Star Wars Squadrons

SupraWez · 31 Oct 2020 at 10:10

On sale at the moment through Steam

varkanoid · 31 Oct 2020 at 12:04

SupraWez said:
On sale at the moment through Steam

Still cheaper on CDKeys though.

If you have a £10 Epic coupon left its £16 !

Kyo · 2 Nov 2020 at 17:48

Not had a chance what's the verdict? Any good?

alchal · 3 Nov 2020 at 18:51

I've had it a few days and found it a bit...meh.

GBRusty · 4 Nov 2020 at 08:35

It's great as it's Star Wars but playing in VR I can only manage one mission at a time before it starts to make me feel motion sick. Still badly implemented VR.

they've fixed the bad HOTAS input so that works fine now. The missions are a bit shallow with not much in the way of tactics needed but it's Star Wars!

Begbie · 4 Nov 2020 at 08:41

GBRusty said:
It's great as it's Star Wars but playing in VR I can only manage one mission at a time before it starts to make me feel motion sick. Still badly implemented VR.

they've fixed the bad HOTAS input so that works fine now. The missions are a bit shallow with not much in the way of tactics needed but it's Star Wars!

Yep, VR looks amazing but it's not quite good enough. I am trying to run it on a vega 56 though so that is probably most of the problem. It is very awesome being inside the cockpit of an xwing though. Like really, really cool. Multi-player really isn't that good though really.

ninjabib · 4 Nov 2020 at 14:56

I also cant play this in VR due to feeling sick after all my waiting i finally got it all setup and within 30 minutes felt sick as apig

Ravenger · 4 Nov 2020 at 17:04

I'm still having performance problems with this in VR.

PC777 · 4 Nov 2020 at 17:12

Grabbed this for £16 on Epic, posting to remind me to play it later. No VR for me though, would love to try but can't risk getting labyrinthitis again. Even a barrel roll on a normal screen could hint at it for me.

ninjabib · 4 Nov 2020 at 18:18

Ravenger said:
I'm still having performance problems with this in VR.

Runs fine on my rig and i'm only medium spec really

RevBillyG · 5 Nov 2020 at 07:28

No performance issues here and no motion sickness at all, which I was quite surprised at.

AStaley · 5 Nov 2020 at 07:39

Picked this up recently and finding the controls a little awkward with a controller, any settings people can recommend?

Mak3R · 5 Nov 2020 at 16:30

AStaley said:
Picked this up recently and finding the controls a little awkward with a controller, any settings people can recommend?

I had to swap from default controller settings to whatever the next one over was, southpaw maybe? It swaps roll and something else on the sticks around. The default just confused the life out of me and I'm not someone who ever uses invert controls or anything like that.

kinger8938 · 21 Nov 2020 at 10:12

16.99 daily deal

https://www.cdkeys.com/pc/star-wars-squadrons-pc-en-origin

Richdog · 28 Mar 2021 at 15:57

I have been playing this today with the settings maxed out on a 65" OLED , running at a constant 120fps, and oh my goodness is it glorious. They have done a good job with the flight engine, simplifying it for a gamepad yet not making it too dumb, and I am really enjoying the story mode. It's pretty damn hard on Veteran difficulty too. It's definitely Star Wars.

CaptainRAVE · 28 Mar 2021 at 16:02

Richdog said:
I have been playing this today with the settings maxed out on a 65" OLED , running at a constant 120fps, and oh my goodness is it glorious. They have done a good job with the flight engine, simplifying it for a gamepad yet not making it too dumb, and I am really enjoying the story mode. It's pretty damn hard on Veteran difficulty too. It's definitely Star Wars.

Im really enjoying it. I’m playing on the X and have opted for 60fps (I honestly can’t tell the difference any higher). Its way better than I thought. Feels really good on a pad. It really hits the spot for me.

varkanoid · 29 Mar 2021 at 15:07

Have they sorted out the cheaters on this now as at Xmas there were loads. I think we as family played it for a few days at Xmas then not played it since.

mikeym · 29 Mar 2021 at 15:15

Got an offer for xbox ultimate pass for one month @£1, which now includes this and other EA stuff, so might have to give it a go with VR. Heard its still a bit of a faff getting HOTAS setup. Have most of the early bugs been sorted?

varkanoid · 29 Mar 2021 at 15:34

mikeym said:
Got an offer for xbox ultimate pass for one month @£1, which now includes this and other EA stuff, so might have to give it a go with VR. Heard its still a bit of a faff getting HOTAS setup. Have most of the early bugs been sorted?

Didnt see any bugs when we played saw plenty of cheats. Racking up 200+ kills, laser speed ships and indestructable ones.

kevman · 30 Mar 2021 at 08:40

mikeym said:
Got an offer for xbox ultimate pass for one month @£1, which now includes this and other EA stuff, so might have to give it a go with VR. Heard its still a bit of a faff getting HOTAS setup. Have most of the early bugs been sorted?

Most of the early vr bugs have been sorted e.g. blurry star background, 60 fps limit on headset etc. It's a pretty good vr port now