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Dark Horizon Trailer: PC Space Combat on a Budget

by Nick Breckon, Sep 22, 2008 3:20pm PDT

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Paradox Interactive is set to release its space combat title Dark Horizon on September 23, and today released a trailer of gameplay footage to promote the budget title.

Selling for $30 online at GamersGate, Dark Horizon will offer former Freespace addicts 22 missions of space combat, along with a full spaceship customization component.

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Correct me if I am wrong but why is it that in 1993(?) Elite 2 let us take off from a town fly seamlessesly around the sun and out to the furthest edges of the galaxy (or till you found a game crashing bug) and yet noone has tried to reach that level of immersion again?

There was gigantic battles in Freespace, but that was about 10 years ago, what could a top drawer team do with a real space sim shooter nowadays? The demise of the whole Space sim genre really shows how ambition has fallen away to safe sure fire bets.

I guess im just bitter I will never play a proper space sim version of the battle of Yavin...

Sep 23, 2008 2:50pm PDT

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Correct me if I am wrong but why is it that in 1993(?) Elite 2 let us take off from a town fly seamlesses... : tidic
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- ive never even heard of that game. i used to have an atari st but i was too young to really go out and fi... : kn1fe

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Unfortunately this game does not seem to bring all that much new to the space dog-fighter game. X3 Terran Conflicts looks far superior.

Furthermore calling this game a budget title doesn't mean nearly as much when Crysis Warhead is selling at the same price (30).

I like to support smaller studios, but if you are going to make a new game in an old genre, you better bring something new to the table or ... well why would anyone be interested in playing it?

Sep 22, 2008 3:49pm PDT

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Unfortunately this game does not seem to bring all that much new to the space dog-fighter game. X3 Terran... : kevgspiesses
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You'd figure that with all the space-age technology they'd be able to make auto-aim guns.

Sep 23, 2008 7:48am PDT

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You'd figure that with all the space-age technology they'd be able to make auto-aim guns. : rprins
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- And skirmishes would be resolved miles and miles away from each other, with near instant mass accelerator... : ZaldronGG

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freespace 3 where are youuuuu?

Sep 22, 2008 11:33pm PDT

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freespace 3 where are youuuuu? : omwibya
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- 'right on' where is freespace 3 they make great games and then nothing,' freespace 3 are youuu out there'... : clonewars

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Sounds too linear. Half the appeal for me is a sandbox universe. This sounds like you just move from mission to mission and do some upgrading in between, almost like Thief with purchases between missions...could be wrong, but that's how it reads to me.

Sep 22, 2008 11:35pm PDT

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Sounds too linear. Half the appeal for me is a sandbox universe. This sounds like you just move from miss... : sinclair4217
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- Man, you guys already have Egosoft pumping out sandbox sims. Some of us are waiting for the next Freespac... : Arceihn
- I actually don't mind "linear", as long as it tells a good story. That's the key. I think sandbox type ... : The_Archon

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I'd pay top dollar for a Privateer remake that did nothing but update the graphics.

Sep 22, 2008 4:24pm PDT

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I'd pay top dollar for a Privateer remake that did nothing but update the graphics. : xebra
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  Try Freelancer. : AxeMan808
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    Freelancer was fun, but it wasn't quite the same as Privateer. : Wadmaasi
    - No, but there's a boatload of mods out there. : Sylvanus
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  The cut scenes were truly cringe-worthy....I don't think I have ever seen worse. : sinclair4217
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    err, that was supposed to be in reference to Freelancer : sinclair4217
    - They live action cutscenes in the last Privateer were definitely worse, even though the game itself was b... : The_Archon
- Ask, and you shall receive... http://priv.solsector.net/ : jaqattack02

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This looks a lot like Tarr Chronicles. Not too surprising since it's developed by the same studios. Either way I might be interested if they don't include starforce this time around.

Sep 22, 2008 3:44pm PDT

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This looks a lot like Tarr Chronicles. Not too surprising since it's developed by the same studios. Eithe... : Azrael88
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- It's the sequel, I believe. : Arceihn

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My hunger for space sims has been growing for far too long. I might pick this up.

How does GamersGate work? Can I re-download at any time?

Sep 22, 2008 4:36pm PDT

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My hunger for space sims has been growing for far too long. I might pick this up. How does GamersGate ... : zehh
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- yeah, you can. most games require a one-time online activation : verminer

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Needed more capship explosions :(

Sep 22, 2008 5:29pm PDT

Needed more capship explosions :( : pwnage1232

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Someone has to say it: I miss X-Wing/Tie Fighter :*(

Space just isn't that colorful. It's a dark, cold, barren place where objects are few and far between. Why make a space sim where you feel claustrophobic?

Sep 22, 2008 3:30pm PDT

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Someone has to say it: I miss X-Wing/Tie Fighter :*( Space just isn't that colorful. It's a dark, ... : Jobos
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- Same here. I still ahve X-Wing vs Tie Fighter, but no my old X-Wing game. I also miss the old Lucas Ar... : JackAxe

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There's someone out there who still thinks about us!

Who cares if it sucks, just buy it so it encourages more people to make more!

Though I'll probably contradict myself by not buying it if it sucks...har har.

Sep 22, 2008 3:47pm PDT

There's someone out there who still thinks about us! Who cares if it sucks, just buy it so it encourag... : ElArabDeMagnifico

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If they had fully customizable Mission layouts as well as multiplayer this game would sell like hotcakes on a cold day in Hotcakeville

Sep 22, 2008 3:38pm PDT

If they had fully customizable Mission layouts as well as multiplayer this game would sell like hotcakes ... : conandan

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Lack of multiplayer breaks my heart.

Sep 22, 2008 3:25pm PDT

Lack of multiplayer breaks my heart. : disposition

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Mmm... space battles... wasn't expecting this.

Sep 22, 2008 3:24pm PDT

Mmm... space battles... wasn't expecting this. : Xenotu

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