Is X-Wing and TIE Fighter Making a Return?

[griffed88]

If they updated the graphics of the old games or made a new one I'd def buy the game. I haven't played any sort of space or flight sim at all, but a new x-wing or tie-fighter would definitely give me a reason to start.

 

[wiyosaya]

Adding my voice for Descent and Wing Commander. I would also love to see a follow-up to Strike Commander, and a Privateer 3. Too bad M$ killed Links for PC, I would love to see Links come back.

Anyone for a 3D Commander Keen? :O

 

[sirmorluk]

Oh please god let this be true. Nothing like lasing rebel scum in your Advanced Tie. Tie Fighter was one of my fav computer games of all time.
I would like to see Crystalware re-release Fantasyland 2041 as well.
That game rocked on my Atari 800.

 

[Parrdacc]

Oh that would be so nice. I do miss, if I remember correctly, the time I went before the emperor and got a nice tattoo for blowing away countless rebel scum. Or those countless times dodging fire from those lousy Correliean corvette's. A revival with todays tech. would be welcome.

 

[jacobdrj]

[citation][nom]RADIO_ACTIVE[/nom]What about Rebel Assualt loved those games[/citation]
I had been waiting for Rebel Assualt 3 forever. It never came, much like there was never more than 1 medeocre sequel to TIE Fighter (X-Wing Alliance, XvT don't count).

 

[jacobdrj]

If anyone has kept track of the Bridge Commander community, they would know there is a lot of potential here. Only big gripe on most of these games currently are the lack of joystick support and bad AI.
AI needs to be very very very good.

 

[jacobdrj]

The 'Space Flight Sim' genre would still be around had Sierra released 'B5 Into The Fire'. IT would have passed the torch.

 

[vaderseven]

The game Tie Fighter and the game X-Wind (and its expansion) were amazing. Took what wing commander tried to do and did it so well.

I would kill for a remake/sequal of either of those game with DirectX 9/10/11 quality.

I would buy it for PC or PS3, It would be the first non FPS/RTS i have bought in a long time.

 

[Shadow703793]

[citation][nom]zjuice[/nom]Tie Fighter is one of the first computer game I played, and still one of my favorite. They have my money if they re-release or make an updated version![/citation]
Agreed. Add a few more online features (ranking,etc) custom maps,etc and this is golden.

 

[tenor77]

I would buy this even if all they did was update it to play on new computers. These games rock!

 

[Regulas]

"X-Wing and TIE Fighter franchises" cool but it was ruined when DRM STEAM was mentioned.

 

[T3kl0rD]

Would be awesome with today's technology. Make it with prequel ships also FTW.

 

[noob2222]

and perhaps even incorporating Nvidia's 3D Vision

Gotta love toms shameless plugs.

I remember playing the series for hours on end, trying to figure out how to win all of the bonus missions, broke at least 2 cheap joysticks myself chasing the tie advanced around.

 

[mickey21]

Although I agree Descent was a great game in its time, I think it would suck today... I mean come on a ship flying around in 3D, how impressive is that really today? Tie Fighter and XWing would be a cool remake though. Although you can play EVEOnline, so really, isnt there already a Tie Fighter type game already out there with much more expanse? Okay sure I just was much as any would love to see the Emperial Emblem on the side of the ship and Star Wars storyline yadda yadda...

Ground breaking, no, fun probably... I would probably buy them sure... Just make sure they are done right... Playing old school games again is fun for a few moments, but you have to remember you need to draw in NEW players as well... I cant tell you how many old school games I installed only to realize now in today that they suck comparatively...

Just make sure we dont make games with rose colored glasses on. Update them to impress...

For instance I loved Total Annihilation back in the day (go Cave Dog right), Supreme Commander took the original and expanded it quite a bit. Hard to pull off, but can be a very successful accomplishment. XCOM, great game series, but I only barely bought UFO Extraterrestrials. The new game didnt expand anything, it just took the same game and refreshed the graphics a little bit (cant even go beyond 1300x768 res though, granted 2007 release). I had a hard time justifying buying the game just to reminisce.