPrivateer Like Game)

Post by Skeeter » Fri, 13. Sep 19, 22:44

You posted rebel galaxy vid instead when u said.

This guy has done a good video preview of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irhHBt28xxU

About sp g3. I have one of the past games, saw a mate play it thought id get it but never played it lol. Dunno why this and rebel galaxy outlaw look so much nicer visually and more fun than x games, they look modern, maybe not the most detail in terms of mesh density or 4k textures but they look like modern games yet x4 looks old in alot of places and lacks things i mean go to a bar in a x game and its stale boring nothing to do, do it on rebel galaxy outlaw, it looks like a bar, has a bartender u can chat to i think and visually looks active and nice. Would be nice if ego learned from some of these other space games thats been coming out. I think they focus on the sandbox part too much which originally x wasnt, it was open ended but not a pure sandbox, tho has turned into one unfortunatly. Sry im rambling.

Long as it has a campaign SPG3 i might look into it, i need a space game with a epic story to follow that is easy to pick up and play for short bouts.
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Re: Starpoint Gemini 3 (X, Freelancer & WCPrivateer Like Game)

Post by Blake00 » Sat, 14. Sep 19, 09:27

Skeeter wrote:
Fri, 13. Sep 19, 22:44
You posted rebel galaxy vid instead when u said.

This guy has done a good video preview of it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irhHBt28xxU

About sp g3. I have one of the past games, saw a mate play it thought id get it but never played it lol. Dunno why this and rebel galaxy outlaw look so much nicer visually and more fun than x games, they look modern, maybe not the most detail in terms of mesh density or 4k textures but they look like modern games yet x4 looks old in alot of places and lacks things i mean go to a bar in a x game and its stale boring nothing to do, do it on rebel galaxy outlaw, it looks like a bar, has a bartender u can chat to i think and visually looks active and nice. Would be nice if ego learned from some of these other space games thats been coming out. I think they focus on the sandbox part too much which originally x wasnt, it was open ended but not a pure sandbox, tho has turned into one unfortunatly. Sry im rambling.

Long as it has a campaign SPG3 i might look into it, i need a space game with a epic story to follow that is easy to pick up and play for short bouts.
Doh! I totally took the lazy ass route and copied my other RG thread post format/layout and changed the links & text, but clearly didn't change the video one properly (changed the text but not the link) haha. OP is all fixed now sorry.

SP3 Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irhHBt28xxU

Yeah I haven't played the earlier SP games but watched gameplay videos of them and just didn't really 'feel it'. Whereas oh boy am I feeling it with this new one haha.

Yeah there are parts of X4 that look unbelievable and unrivaled... Other parts not so much lol. If I had to guess I'd say different artists working on different parts of the game. Nothing beats X for the sandbox experience but it's a matter of how much other areas with lack of polish can once tolerate to play a game with an unrivaled single player sandbox. Fortunately in my case my tolerance (fueled by a love of X) is pretty high haha.

I've seen the X devs say in the past that planetary landings were too expensive and big to implement in their games. However Rebel Galaxy Outlaw and Starpoint Gemini are great examples of small teams/studios working on a low budget games creating cool planetary landings using modern technology. X games are too huge to put landings on every planet but landings on each factions homeworld could be a thing.
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Post by pjknibbs » Sat, 14. Sep 19, 10:35

I've played SG2 and Warlords. They're both fun games, but both based around capital ship combat rather than small ships, so the best way to fight is to put your turrets on auto-target and just try to manoeuvre to avoid enemy fire. I'd definitely recommend anyone gives them a try, they've got to be dirt cheap now!

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Re: Starpoint Gemini 3 (X, Freelancer & WCPrivateer Like Game)

Post by Memnoch » Sat, 28. Dec 19, 14:29

Saying that RGO has planetary landings is a bit of a stretch, don't you think?

I haven't finished the game yet, so perhaps this is some new gameplay element I haven't seen yet, but approaching a planet, then seeing a cinematic of you over the surface, and finally a static screen showing you docking, is about the thinnest definition of that I can think of. Yes, its a depiction of it, but if you aren't in control, its a loading screen.

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Re: Starpoint Gemini 3 (X, Freelancer & WCPrivateer Like Game)

Post by RegisterMe » Sun, 29. Dec 19, 01:17

pjknibbs wrote:
Sat, 14. Sep 19, 10:35
I've played SG2 and Warlords. They're both fun games, but both based around capital ship combat rather than small ships, so the best way to fight is to put your turrets on auto-target and just try to manoeuvre to avoid enemy fire. I'd definitely recommend anyone gives them a try, they've got to be dirt cheap now!
Same here. I was pretty in to the whole idea of the thing (and had played the previous game) but the experience of actually playing left me.... uninterested :(. A shame, the concept is one I liked, but the implementation, was, for me, lacking.
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Re: Starpoint Gemini 3 (X, Freelancer & WCPrivateer Like Game)

Post by Blake00 » Mon, 27. Jan 20, 08:31

Memnoch wrote:
Sat, 28. Dec 19, 14:29
Saying that RGO has planetary landings is a bit of a stretch, don't you think?

I haven't finished the game yet, so perhaps this is some new gameplay element I haven't seen yet, but approaching a planet, then seeing a cinematic of you over the surface, and finally a static screen showing you docking, is about the thinnest definition of that I can think of. Yes, its a depiction of it, but if you aren't in control, its a loading screen.
Well I meant more planetary landings in the classic style of Freelancer and Wing Commander Privateer. Which players also had no control over but loved to watch. Didn't intend to imply some sort of fancy Star Citizen thing lol.
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Re: Starpoint Gemini 3 (X, Freelancer & WCPrivateer Like Game)

Post by Blake00 » Mon, 21. Sep 20, 19:54

Looks like Starpoint Gemini 3 will be released soon and has added mod support which is good as the game looks super similar to Freelancer (they even added a mini Sirius sector to the game lol) so if there was ever a good candidate engine for a future Freelancer mod it's this game lol. Of course who's gonna have the skill and motivation to do such a thing these days hey, but nevertheless its fun to fantasize about lol.
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