New Game from creator of WING COMMANDER series called Squadron 42: Star Citizen
 

G'day

It appears that the guy behind the whole Wing Commander series of games back in the 1990s that a lot of people remember fondly is back creating a new game.

There is several trailers floating around of it but here is a link to an extended version of one.

SQUADRON 42: STAR CITIZEN


Definitly got me interested considering how many hours I sunk into the Wing Commander series and its spinoff Privateer.

Regards,
B

The crowd funding is up and running now, no totals as yet since their site got slammed earlier today but I'm already considering whether I want to toss in $250 or $500.

Roberts Space Industries - Star Citizen

Looks amazing and if Roberts manages to fully realise his ambitions for it I think it will be one hell of a ride.

I'll probably throw $250 their way next weekend as well. Would love to see the WC universe resurrected in another game


B

looks to be 2 years away, but the hybrid-model (single-player/quasi-MMO) looks interesting with public/private servers and extensive modding. needless to say, the genre could use something like this...perhaps minus the FMV this time, as nostalgic as it may seem ;)

The FMV was only cool because of the somewhat notable actors involved, and how cheesy the writing was. It was like an 80s scifi with 1990s era production values - so wrong yet so right for the target audience. I don't think you could capture that correctly in a modern game.

Looks wicked. I sank more hours into Freelancer than I care to think about so I'm hoping he goes more that way than full on WC

I'll be buying this...

I think I just had a brick.

He did an AMA today
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment...ing_commander/

Shamelessly stolen from said link.

• Full Cinematic Trailer (rendered in-game, realtime, using game assets)
• Official site (Main crowdfunding page)
• Kickstarter page
• Official FAQ
• Unofficial FAQ (compiled by RSI forum members)
• Wikia (still growing)
• All RSI Team's comments on Kickstarter (lots of specific answers)
• Full GDC2012 Panel - Star Citizen Announcement
• Early gameplay footage (from GDC2012 video above)
• Official YouTube | What is Star Citizen? | Immersion | Physics | Scale |
• Star Citizen concept art (NOTE: there's 2 pages)
• Star Citizen Subreddit
• Facebook | Twitter

Well, i just pledged to the kickstarter. I haven't seen a good space sim for a very long time. X-wing, tie-fighter, descent freespace... never really got into the wing commander series.\

Bring on the sub-forum!