well...this is an easy one
there was a story line???
hmmm anyway I think maybe they should do a story with perhaps a special character that maybe has some sort of crazy, magical, spiritual ....ability.....that lets him manipulate minds.....choke people.....and predict the future....and of course let him use some sort of laser-sword to hurt people with....and he should be maybe "the best starfighter in the galaxy".....but here's the kicker.....he'll be totally evil.......

and then we'll make the story more about his SON actually that is trying to come to grips with the same type of crazy powers and at the same time trying to come to grips with the fact that this evil overlord guy is his FATHER....

here's some dialogue for you.......[characters name , I am your father .....NO thats not true....thats impossible!!!!.....search your feelings [characters name you know it to be true.......NOooOOOoOO nOOoOoOOO

Good?....Bad?......I'm the guy with the gun.

ooooooo I've got another Idea......maybe there should be a bunch of folks dedicated to peace and understanding.....that tries to bridge the gap between the different factions....who searches for new life and new established societies....and bravely travels places that no one else has traveled....maybe the story should center more on capital type ships .....focus on the bridge officers and their day to day operations and relationships.....and perhaps shed new light on the future of human society as a whole......

perhaps they should have some conflicting character ideas....like an alien that uses logic to determine everything....and a human that bumps heads with the alien due to human compassion....and then have the captain try to smooth it all over with his charm and/or wit......it could be a personal metaphor for the bridge crew and their over all mission.....

Good?....Bad?......I'm the guy with the gun.

Okay Doom_Lancer, two things:

1) My last topic post was weird, but the way this topic is going, this is going to get the "most weird posts in a topic award".

2) There is a edit button that you can use in your posts. Use it please, it crowds up the posts too much if people post twice all the time.

Back on topic:

There should be a guy named Trent who meets up with a LSF agent called Juni and then Trent meets up with a guy named King in space ....... '>
BTW, What is Juni's Rank ?, the game never tells you.

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Edited by - Neo_Kuja on 1/1/2004 11:26:26 PM

Doom - SPAM! *thwack*. That'll learn ya!

I thought that the plot, while rather generic, was quite good. The pace of the story was just right, although it could be seen as a little plodding, but not by me though! The voice acting was very good in my opinion, especially John Rhys-Davies (Tobias), the actress who played Juni, and George Takei (Hakera).

Esquilax

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They should continue the story by discussing more about the 5 sleeper ships and some of the factions we don't see as much in the main storyline. I'd like to know more about Juni's Kusari stomping grounds and her past. Also, having something about Trent's past come up could be nice too! You know, try making them more 3 dimensional by focusing on character interaction. They have already done the climactic galactic space battle...why not just give closure to the character aspirations.

How about?

1) Set goals for the player to create and build their own faction in relation to the rest of the factions in the FL universe.

2) Allow the option for customizing already standard ship designs or introduce a ship building system.

3) Give Trent options instead of just a linear stoyline!

Any 3 of these would be nice and would help expand gameplay and the storyline at the same time...

would be nice, but if you where the poor programmer that has to write that sort of code it sudenly becomes easier to write a generic liner storyline... just a point...

IF you were a programmer who didn't really love what he did...then yeah. However, if all you wanted to do your entire life is program and design games...I think you might have a different perspective.

I found the story line compelling. I really wanted to know what the mystery was. But the ending is sort of a let down. Without even changing things, they could have handled it a bit better. It should have been clear that you were going to have to wait until -- if ever -- part 2 comes out for the story to continue. Then you wouldn't have newbies posting here asking if the story missions are really over or not!




Jose Chavez: "Trent! It's good to see my kind of scum."