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This game is at long last coming to the PC
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Players have been waiting for this day: Fishlabs is proud to announce that Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD is set to be released on Windows by the end of August 2012. The choice is yours: The Open Space Saga will be available as both boxed retail version as well as on the download platform Steam in cooperation with our Publisher bitComposer Games. Optionally, you will also be able to set the galaxy ablaze via EA’s Origin.As a special treat, Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD will support full voice acting in German for the first time ever! Prepare your gamepad or mouse and keyboard and get ready to continue the fight for the galaxy on your Windows PC by the end of August for only $19.99/€14.99/£13.99!
[url]http://www.galaxyonf...or-windows.html[/url] news is there will be a box version bad news it may only be released in Germany, Austria, Switzerland as there no mention of an English box version on there publisher web site, we will just have to wait until the end of August.[url]http://www.bit-compo...d9-9063315e5f64[/url]

Outstanding

They say 'Full HD' in the promo, I am understanding that the graphics will be updated for the PC release, but will that also contain that expansion 'Valkyrie' that came out a few months ago? Anyone have any idea on game play length that has played the ipad version? Sometimes I look at apps converted into PC games and I will think it is a short game in general I hope I am wrong.

'sscadmin' wrote:
They say 'Full HD' in the promo, I am understanding that the graphics will be updated for the PC release, but will that also contain that expansion 'Valkyrie' that came out a few months ago?
Good point thatThink it been already released on the Mac maybe someone will have played that version.

Praying they build cockpits...

'kev11106' wrote:
Praying they build cockpits...
Think it 3rd person from what's being shown sofar.The game can be pr-ordered on steam [url]http://store.steampo...1_7_suggest__13[/url] so seen someone on E-Bay in Germany trying to flog the box copes.[media][media/]System requirements for PC/mAC[url]http://gofcms.fishla...ml#gof2_full_hd[/url]

If you watch the trailer closely you will see that there is no collisions, that enemy ships are going through your ship in the video and some of the weapons don't react right on the hulls of ships. But I guess that is expected from a mobile game being converted over, plus in HD you can see better and of course you might not pick up on these things on a smaller display.

I played the intro missions. It's very nice. A very good "starter" sim.

Announcement here from a couple of days ago.[url]http://gofcms.fishlabs.net/en/galaxy-on-fire-2/news-archive/items/gof2-full-hd-sets-the-windows-pc-ablaze.html[/url]

Patch has been released[url]http://forum.fishlabs.net/viewtopic.php?p=42166#p42166[/url]

So I have got the CD copy of the game and I have gone through the usual shenanigans with steam in order to resister it and I even played a bit of it.And as usually I have gone off line and put steam into it's offline mode and restarted the game only to get nothing as it would appear that this 14 Euro game requires it to be connected to the internet in order to play it.Have I done or missed something here or is this normal for Galaxy of fire 2.

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[background=rgb(33, 47, 58)]So I have got the CD copy of the game and I have gone through the usual shenanigans with steam in order to resister it and I even played a bit of it.[/background][background=rgb(33, 47, 58)]And as usually I have gone off line and put steam into it's offline mode and restarted the game only to get nothing as it would appear that this 14 Euro game requires it to be connected to the internet in order to play it.[/background][background=rgb(33, 47, 58)]Have I done or missed something here or is this normal for Galaxy of fire 2. [/background]
Same here. I do not know if it's an "always on" DRM or a bug. There is no mention of an internet connection in the requirements.

Grrr DRM, I thought steam allowed you to play offline with a game for a while?If anyone wants to write a review for Galaxy on Fire 2 please just let me know and I will get it on the frontpage.

Steam does have an offline mode I have about 6 games all bought from retail and registered through steam.This may be a bug as I can start the game online then disconnect with the game still running and it will play as normal, it just wont start if Iam off line.

Played a couple of hours of it so far and as CaptainKal said it's a bit of a starter sim, theirs nothing bad about it just pretty standard stuff you will have seen in 50 other games of this type.A few things I like about it so far, they don't use the space cadet story <img src="'[url]http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/public/style_emoticons//good.gif[/url] class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':good:' /> so beloved of these types of game instead you play a space captain who ends up 30 years in the future. It does have a shade of XBTF about it.The galaxy map and local star map are very nice although they could have done with some more information on them.The asteroid mining is a bit different to the normal but you will probably get fed up of it after doing it 20 times.

Iam getting really fed up of seeing this screen.You think they could have made the cut screens longer to cove up the transition points in the game.

Finally got an answer from Fishlabs about the DRM question.
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Currently it is only possible to start Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD while Steam is online. We are aware of this situation and most likely this might be changed in the future.
So hopefully they might change in the future.Just found the best way to mine asteroids for the cores, equip the ship with a tractor beam and a shield then just ram the asteroids and pick up the cores. <img src="'[url]http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/public/style_emoticons//laugh1.gif[/url] class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':laugh:' />

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[background=rgb(67, 88, 104)]Currently it is only possible to start Galaxy on Fire 2 Full HD while Steam is online. We are aware of this situation and most likely this might be changed in the future.[/background][background=rgb(33, 47, 58)]So hopefully they might change in the future.[/background]
So it's not a bug. It's a "feature". <img src="'[url]http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/public/style_emoticons//icon_e_biggrin.gif[/url] class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />

'CaptainKal' wrote:
So it's not a bug. It's a "feature". <img src="'[url]http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/public/style_emoticons//icon_e_biggrin.gif[/url] class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />
Yes they maybe after Ubisoft crown for idiot DRM. <img src="'[url]http://spacesimcentral.com/forum/public/style_emoticons//biggrin.gif[/url] class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':biggrin:' />Fishlab must be "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" fans, read the description of towels and digital watches.

It's a pity they did not include any of the add on as there not much to do in the game once you finish the storyline.