Post by Pilot on Mar 29, 2017 23:40:49 GMT -5
www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/03/17/best-space-games/
Not the highest on the list, but not the lowest either.
Surprisingly it beat at least in that list Wing Commander 4.
And Teeth's building re-skin seems to been used for the screen shot.
Not the highest on the list, but not the lowest either.
Surprisingly it beat at least in that list Wing Commander 4.
And Teeth's building re-skin seems to been used for the screen shot.
12. Hardwar (1998)
Developer: The Software Refinery
Publisher: Gremlin Interactive
Some might scoff at the idea of Hardwar qualifying as a space shooter since it’s set entirely within the nitrogen-rich atmosphere of Saturn’s largest satellite. However, on the basis that the game has all the other ingredients – a sealed cockpit, future-guns, missions and/or trading, an appreciation (however unrequited) for joysticks – and mixes them up across an environment that is every inch as hostile any interplanetary nothingness, then it surely merits inclusion on this list.
Featuring a choice of starting careers including Scavenger, Agitator and Corrupt Cop, Hardwar is set across a sprawling post-industrial open world of poverty and vice that it’s your ultimate aim to escape from. The oppressive and claustrophobic orange murkiness across the length and breadth of Titan (a welcome symptom of 90s-era draw distances) worked in tandem with the games flimsily-designed Moth craft to emphasise what a grim existence the future could be, one that was enhanced by the infrequent FMV and mocked by the aesthetic contribution of Wipeout and PWEI image collaborators The Designers Republic.
While the combat wasn’t always the best, Hardwar’s trade AI in cooperation with the ability to set up hangers as factories and shops meant that with the right prices computer-controller moths could flock to your establishment. In that respect Hardwar predated the X series, making it rather a shame that a sequel wasn’t forthcoming.
Notes: Tipping Point and Good Morning Britain presenter Ben Shephard gets strung up as “Syd” in Hardwar’s FMV story. Don’t get too excited – he’s not the greatest actor.
Where can I buy it: It’s good and old but not on GOG. Try DotEmu instead.
What else should I be playing if I like this: Water has often been a good substitute for space. For ample proof ping the likes of Subwar 2050, Archimedian Dynasty and, if you can find a copy, Sub Culture.
Developer: The Software Refinery
Publisher: Gremlin Interactive
Some might scoff at the idea of Hardwar qualifying as a space shooter since it’s set entirely within the nitrogen-rich atmosphere of Saturn’s largest satellite. However, on the basis that the game has all the other ingredients – a sealed cockpit, future-guns, missions and/or trading, an appreciation (however unrequited) for joysticks – and mixes them up across an environment that is every inch as hostile any interplanetary nothingness, then it surely merits inclusion on this list.
Featuring a choice of starting careers including Scavenger, Agitator and Corrupt Cop, Hardwar is set across a sprawling post-industrial open world of poverty and vice that it’s your ultimate aim to escape from. The oppressive and claustrophobic orange murkiness across the length and breadth of Titan (a welcome symptom of 90s-era draw distances) worked in tandem with the games flimsily-designed Moth craft to emphasise what a grim existence the future could be, one that was enhanced by the infrequent FMV and mocked by the aesthetic contribution of Wipeout and PWEI image collaborators The Designers Republic.
While the combat wasn’t always the best, Hardwar’s trade AI in cooperation with the ability to set up hangers as factories and shops meant that with the right prices computer-controller moths could flock to your establishment. In that respect Hardwar predated the X series, making it rather a shame that a sequel wasn’t forthcoming.
Notes: Tipping Point and Good Morning Britain presenter Ben Shephard gets strung up as “Syd” in Hardwar’s FMV story. Don’t get too excited – he’s not the greatest actor.
Where can I buy it: It’s good and old but not on GOG. Try DotEmu instead.
What else should I be playing if I like this: Water has often been a good substitute for space. For ample proof ping the likes of Subwar 2050, Archimedian Dynasty and, if you can find a copy, Sub Culture.
