Squadron 42 on Steam
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Enlist in the UEE Navy in a cinematic, single-player space adventure. Pilot combat ships, fight on foot, and explore capital ships, space stations, and frontier outposts. Live and work alongside your crew as you battle on the front lines of a galactic war.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system  
OS: Windows 11  
Processor: Quad Core CPU - Intel: i7 (Sandy Bridge or later), AMD: Bulldozer or later  
Memory: 16 GB RAM  
Graphics: DirectX 11.1 compatible Graphics Card with 8 GB VRAM  
DirectX: Version 12  
Network: Broadband Internet connection  
Storage: 150 GB available space
  • Agent_Karyo@piefed.worldOPEnglish
    2·
    1 day ago

    Didn’t know about that.

    That being said if you look at any of the advertisement videos released by CIG; It’s all very vanilla. More so considering that their video advertisement budget is almost certainly very substantial even in a relative basis.

    • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      20 hours ago

      The adverts are very vanilla, but the conversations with the creators have definitely hinted at a lot more going on. I don’t want to say too much because it’s a) potential spoilers, and b) stuff that has only been hinted at, never confirmed, but their plans for the game definitely seem to be more in a Heart of Darkness kind of direction.

      Obviously, wait for reviews, see what they actually end up making as opposed to what they might or might not have planned at any point, but from everything I’ve heard the writers say I don’t think the story is worth writing off just yet.

      • Agent_Karyo@piefed.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        17 hours ago

        Heart of Darkness

        You’re saying SQ42 will be like Heart of Darkness?

        I find this difficult to believe. What makes you say that?

        From my perspective, just a mere dark and foreboding presentation doesn’t mean anything. Wing Commander: The Movie was supposed to be serious, but it transforms more into an unintentional comedy for trash space sci-fi and b-movie nerds.

        • Voroxpete@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          17 hours ago

          You’re saying SQ42 will be like Heart of Darkness?

          No, I’m not. Let me absolutely clear about that. I’m not saying anything about what SQ42 will be like, because I haven’t played it, and I haven’t had this confirmed by anyone who has.

          What I am saying is that those comparisons were brought up by the writers early on in the development. Whether that has any bearing on the finished product remains to be seen.

          Take a look at the discussions of Wing Commander 4 elsewhere in this thread if you want a better idea of the kind of stuff Chris Roberts likes to do when he’s not beholden to a publisher. If your only yardstick here is the Wing Commander movie, you’re really not looking at a very helpful data point.

          But, again, I’m only talking about hints and intimations. I don’t have hard facts about the game and I’m not claiming to.