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Squadrons is a decent game got it soon as it came out getting the hang of ship handling is tricky the game didn't like my old flight stick at the time I liked KB and Mouse but again it still didn't feel right and the pad is alright but I always find myself hitting something on kb when I use pad throw in that if you use VR and I have it is very good and immersive in VR but on release, it didn't allow for use with the VR controllers either. Not sure if this has changed of late been a month or so since I last loaded up.
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I plan on picking it up. My daughter gave me my first flight stick for christmas. Was gonna use it first for Elite Dangerous, but think I'll be playing this first.
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Still have the "X-Wing vs TIE Fighter" box!Do you remember the “golden gaming days” in the 90s when we were sitting in our X-Wings, Y-Wings and A-Wings fighting against the evil Galactic Empire? Do you also remember the fun we had when crushing the Rebel insurgents in our TIE-Fighters, TIE-Bombers, Gunboats or Interceptors. Star Wars fans really had some good times in this era of space action simulators like “X-Wing”, “TIE-Fighter”, “X-Wing Alliance”, etc.
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I plan on grabbing it soon I think. Was going to get a flight stick as well but a certain political decision affecting the UK has essentially cut off all supplies of those it seems!
I loved Tie Fighter when I was younger though; one of the best SW games ever imo. The Tie Defender was ludicrous fun.
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My wife got me Squadrons as a Christmas gift this year. I was a huge fan of the old PC games and don't know how many times I played through TIE Fighter and its expansions. The new game brings in some of that nostalgia, but they seem to not have nowhere near the depth of play in single player mode the old games have, but then everybody is all about online multiplayer gameplay these days. I've been playing with mouse and keyboard and I think having steering all controlled by the mouse and WASD being more about throttle control and rolls just doesn't come all that natural to me. Hoping to pick up a flight stick or gaming controller at some point, but hoping to give my bank account a bit of a post-holiday breather before bringing the pain again.
As for the ships, the cockpits all look great, but I kind of find myself wishing that there was an option to change camera viewpoints or something to get some nicer screenshots. The ships themselves are all rebalanced too compared to older games which takes some getting used to as well. The TIE Defender used to be a nearly indestructible beast in the older games and TIE Fighters were all around pretty weak and fragile things you started in and never looked back once you moved on, so playing the current game where all ships are pretty much viable and mostly similar-feeling options is a change and in some ways a letdown (but again, multiplayer is king here).
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Great article! I already enjoy playing Star Wars Battlefront 2 (2017). Now, I might grab Squadrons after reading your amazing article. 😊