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Namco is making a new Star Wars Machine
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SavannahLion:

--- Quote from: Vigo on October 08, 2014, 04:00:14 pm ---So...............................................................................................is it even a game?  :lame:

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Let's see what the article says .To make things easier, I put the important bits in bold. Let us review, shall we?

--- Quote ---Japanese game-maker Bandai Namco did the almost unthinkable today, it unveiled a brand new Star Wars-themed arcade machine.

At a time when the golden age of arcades is a distant memory, the publisher behind Ace Combat, Dark Souls, Dragon Ball and, yes, Pac-Man, held a nearly hour-long event on the eve of New York Comic-Con to unveil their new machine destined for what few arcades remain.

Star Wars: Battle Pod, is a dome screen arcade system designed to offer gamers ban experience they can "only dream of." It's a game, according to the company, that you don't just play, you experience.

The Battle Pod is a single seat space flight sim that uses a curved screen to drop players into the game, and the movies. Players sit inside the pod, using a flight stick and throttle to fly and fight their way through the Star Wars franchise.

The domed screen works in conjunction with a seat that reacts to explosions, special fans that blow air, vibrating controllers and 5.1 sound. The vibration, air gusts and sound turn the game into an incredible Star Wars "toy," they said.

Settings in the Unreal Engine 3-powered game will include Yavin, Hoth, Endor, the Death Star 2 and players will be able to pilot a snow speeder, X-Wing, speeder bike and the Millennium Falcon. The game will also feature a final "Vader's Revenger" stage which has the Sith lord trying to take out the Death Star in an Advanced TIE Fighter.

The game will start to hit arcades this coming January, but if you're in New York you'll be able to check the game out at the Midtown Dave & Busters. The machines will be there starting tonight until Nov. 2.

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I'd say this is slightly more than a rail shooter. I read the article twice to make sure that Smell-o-vision wasn't integrated into their "experience".

Checked out my local redemption place recently and mentally inventoried the non-ticket spitters there. All but three were "Rail shooter" type games. This new Star Wars sounds like it's explicitly designed for that kind of place. A bunch of ---smurfing--- losers shoving 8 tokens into a machine for a 55 second "ride".
Cobolisdead:
Ehh, it could be fun. If I see it, I will definitely give it a try. Not likely though since most of the arcades around here won't carry anything new like this.
Generic Eric:
I hope it's not like that new batman game.
Sjaak:
Cobolisdead:
Doesn't look that bad, but the voices are wrong.
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