08-04-2005, 04:24 AM | #1 |
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Star Control 2, now Ur-Quan Masters, now free.
I searched the forums. Nothing about it. I checked the main site. Nada. How come? Personally, I have never played it, but I heard tons of great things about it from various sources, and it puzzles me that I had to find about its rerelease almost by accident.
A very brief history of Star Control 2:
Head here to learn more.
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08-04-2005, 07:06 AM | #2 |
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I'm a big fan of this game, I didn't post about it because I always considered it more a Sci-Fi Space Shooter RPG than an adventure game.
I've been downloading every version of The Ur-Quan Masters since the 0.1. Now it's much better, even better than the original, especially when played in 1024x768 with pixel filtering. It looks very clean. Also the add-on music packs (which even contain remixes by original composers) are very good.
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08-04-2005, 07:50 AM | #3 | |
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08-04-2005, 08:55 AM | #4 |
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Dune is easy to label an adventure since it looks like an adventure. Star Control 2 on the other hand looks and plays like a top-down space shooter, so it's a bit more complicated.
SC2 is a lot further from the adventure genre than Dune IMO. |
08-05-2005, 06:50 AM | #5 |
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I've never heard of it, so it couldn't possibly be an adventure game.
Heh, kidding. But from the screenshots it looks like a hybrid, so I'm going to move the thread into General Gaming. |
08-05-2005, 07:03 AM | #6 | |
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The Ur-Quan are some of the best villains ever, their story is so tragic that you can feel sympathy for them... except when they are chasing you Play the game, it's awesome.
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08-05-2005, 10:25 AM | #7 |
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Yeah, Star Control 2 is an amazing experience. When I first played it, it totally took over my life. All my spare time was spent in the Star Control universe, and when I couldn't play, I still wasn't able to get it off my mind.
It's definitely one of the biggest titles in gaming history. |
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08-06-2005, 01:31 AM | #9 |
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That's a cool tune, very demoscene-style. I've got a soft spot for the Thraddash-tune, it's just so in your face (like the aliens themselves). Very simple, but I like it a lot.
Btw, did you know that the developers couldn't afford hiring musicians (in fact, they had to fund a lot of the game out of their own pockets), so they arranged a contest instead. The best tunes were put in the game (and the authors won something, can't quite remember what). There was a two-part article about the Star Control series in Retro Gamer issue 14 and 15, btw. http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro14.shtml http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro15.shtml |