ADG Episode 77 - Star Wars: TIE Fighter
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Originally Released: February 25th, 2012
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I originally found it odd that I had so many more requests for TIE Fighter than for X-Wing, but after playing this game for a bit it was easy to understand why. TIE Fighter is just an all around better game than X-Wing, which given the fact that it came out later, makes perfect sense. ;)
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Additional Information and Corrections:
X-Wing and TIE Fighter are now both available on GOG for $10 each! These are actually special versions of the game which include both the original DOS and updated Windows releases, as well as all the expansion content. For TIE Fighter specifically, follow this link: www.gog.com/gam...
Here's a download of that joystick patch which I'm hosting from my own website. It's only necessary with the 1995 Collector's CD-ROM version of the game. The Windows version and the original floppy disk version don't require this: www.pixelships....
Yes, I'm aware that in the battle mode, the pilot who's role you're filling is actually Maarkus Stele from expanded Star Wars canon, and that he's referenced by name in the official strategy guide for this game. I didn't mention him in the review proper though because... I have no idea how to properly pronounce his name! (Unless it's just a wacky way of spelling of "Markus Steel".)
Anytime you hear the background sounds and music fade out for seemingly random reasons, its because one of the voices that will sometimes speak mid-mission REALLY conflicts with my own for the sake of this review, so I had to tune it down substantially. :/
The "Space Bombs" are also known in-game as "Heavy Bombs". I'm not sure but I think the two names are interchangeable.
And yes, I had to make some lame audio cuts during the ship descriptions because I mistakenly said the TIE Bomber had dual ion cannons... twice... and I didn't catch this until I was too short on time to re-record the dialogue. I think part of the reason I made this mistake is that you barely get much flight time in the thing so I just sort of figured it was equipped like the Y-Wing, especially since the TIE Defender and the Assault Gunboat are the only two ships with ion cannons. Oops. :P
One way to get the Windows version of the game is from the X-Wing Collector Series discs, which do NOT explicitly state that they are the Windows versions. I swear, making sure you get the exact versions of X-Wing and TIE Fighter that you want can be mind numbing. x_x;
One of my viewers pointed out a number of quirks with this game which I missed in my haste to get footage recorded, though only a couple were blatant mistakes: The Tractor Beam only prevents a target from changing direction, it has no effect on their speed, and the Mag Pulse, even though it affects the "Sys" rating of a ship, is actually not affecting its Sys rating at all, it just pretends to and knocks the target's weapons offline in the process. You can prove this by disabling a ship with ion cannons, then doing the mission again, Mag Pulsing the enemy, then firing your ion cannons to disable it. In both instances, it takes the same number of ion cannon shots to disable the enemy, despite the Mag Pulse dropping systems to 25%. :P
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A few corrections: the tractor beam doesn't slow down the target but just keeps it flying in a straight line which is arguably better, especially if you want to kill something quickly using missiles as the target won't be able to evade them as long as you don't launch them ina trajectory that's too perpendicular to theirs, in particular the missile boat with a good use of the tractor beam is even more lethal than the Tie Defender which is both mindboggling and appropriate since the ship in the campaign was made as a countermeasure against stolen Tie Defenders.
Also the mag pulse doesn't disable the target as a whole but only its weapon systems for a limited time (something between 20 or 30 seconds), of course its effects are cumulative so multiple warheads keep the target's guns disabled for a longer time.
Other than that I can subscribe to essentially everything, this is my personal best game of all time, I've even replayed it from start to finish three or four times over the years which isn't something I usually do for a game this long.
How to differentiate - the DOS CD versions of XW and TF are generally called "Collector's CD-ROM", while the Windows versions are usually called "The Collector Series."
I hope this helps.
One of my favorite Star Wars games ever ;)
Thanks!
The colors thing was done for the sake of consistency. In X-Wing, Rebel targets were green, Imperial were red, and neutral were blue. TIE Fighter preserved this color allocation. Also added purple as a second neutral color (to allow missions with neutral factions fighting one another).
Playing as the bad guys - who would have thought it could be so fun. This was my introduction to these Star Warsy flight sims and I got hooked up pretty fast. I have one full playthrough with more than 2000000 points total, and at the highest Secret Order rank.
And yes, I played with the mouse.
we need a modern remake of this game.....i was obsessed with this game.
6:09 Actually difficulty selection has major ramifications - aside from what you have mentioned many of the missions are altered in some way - for example try playing the very first mission from first Battle on Easy, Medium and on Hard. You will notice that depending on difficulty, there will be more crafts to inspect and more goals to achieve. On Easy you only have 2 Primary and 1 Secondary goal, on Medium 2P and 3S, on Hard 2P, 3S and 2 Bonus goals.
Unfortunately this game has some issues with the turret AI not firing at high cycles. I recommend a cycle count of around 65000.
Fun fact about the SLAM drive on the Missile Boat. If you have a beam weapon added and throw everything into engines, then engage your slam drive.. you can out run the missile weapons :D
Wow, I watched this episode such a long time ago. Good to see it on UA-cam.
Corkscrew maneuver!
Nice review!
Great game!
Don’t forget to enable Gravis Ultrasound emulation.
You wanna get humiliated?
Set the difficulty to hard, and buy some cleenex.
x-wing vs tie fighter is rare? I have it neatly tucked away in my giant cd case of pc games from my childhood, cd's in perfect condition, the box had better days. iiiiii want to play that now.
BENNYin theTECH No, he's talking about the TIE Fighter re-release for Windows 95/98 machines. It used the X-Wing vs TIE Fighter engine for improved graphics. It also, unfortunately in my opinion, replaced the original music with John Williams music straight from the movies. I am a bit confused though. I always thought that re-release was just available in the X-Wing Collector Series set that comes with two CDs, one is an X-Wing remake (plus an X-Wing vs TIE Fighter "demo" called Flight School), and the other is a TIE Fighter remake. I always thought the later releases of LucasArts DOS games that said "Windows 95/98" were still just the DOS game, and not a special remake.