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5/11/2015 5:26:22 AM
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Whatever happened to arcade-style flight sims?

Agreed, we need more flying games.

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I don't like flying games...

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[b]Crimson Skies[/b]? [b]Rogue Squadron[/b]? Anybody remember these? Seriously, there's nothing but first-person shooters (and shooters in general) in the action department these days. Halo, Destiny, Call of Dooty, Battlefield, Titanfall, and dozens of others. Does no one enjoy action-oriented flying games anymore? I had a blast play Star Wars: Rogue Squadron on my N64 when I was a kid (still do, in fact) and even better was Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge back in 2003; in my opinion, the best arcade flight-sim of all time. I only ever got to play the single-player, since I didn't have Xbox Live back then, but I enjoyed every minute of it. After that awesome (if brief) space mission in Halo: Reach with the Sabre, I though maybe we'd be getting some kind of PvE space combat in Destiny with the jumpships in the game, but no dice; in the end, it turned out jumpships were just for show. I don't know about you, but I call that more disappointing than Destiny's lackluster story. What about you guys? Anyone else miss arcade flight-sims? Anyone think they should maybe add space combat to PvE in Destiny? Or maybe someone should resurrect Crimson Skies, or continue the Star Wars: Rogue Squadron series with some new games. I'm tired of being restricted to running around on the ground with a gun; it's high time flying games made a comeback.

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  • Dude? Ace Comabt and Birds of Prey AND Birds of Steel were on the 360? PS4's got War Thunder with varying arcade to simulator difficutly, there still around and going strong!! just space flight sims you can't get on console atm

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