6aming's Andy steps back into the early 90's and checks out TIE Fighter, the hit space sim from the Star Wars franchise. Do you remember playing this one?
The Star Wars franchise has produced some of the most entertaining games dating as far back as the years of Atari and classic arcades. There have been over 80 video games made over the years but while some may be forgettable, there are a plethora of releases that have been go-to classics across all platforms that still hold-up to this day.
Space is the place, especially in these stone cold classics.
Before No Man's Sky? Makes it sound like No Man's Sky is actually good or something...
I know this game gets no credit around here but Elite Dangerous needs to be on this list but I do agree that everything on this list is great as well.
"A long time ago, in a game industry far, far away, there was a genre called “space combat sims.” In this far flung, possibly mythical time, known today as “The Nineties,” a wide range of games put players in the seat of a highly advanced starfighter, and sent them out to blast their enemies into the cold embrace of the void. While the genre contains great titles like Wing Commander, Freespace, and Colony Wars, perhaps the most fondly remembered space combat games are Star Wars: X-Wing and Star Wars: TIE Fighter."
I actually never played this one, but I remember wanting to. I wonder how this compares to the Rogue Squadron trilogy.
A game of its time. A time when LucasArts knew what they were doing and George Lucas wasn't systematically destroying Star Wars.
The only "modern" equivalent was Jump to Lightspeed, the space expansion for SW Galaxies, but unfortunately it was killed. Galactic Starfighter for SWTOR is just an insult to JTL.
How LucasArts gave up practically owning the space combat sim genre, I'll never understand.
TIE Fighter is by far my best experience in gaming.
Tie Fighter was great. Loved it and would love a reboot
I loved this game so much! I played it all the time in middle school! I would die for a reboot of this, X-Wing, or X-Wing versus Tie Fighter.