Why did the space sim genre die?

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it didnt

>>388666653
Freespace games aren't space sims though, more space shooters. X3 I'd consider a space sim. That said FS with the freespace open mods is fucking amazing and unmatched.

>>388666653
Space combat flight sims died with X-Wing Alliance failing to revive it as a genre. Just imagine instead of MOBAs we could still have a generation now of Wing Commanders, Freespace, X-Wing vs Tie-Fighter, etc...

Fewer people were buying joysticks for their pc's. Mouse and keyboard works for every game, but the stick only works for Freespace.

>>388666970
>X3
Fuck off faggot

>>388667171
Why so mad?

Together with the Galatea.

;__;7

Because they were boring as hell and video games aren't catered towards autists anymore.

>>388667114
You can play both FS games perfectly with mouse nowadays.

>>388667381

turning the Bastion into a WMD was cool too

>>388667453

But it SUCKS. I tried it and hated it

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>>388667114
Mouse and keyboard were pretty great desu

Is there a greater opening cinematic than FS1's?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_j99_jD_ls

>>388667389
posts like these make me sad, because I can't even tell whether these are just ironic shitposting or genuine

>>388667873
Yes there is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khIWdolT9xY

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>>388666802

This.

It doesn't count as dead if it's stillborn

>>388667570
Maybe they improved it in recent FSO versions? I love it, played with a joystick back in the days but mouse is a huge improvement.

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Would a Wing Commander/Tie-Fighter/X-Wing/Freespace 1 & 2 remaster sell well nowadays?

>>388668153

Freespace remaster would be pointless. Everyone that knows about the game already has the community done remaster.

>>388668153
The Star Wars stuff would, maybe not WC/FS tho; that's a more niche market.
>>388667970
Pretty equal I'd say. I just love the voice acting in the FS intro.

>>388668153
Remaster? No. Remake? Yes.

I don't think it is possible to do a remake or a sequel to any of those games any more. They closest thing we will ever get is the space plane portions of Infinite Warfare. Any attempt would be designed by committee so hard they'd turn into some mutant MOBA cash shops.

>>388667381
A shivan juggernaut has entered the system

>>388668745
Volition can shed some hope in that

The Shivans had some real crazy logistics. A mission about going deep cover into a Shivan shipyard, that would be cool to see. All those juggernauts being built.

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>>388668041
doesn't matter. this is like playing guitar hero with a keyboard. 80% of the appeal of these games is controller fetish. don't forget that this game, produced by a then highly respected Chris Roberts, basically tanked the market for big budget games in this genre because the fanbase rejected mouse-only gameplay

>>388669374
>deep cover into a Shivan shipyard
you're triggering my ptsd

>>388669254

are you some kind of volition dev seeding this threads? cause there have been a damn lot in the last couple of weeks. please make my paranoia right

Who did that Bosch guy meet up with?

>>388666802
>There's a single autist that posts multiple threads of this game daily trying to get a shitpost circle jerk going on
He's giving Anthony Burch a run for his money.

>>388670761

It was never explained. That story ark dies when the shivans take Bosch and his crew. Really unfortunate.

>>388666802
Cashgrab: the game

>>388666653
Space is a pretty boring setting, and a long-time staple precisely because of its simplicity. All the attention meant that space's presentation in games reached its zenith in the late 90s. Nobody can top it now so why bother?

>>388666653
I miss playing Freelancer with bros on teamspeak back in the day.

>>388666653
Most of the new space sim games have integrated multiplayer or its for online play only. The people who played those games hate that shit thats why they bombed and there is so few.