# Oh merciful gods! Wing Commander Designer Making new, high end PC exclusive Space Sim!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 10, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335 "2012-10-10T17:56:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2012, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/1 "2012-10-10T17:56:06Z")
Chris Roberts, lead dev on the Wing Commander Series and involved in severla other Space flight sims is working on a PC exclusive Space Sim with modern PC hardware in mind: > **[GameSpot Live - GameSpot](https://www.gamespot.com/shows/gamespot-live/?event=roberts_space_industries_gdc_panel20121010&tag=Topslot%3BTheNextgenOfSpaceSims%3BRobertsSpaceIndustries)** > > See the latest episodes of GameSpot Live at GameSpot The plan is to have a persistent online world in a similar vein to Dark Souls, essentially existing around a sprawling single-player/Co-Op friendly campaign. I’m dusting off the old joystick as we speak. though it might eb a bit premature as it isn’t due until 2014 ☹ Looking mighty sweet though! Name is: Star Citizen. ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/2 "2012-10-11T01:32:39Z")
Oh, I’m sorry you guys must of not heard me. WING COMMANDER creator makes new SPACE SIM! I guess some of you guys might be having heart attacks right now, and that’s why you’re not replying, right? Direct link to extended trailer on youtube: [Star Citizen Extended Trailer - Squadron 42 [Cry Engine 3] - YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlIWJlz6-Eg&feature=g-user-u) ---
**Author:** ![Xandroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/91b2a8/32.png) [@Xandroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xandroid)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/3 "2012-10-11T03:06:22Z")
I loved the original Privateer, but I was always more of a TIE Fighter kind of guy. I haven’t really played through any decent space combat sims in the last decade+. Nevertheless I shall check this out! Oh, it turns out I’ve already signed up at this game’s site about a month ago at [http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/](http://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/) , and the new trailer looks very nice! It’s a little strange that the devs won’t be putting the game up on kickstarter, but I’ll probably throw in $30 while I can still get the early adopter pledge reward. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/4 "2012-10-11T04:33:02Z")
Hmmm…too early to tell much about it, but I enjoyed the Wing Commander series, so this bears watching. ---
**Author:** ![tagos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@tagos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tagos)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/5 "2012-10-11T09:58:06Z")
Big Wing Commader series fan ready and waiting. Although I doubt my ancient reflexes are up to this sort of thing any more. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/6 "2012-10-11T10:10:53Z")
The last thing Chris Roberts did that I’m aware of is the Wing Commander movie. [About which, the less said, the better.](http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/05/03/wing-commander-movie-review/) Time will tell if he learned his lesson. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/7 "2012-10-13T03:46:27Z")
Sparks ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/8 "2012-11-19T19:39:50Z")
So the Kickstarter/crowdfunding effort for Star Citizen is officially over. Total raised: $6,226,891 According to these guys that also means they are getting another $20 million in private funding from investors. So $26 million to make this awesome game. What do you guys think? Doable? ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/9 "2012-11-19T19:48:47Z")
Also mind = blown! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uyyxCi7RiU0/maxresdefault.jpg "Star Citizen: Early Spaceport concept art to 3D environment test") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyyxCi7RiU0) Watch as concept art gets turned automagically into an actual, real-time 3D scene which looks pretty much identical. This is next gen folks. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/10 "2012-11-19T20:24:39Z")
nvm ---
**Author:** ![Kinthalis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kinthalis/32/16084_2.png) [@Kinthalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kinthalis)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/11 "2012-11-20T01:14:59Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > nvm No God darn it! You contribute to this thread right now, Mr! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/12 "2012-11-20T01:37:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The last thing Chris Roberts did that I’m aware of is the Wing Commander movie. > > [About which, the less said, the better.](http://spoonyexperiment.com/2010/05/03/wing-commander-movie-review/) > > Time will tell if he learned his lesson. This is what I thought of as well, but Wing Commander 3 and 4 were amazing…some of the few FMV games that rocked. Well, not FMV games, but games that incorporate FMV’s a bunch. I’m curious, but not super excited. ---
**Author:** ![Mekhazzio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b38774/32.png) [@Mekhazzio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mekhazzio)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/13 "2012-11-20T03:13:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > This is what I thought of as well, but Wing Commander 3 and 4 were amazing…some of the few FMV games that rocked. Well, not FMV games, but games that incorporate FMV’s a bunch. WC3 and 4 were moderately entertaining movies, or at least, they would have been, had they not been continually interrupted by some truly terrible game-flavored sequences. Even there, the bulk of value came from Malcom McDowell’s entertaining scene-chewing 😃 Another skeptical person here. Everything Chris Roberts has touched since 1993 has had major issues, and the trading-space-action genre is pretty much mined out of ideas by now. I’m not sure what this one can bring of note. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/14 "2012-11-20T16:28:06Z")
> [@Mekhazzio](#): > > WC3 and 4 were moderately entertaining movies, or at least, they would have been, had they not been continually interrupted by some truly terrible game-flavored sequences. Even there, the bulk of value came from Malcom McDowell’s entertaining scene-chewing 😃 Don’t forget the innuendo-laden conversations between Luke Skywalker and pornstar Ginger Lynn! “I just hope the test pilot isn’t some priss who won’t let me touch his equipment.” ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/15 "2012-11-20T16:47:04Z")
> [@Mekhazzio](#): > > Another skeptical person here. Everything Chris Roberts has touched since 1993 has had major issues, and the trading-space-action genre is pretty much mined out of ideas by now. I’m not sure what this one can bring of note. You know - I’ve kind of wanted to dabble in the trading-space-action genre, but I don’t know where to start. What do you recommend? Prefer realistic newtonian flight model over planes in space, if that’s an option. ---
**Author:** ![ed\_anger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbce88/32.png) [@ed\_anger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ed_anger)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/16 "2012-11-20T17:16:16Z")
> [@Kinthalis](#): > > So the Kickstarter/crowdfunding effort for Star Citizen is officially over. > > Total raised: $6,226,891 > > According to these guys that also means they are getting another $20 million in private funding from investors. > > So $26 million to make this awesome game. > > What do you guys think? Doable? don’t really get the fever for this game, but whatever. impressive kickstarter campaign. ---
**Author:** ![Airk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Airk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airk)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-merciful-gods-wing-commander-designer-making-new-high-end-pc-exclusive-space-sim/637335/17 "2012-11-23T02:57:41Z")
> [@ed\_anger](#): > > don’t really get the fever for this game, but whatever. impressive kickstarter campaign. Didn’t we have another thread in which I explained why I am watching but not contributing to this game? I guess it all comes down to “Chris Roberts Made Wing Commander, which was awesome, and Wing Commander 2 which was pretty darn good, but pretty much everything else he’s done since then has been forgettable at best, and the larger the project, the more trouble it seemed to have.” So yeah.