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[–] Knossos 31 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Wing commander, Freespace.

Games of this genre are completely dead. I'd love another decent mission based space flight game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

The guy behind Wing Commander (and my favorite game of all time, Privateer) has a mission based space flight game out next year. You can see the first hour of gameplay here: https://youtu.be/1H-0x4xk2Xk

Keep in mind, cutscenes are in-engine not pre-rendered.

[–] Knossos 1 points 4 hours ago

Thank you for the link!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yeah. I troll through old Wing Commander-lile titles for good SteamDeck support every so often, but then I realize that I also want to play with 3 friends.

Whoever gets this done will get my money.

In the meantime, there's Empty Epsilon which is Star Trek, rather than Wing Commander and there's Starlink: Battle For Atlas, which at least has solid local co-op on a docked Nintendo Switch (but is sadly buried in DRM on SteamDeck, while also badly overpriced.)

[–] surph_ninja 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah dude. X4 is great. The genre is still niche, but not dead.

[–] Knossos 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sure, X4 is amazing. But that is multi leveled. Management, etc.

I'm talking about very specific mission based games. No economy. No money.

[–] voracitude 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Have you tried the original Everspace? It's a roguelike so it's basically randomised missions. Rebel Galaxy might also scratch the itch but it's more "naval" in it's combat - you move on a 2d plane and fire broadsides, rather than dogfighting.

[–] Knossos 1 points 4 hours ago

I have played Everspace 2. I enjoyed it.