Ebon Hawk gunner station

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 6:42 pm

I hate arcade games, and I hate this KotoR sub-game which you can't avoid.

I hate it.
I hate it.
I hate it.
I hate it.
I hate it.
I hate it.
I hate it.
I hate it.
I hate it.
I hate it.
I hate it.
I hate it.

Whew. Needed to get that out of my system.

Astafas · Post by **Astafas** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 6:58 pm

Dear sweet fable, you just hang in there, OK?

(Actually I hated the swoop races, as I was so lousy. I don't much like being lousy...)

Star Wars Geek · Post by **Star Wars Geek** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 9:43 pm

Well the secret I found to making it easier for me was to try and shoot them all (as fast as i can) at the beginning when they all fly in at once. You're bound to kill at least 2-3 of them!

fable · Post by **fable** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:05 pm

That's a given, SWG, since they all start near you.

But I hate it because it's not roleplaying, because my PC never learned gunnery, and because it's mindless. Those are good enough reasons, for me.

Armisael · Post by **Armisael** » Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:16 pm

I agree. It's a pretty weak sidegame. Should've been better implemented or just left out.

Kaitsuburi · Post by **Kaitsuburi** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 1:36 am

Ha, it's nice to see I'm not alone in my sincere and complete dislike for the pathetic gunnery mini-game

If you can't take it out of the game altogether, if you can't make it optional, if you can't make it a little more sophisticated in terms of controls, then please please please autosave before space travel

-kaitsuburi

Stilgar · Post by **Stilgar** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 2:27 am

Maybe they made the Gunnergame so annoying so that you would rollplay better and don't return to planets you've already visited before just to finsish a smallquest, continue swoopracing, or just to buy/sell some items.

About the other mini-games, i like Pazaak, it's a fun quick game, that can be quite chalanging. I hate swoopracing, i'm just not good at it. And it's needed to finish 1 quest (on tatooine i think) the only quest i didnt finish

Migromul · Post by **Migromul** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 5:12 am

Well I don't like this mini-game, too. But you can train, if you have HK-47 in your crew. He can initiate this mini-game for you. (in black-white, however.) And if you trained it a couple of times it isn't that difficult. But I always quick-safe before leaving a planet.

The attacks are random except for taris, the leviathan and the star-forge.

iriyas · Post by **iriyas** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 7:01 am

radar

yes its pretty mindless and an annoyance and i cant figure out how that stupid radar waorks everytime i turn towards a reb blip on the radar i'm just staring at empty space

ToTaylor · Post by **ToTaylor** » Mon Jan 05, 2004 12:08 pm

the radar doesn't tell you if it's high or low. Also sometimes the ship will be far away and it will look like a blip on your screen. Altogether i think it is not that great of a mini game

Badseed · Post by **Badseed** » Tue Jan 06, 2004 10:04 am

I don't mind the game. Mindless is fun sometimes. *Equips +5 Helmet of Flame Protection*

Sylince · Post by **Sylince** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 5:25 pm

Seriously..

While I also did not much enjoy the space fighter mini-game, I bothers me that people play through a game; and the second they find a part of it they cant beat easily; they start to complain.

I mean really, I sucked at the space-shooter mini-game, but I didnt suddenly start calling it pathetic or wishing it was left out just so I would be able to breeze through things without a challenge.

Bioware made a great game here (BG2 was better though) and if they want to add a shooter mini-game im not going to start insulting them.

Star Wars Geek · Post by **Star Wars Geek** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 5:30 pm

I totally agree with you about the mini game but what is BG2? Because if it is better as you say it is, then I want to buy it.

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 7:24 pm

Originally posted by Star Wars Geek
I totally agree with you about the mini game but what is BG2? Because if it is better as you say it is, then I want to buy it.

A bit off-topic, but BG2 is Baldur's Gate II, which has its own separate forum here on GameBanshee. It's the second major title that Bioware put out. Many people love it as much as KotoR; some even prefer it, though that goes both ways. It's set in a standard medieval fantasy universe, and provides larger party choices, and more interactions among party members--as well as a lot more challenge than KotoR, IMO. There's probably a review of it up on GameBanshee, too, which you might want to check out. And there quite a few mods for the game that add new party members, new items, new quests, etc. I strongly recommend it to people who enjoy KotoR.

Wopps · Post by **Wopps** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:40 pm

i dont know why you all complain. i love the gunner mini game :/

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:43 pm

So play it, then. I'm terrible at arcade games, and I consider 'em mindless. And as I wrote above, I didn't buy an RPG in order to be forced to play an arcade game.

Star Wars Geek · Post by **Star Wars Geek** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 8:47 pm

So is Baldur's Gate II only for PC or is it also for xbox because i prefer xbox graphic cards over my crappy computer video card :-(?

fable · Post by **fable** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 9:08 pm

Originally posted by Star Wars Geek
So is Baldur's Gate II only for PC or is it also for xbox because i prefer xbox graphic cards over my crappy computer video card :-(?

PC, only.

Foss · Post by **Foss** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:05 pm

The worst thing about the gunner mini-game is that you can't invert your mouse, or atleast I couldn't :-(

Armisael · Post by **Armisael** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 10:31 pm

You don't exactly need a top of the line machine to run infinity engine games. My laptop can run them.