Star Wars: Galactic Conquest (BF1942 Mod)

[Serraph]

If you have Battlefield 1942 and even partially like star wars, you should check out this modification. They just released a movie trailer of their upcoming 0.2 public release and it looks amazing. They even have space maps (first bf1942 mod to achieve this, I think) with star destroyers, corellian corvettes, x-wings, tie fighters, etc. It's going to be released in 4 days on Friday, March 12. Here's the link: http://www.swbattlefield.jolt.co.uk/

BTW I think this is probably the best non-retail game trailer I've ever seen so...go download it! :)

[Lusankya]

Bout damn time.. this mod has been dead for ages since they did the first release... It wont survive long though past release.. a few servers will run it but numbers will dwindle quickly as the newness wears off and everyone returns to DC and EOD

[Serraph]

Well I wouldn't say that they've been dead. They've just been secret about the content up until release because they didn't want to overhype the mod like they did for the first version. They said that they'll be updating the mod alot more frequently after .2 to keep the community alive. They already have 8 custom maps (each one has unique static buildings/objects) and they posted some information on maps that will be released for .3
DC is pretty good but how many times can someone play the same old bf1942 maps? I mean they haven't changed anything from the original battlefield1942 except new vehicles... The only good custom map that they've made is Oil Fields.

[YellowDart]

Looks pretty sweet to me... I might give it a dl. :)

[RGX]

Isn't BF Vietnam also released in 4 days? Wooo, new stuff to play with on the same day :D.

[YellowDart]

Originally posted by RGX
Isn't BF Vietnam also released in 4 days? Wooo, new stuff to play with on the same day :D.

Yep... just went gold a little while ago :D So many kickass games coming out! w00t!

[Tnick24]

im gonna have to check this out

[Evnas]

Even better is the upcoming game Star Wars: BattleFront. Its like BF1942 with a Star Wars twist, but it is much more indepth and strategic (and none of the Force stuff).

One of the things I think im gonna love about it, is the strategic benefits you get for holding a system for a certain amout of time. For example, hold Tatooine for long enough as the Imperials, and Darth Vader will randomly show up in the middle of a fight and kick some ass for you. While fighting on Endor, if a certain number of requirements are met, then the Ewoks will ambush the Imperials to help the Alliance, etc.

[Serraph]

I saw some screenshots of SW: Battlefront and wasn't very impressed. Maybe it was just a beta version/trailer or something but the graphics looked like they were from a Playstation One game (blocky and comic-book looking).

[Evnas]

Just watched the trailer and looked at the screens. I think it looks quite nice...definatly not "comic-looking" or blocky...at least not to me

[Serraph]

Do you have a link to the trailer? I haven't seen that one yet maybe it'll change my mind since screenshots don't usually do games very much justice.

[Evnas]

http://www.lucasarts.com/games/swbattlefront/

Make sure you watch the 640x480 version. Granted the video itself is of pretty "poor" quality (low res)

[Lusankya]

Originally posted by Serraph

DC is pretty good but how many times can someone play the same old bf1942 maps? I mean they haven't changed anything from the original battlefield1942 except new vehicles... The only good custom map that they've made is Oil Fields.

Umm most ppl hate Oil Fields. Barsahs Edge and Basrah Nights are the "fav's" for the most part

[Aktunka]

Originally posted by Lusankya


Umm most ppl hate Oil Fields. Barsahs Edge and Basrah Nights are the "fav's" for the most part

It all depends on the servers you play on. On the server I play on most the basrah maps aren't that popular. The most popular are El Alamein, Gazala, NFZ Day 2, Inshallah Valley, and Oil Fields.

As for the original topic, I think the game looks pretty darn good for being only version 0.2 of Alpha. I mean DC is at version 0.7 of Alpha and certainly looks alot more polished, but that is mostly because of two reasons. First, it is a much later alpha version and second, the vehicles are very similar to the BF1942 vehicles so I am sure that setting them up in DC probably was a bit easier. Anyhow, Galactic Conquest mod was being held back by two major issues. In the first release they only had a single map (a map that was not very well balanced either) and also that they didn't have an automatic installer so joe sixpack couldn't just download it and click an exe and expect it to work. The combination of those two things pretty much kinda made it unpopular. SInce version 0.2 has about 8 maps, and if they made a working installer, I expect at least decent interest in the GC mod. At least I am hoping :)

[Mustanley]

The mod is available today as promised. Please download and let everyone know what you think. I've got it installed and am getting ready for a testdrive...