Re: Games Beaten 2017
Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 10:26 pm
1. Pokémon Moon - 3DS
2. Tony Hawk's Underground - GCN
3. Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising - PC
4. Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II: Retribution - PC
5. Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness - PSP
6. X-Wing: Imperial Pursuit - PC
7. Star Wars Republic Commando - PC
8. X-Wing: B-Wing - PC
The second expansion for X-Wing adds another 20 missions (with 4 having alternates) and a new ship: the titular B-Wing. You end up flying it in about half the missions and are escorting it in another quarter of the missions. It's a really nice ship; it's built like a tank and only slightly slower than an X-Wing with an impressive payload of 12 torpedoes. So right out of the box you can destroy two Corvettes at standoff range or disable three extremely quickly. It ends up being a very awkward dogfighter, though, due to the way the fields of fire on the lasers converge; you tend to only hit with one or two rather than all three while the fire rate is balanced around you hitting consistently with all three.
The missions make full use of the new capabilities of this bomber. You spend a lot of time taking out enemy capital ships or disabling ships for capture. The overall storyline is that you need to disrupt Imperial activity in the sector in order for the main body of the Rebel fleet to make it through to their new base on Hoth (which gets picked midway through the campaign). The climax is taking out the Star Destroyer Relentless. Veterans of the original X-Wing will remember the difficult mission to take out another Imperial Star Destroyer. Here it's much much easier even though the Imperials augment their forces with a squadron of Corvettes. The secret lies in the fact that the B-Wing has Ion Cannons, so once you take down the two shield generators (like in the other mission) you can disable it in a few seconds, rendering it helpless. From there you'll spend more time dogfighting and taking potshots when you can. It's immensely satisfying.
2. Tony Hawk's Underground - GCN
3. Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising - PC
4. Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II: Retribution - PC
5. Disgaea: Afternoon of Darkness - PSP
6. X-Wing: Imperial Pursuit - PC
7. Star Wars Republic Commando - PC
8. X-Wing: B-Wing - PC
The second expansion for X-Wing adds another 20 missions (with 4 having alternates) and a new ship: the titular B-Wing. You end up flying it in about half the missions and are escorting it in another quarter of the missions. It's a really nice ship; it's built like a tank and only slightly slower than an X-Wing with an impressive payload of 12 torpedoes. So right out of the box you can destroy two Corvettes at standoff range or disable three extremely quickly. It ends up being a very awkward dogfighter, though, due to the way the fields of fire on the lasers converge; you tend to only hit with one or two rather than all three while the fire rate is balanced around you hitting consistently with all three.
The missions make full use of the new capabilities of this bomber. You spend a lot of time taking out enemy capital ships or disabling ships for capture. The overall storyline is that you need to disrupt Imperial activity in the sector in order for the main body of the Rebel fleet to make it through to their new base on Hoth (which gets picked midway through the campaign). The climax is taking out the Star Destroyer Relentless. Veterans of the original X-Wing will remember the difficult mission to take out another Imperial Star Destroyer. Here it's much much easier even though the Imperials augment their forces with a squadron of Corvettes. The secret lies in the fact that the B-Wing has Ion Cannons, so once you take down the two shield generators (like in the other mission) you can disable it in a few seconds, rendering it helpless. From there you'll spend more time dogfighting and taking potshots when you can. It's immensely satisfying.