The General Pooter Games Thread.

[Kirsten]

oh nooo

[Mr Mystery]

Afraid so.

I can do fancy shootin' during the regular games, but I can't do no fancy flyin' in what is the first Star Wars game with Fighters in it for years, what the bloody hell was the point in including them?

If you get a TIE on your tail, all you can do is flail and hope it sods off. No emergency break, no death-defying boost rolling your way out of danger.

Meh to the Fighters, and that was what I was most looking forward to

[Kirsten]

seriously? that is a ludicrous oversight

[Mr Mystery]

Just put a rant on Facebook.

If they're saving proper star fighter combat for another game, then fair enough, I guess. The standard shooter bit is fun enough for the entry price.

But.....if they're saving decent star fighter combat as a paid-for DLC, they can go **** themselves.

[Kirsten]

I doubt they are saving anything for anything, I suspect it just isn't there. extra controls and abilities wont be dlc

[Mr Mystery]

Daftest thing?

Controller has four buttons buttons, and four shoulder buttons, yeah?

Well, R2 (hurr) fires your lasers, and R1 fires your torpedoes. L1 does target lock for your torpedoes, and L2 activates your temporary shield.

Triangle, Circle, Cross and Square, the four buttony buttons? Yeah...they don't do anything when you're in a star fighter.

Such a wasted opportunity, especially as that colossal failure detracts from an otherwise really pretty excellent game (oh, and AI allies refusing to pick up Kill Medals, meaning the AI enemies recover their fallen, preventing me from scoring the points for the kills.

The pricks.

Oh, and they're awfully fond of running into you when you're hiding in cover to let your health recover, pushing you into the open and certain death.

Double pricks.

[Kirsten]

that sucks

[Mr Mystery]

I have got a second controller on the way, so will be able to do classic split screen nonsense with my friends, but I'm really quite pissed off at how crap the fighter bit is, to the point I may not bother with those missions at all. It just doesn't feel like your flying.

See the Falcon in the trailer evading the TIEs? See Hera flying the B-Wing prototype in Rebels? That's what I want to be able to at least attempt (to normally be swiftly followed by a terminal cliff/craft interface) when I'm in a X-Wing.

Poo! POO AND POOPYBUMS.

[Kirsten]

just have to play some classic Rogue Squadron again

[Mr Mystery]

Need to get a suitable console to do that.

Shall have a wander to town tomorrow, see what I can sniff up.

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Apparently, the D-Pad does your barrel rolls, and the left stick controls speed.

Not that the ****ing tutorial tells you that.