Sabrewing 2
Posted: Mon Aug 26, 2013 1:32 pm
I highly doubt it since it’s so obscure, but has anyone else played SabreWing 2? It’s an old computer game from the old Wild Tangent.
You can’t get it anymore, or probably play it even if you have it, because it’s so old the way it works isn’t the way computers work anymore. It runs in a browser environment through a function that a certain Windows Update eliminated years ago. But it’s a pretty cool game.
It’s a space battle game, you fly a ship around and shoot alien ships before they shoot you. You have some wingmen you can give squad commands to if you want to control activity, or you can just let them handle themselves. It’s ridiculously fun!
Optional reading on my personal experience getting the game working once more:
I don’t know what makes this game so great to me, especially since it’s just the demo. You can only do three things: one mission and two instant action scenarios, but I could do those three things over and over again forever! It has incredible replayability for being the same thing each time. I think it’s because even though the objective is always the same, it never plays out the same way because it just depends on how well you do that time.
For me, playing it feels like being in a sci-fi movie battle scene because while you’re fighting there are video transmissions coming in from your wingmen about the progress of the mission. There are three characters (in your group, a few more in total): a swaggering guy, a woman, and a Russian. The contrast of their personalities, which you’re able to grasp even though they only say a few brief lines, creates a really great atmosphere. You also have a talking computer giving you updates on the situation.
Anyway, has anyone else been fortunate enough to be able to play this rare gem?
You can’t get it anymore, or probably play it even if you have it, because it’s so old the way it works isn’t the way computers work anymore. It runs in a browser environment through a function that a certain Windows Update eliminated years ago. But it’s a pretty cool game.
It’s a space battle game, you fly a ship around and shoot alien ships before they shoot you. You have some wingmen you can give squad commands to if you want to control activity, or you can just let them handle themselves. It’s ridiculously fun!
Optional reading on my personal experience getting the game working once more:
For me, playing it feels like being in a sci-fi movie battle scene because while you’re fighting there are video transmissions coming in from your wingmen about the progress of the mission. There are three characters (in your group, a few more in total): a swaggering guy, a woman, and a Russian. The contrast of their personalities, which you’re able to grasp even though they only say a few brief lines, creates a really great atmosphere. You also have a talking computer giving you updates on the situation.
Anyway, has anyone else been fortunate enough to be able to play this rare gem?