They do not follow a storyline and have no clear chronological order.Īn expansion was released on Novemin order to fix what much of the fanbase considered missing. The individual scenarios grouped together in a "Battle" are stand-alone. These Battles comprise eight individual combat missions each which can be played on either the Rebel or the Imperial side, either as single missions (Combat Engagements) or as a "Battle" where three successful missions are required for one side to be considered the winner. Imperial Fleet Operation: Clean Sweep (Battle).Rebel Alliance Operation: Quick Strike (Battle).Instead, the game only features two "Battles": TIE Fighter game lacks a storyline, coherent scenarios, and cutscenes. Response to the game, on the other hand, considered it infamous for being the only part of the series designed exclusively for multiplayer and/or personal practice only. Furthermore, due to the multiplayer aspect most missions featured in the game can be flown by teams of players, either together against the computer or even pitting player teams against each other.
in a disable and capture mission, the player can choose between either the Y-wings that disable a ship, or the X-wings that support them), ship, and armament. This approach was only possible in single player mode, however, and had to be abandoned for a multiplayer game.Īn important addition is the ability to choose the squadron that the player wants to participate in (e.g. "Movement" of the player craft therefore meant that the relative position of all other items was altered. In the previous two games, the player's craft was at the center of the game grid (at coordinates 0, 0, 0) and the position of all other items was stored relative to the player craft. The game engine was completely rewritten. Technical improvements include: CD audio soundtrack, high resolutions, texture mapping to the ship models of the in-flight game engine, 3dfx support and a sophisticated pilot and mission selection system which tracks the points and awards the player accomplishments. XvT runs on Windows, and requires a joystick (the others could be played with mouse as well). Technically superior to its two predecessors, the game is multiplayer oriented.
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