Wing Commander Tourney - Kotaku Comments

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Kyle Sellers — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:38:04 MDT

I'm a mod over at Achieve360Points.com, and I gotta say, "Monster 2 of 2" has been practicing like crazy, so you might want to be careful there Crecente!

Kyle Sellers

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Psudonym — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:34:05 MDT

If I remember correctly...

Dralthi have a wide turning radius along their vertical axis. Use that to your advantage and get stick close to their engines and slam em with your Mass Drivers. Your HS Missles will do the rest.

Psudonym

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Monster2of2 — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:58:27 MDT

Hey, Jonathan from Achieve360Points.com here. I'll be playing in the tournament tonight along with everyone else.

You won't be getting any trash talk out of me. Make sure you have fun and finally, good luck Brian!

Monster2of2

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Witzbold — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:27:54 MDT

@Brynj: If there is a new WC, less Luke Skywalker plz.

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Brynj — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:20:01 MDT

@Atheist Jew: I hate EA for what they did to Origin, the gutting of the Wing Commander franchise, and... well... just for being EA.

But you're right, that manual was just a 12 out of 10 on the best things ever scale *LOVED the WC manuals, just got you into the game. Chris Roberts: king of immersion and storytelling*. It just shows someone, somewhere in EA, still loves WC as the rest of us.

A new (real) Wing Commander game... IT COULD STILL HAPPEN!

BUY THE GAME!

Brynj

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Scazza — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:09:52 MDT

Oops, didn't read that too good, I guess there will be a host+bomber ship in the final 2 melee... but still kinda sucks, why not just do a duel?

Scazza

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Scazza — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:08:05 MDT

Someone didn't think this one through. Bearpit is a minimum of FOUR players, so doing a 1 on 1 in bearpit WONT work...

Scazza

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nullterm — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:50:13 MDT

Should have read "big let down."

nullterm

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nullterm — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 16:49:43 MDT

Controls are a bit let down. It just doesn't feel fun to control the ship at all. It's like a patch work of different control schemes without any consistent thought.

nullterm

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Truepatriot — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 13:34:24 MDT

@floppylobster:
its not the result of banning its that the game sucks =).

Truepatriot

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Nxs — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:41:07 MDT

I will also be in the tournament to try and take it away from you :D Better get some practice in :D

Nxs

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modeps — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:04:46 MDT

Too bad you have to play a POS game to win.

modeps

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WolfieXIII — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:49:22 MDT

seriously a conflict of interest. If this were open to all players it would be fair, but to only alow journalists to play for prizes is clearly unethical at best. I do enjoy the game and look forward to seeing how this little shinaigan turns out, however I will be disapointed that the prizes won't goto the fans, just to an already well compensated journalist. (Since the un-paid one doubts said skill to win.)

WolfieXIII

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Sinnix — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:26:57 MDT

Unless the winner gets to trash the game and force EA to make a REAL Wing Commander game than count me out!!!

Sinnix

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yashichi8bit — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:20:16 MDT

@goddessakasha: Barely, it has little to no reference to the Wing Commander series other than the title. I just got it late last night so I cant give a detailed opinion of the game...but my current feeling is "Meh".

yashichi8bit

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Doomstink — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:03:21 MDT

I tried the demo of the game yesterday night and hated it, something just didn't feel right about the way it controlled.

Doomstink

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goddessakasha — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:47:33 MDT

There's a Wing Commander game for the 360??

goddessakasha

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Witzbold — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:39:07 MDT

My greatest question is, will there be love for the hut hut tonight?

Witzbold

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Atheist Jew — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:31:47 MDT

Considering the dismal reviews the game as been recieving, this is certainly an interesting ploy to get people playing. I hope it works.

Honestly, the game isn't even half as bad as the reviews it's been getting say it is, they released a fucking awesome manual to go along with it which is worth the money to me all by itself, and the more people buy it, the more of a chance EA will give the greenlight for a new true Wing Commander title. So for fuck's sake, if you're a WC fan, buy the damn game.

Atheist Jew

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dv8godd — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:30:30 MDT

A modest prize or bragging rights for a tourney between editors is one thing... but $8000 in prizes for a small, selected group tournament on an XBLA game?

It's increasingly curious that game publishers are putting journalists in this sort of "conflict of interests" position. On one hand, it's great to see venues like Kotaku and others openly announce their refusal to accept gifts and then giving prizes away to the public...

... but I keep hearing about publishers offering rather exorbitant gifts/prizes to journalists (EGM editor Dan Hsu made mention of this sort of activity and EGM's policy in a recent podcast).

It can't be hard to remain on the up-and-up in the game journalism business anymore. A 50" 1080p TV hardly counts as the usual "swag"... especially for an XBLA game.

dv8godd

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Mr_Fuzzypaws — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:24:44 MDT

Awesome, I love the live feed. I should be good and drunk by then too.

Mr_Fuzzypaws

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Citan359 — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:21:45 MDT

Giving it away on Kotaku! I know you don't think you'll win, but still, Your my hero!
On a related note:
Go Crecente! Your our man, If you can't do it... we'll understand! :)

@floppylobster:
Lol

Citan359

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Brian Crecente — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:21:01 MDT

@T-man: Ill just expense the taxes. :)

Brian Crecente

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doubtful — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:18:19 MDT

Good luck! I've bookmarked every post with little bits of something countable in them for the last three months, so I'm ready for a contest! (Stupid party hats! How I loathe thee!)

doubtful

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CheechWizz — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:18:14 MDT

Is this US only? Because I really NEED a 50" full HD tv.
Altough I sucked at subspace so I don't think I have any chance.

CheechWizz

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Rask — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:17:03 MDT

I thought there were labour laws that prevented the torture of staff nowadays.

Forcing a bunch of gaming editors to compete not only in a game but a complete tournament of this abortion of a game(don't get me wrong, I'm a huge fan of the franchise, just now this particular iteration) is outright cruel.

Rask

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Kyle81 — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:15:52 MDT

Probably has to do with the lack of interest in the game. Seriously all you hear is people complaining about this game before it even came out.

Kyle81

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T-man — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:14:37 MDT

Brian, have you considered the tax implications of winning this system and then giving it away?

T-man

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Witzbold — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:10:45 MDT

So will any other Kotaku Editors be gettin their mojo on in the eternal darkness that is space? Or is it just you King of the Space Pirates who will be representing the Kotaku crew?

Witzbold

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floppylobster — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 10:09:33 MDT

What?! Only 3 views and 2 comments? My god, what have you done? You maniacs! You blew it up! You banned them all! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!

floppylobster