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Force Unleashed to PCs? LucasArts Says No

[Sep 08, 2008, 10:11 am ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

We received a statement from LucasArts regarding the possibility of a PC edition of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed referenced in the story below. While they cannot be certain what it was the Pixelux Entertainment COO said on the topic, they are unequivocal in their denial that a PC port is in the works: "I can tell you definitively that there is no PC version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed planned."

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61. Re: ... Sep 13, 2008, 16:17 Creston
 
Actually, it's a <i>crappy</i> space sim. It's a decent <i>flight</i> sim.

Space sims don't have "banking". That's an atmospheric-only thing.

Space sims don't need you to be under thrust to go at "max speed". You just increase speed as long as the thrust is on, and coast at that speed forever until you turn and put on the thrust in a different direction.

Space sims don't have a "max distance" for a shot. A laser or bomb will go on forever and, barring hitting something (or molecular decay in the case of a bomb) will continue on forever. Targeting may be an issue as it's easier to avoid the further you are -- but you'd never see a laser, traveling at the speed of light, coming anyway so you couldn't judge it. If you could see it to begin with, which you can't, because there's no air or dust in space to cause minute reflections you can see as it passes by you.



So, to sum up:

1. It has banking and turn rates tied to how fast you are going. This is air, not space.

2. Max thrust must be maintained so you're at max speed, which really shouldn't exist.

3. Max distance on weapons.


The kind of game you're advocating sounds like a ton of fun...

Creston

  
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  1. Sep 8, 10:24 That's cause it sucks ass Ravor
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