Stay on target for… Star Wars Squadrons!

‘Definitive’ space combat simulator arriving in 2020…

This new, upcoming title — from single-player and multi-player Star Wars game-making masters EA (Battlefront) — looks set to bring Star Wars space combat sim well out of cryogenic space slumber, or [sorry] carbon freeze.

First however, let’s spare a thought for former legacies…

Back in the 90s, over-inspired sci-fi fans and PC users particularly were treated to Star Wars space combat titles like X-Wing from Lucasarts — which were limited and frustrating to say the least. Like most PC games back then, the missions were way too hard, especially since the whole PC was just as liable to crash back into windows anyway — or freeze completely. But… there were revolutionary elements which provided a big taste of possibilities to come. Suddenly, we were able to manage the distribution of energy throughout our star-fighter. We could direct energy from weapons to deflector shields at critical moments. And some of the missions were pretty decent.

Still, many of us were more at home playing single-player campaigns with alternative endings as in Origin’s Wing Commander, against the Kilrathi…