Starship Troopers: Extermination - because previous FPS sucked and can't be re-released

[Baron Dupek]

https://starshiptroopersextermination.com

Spoiler

Early access release on Steam in 2023

 

[luj1]

ST is a great setting

I always wanted an ST RTS, ever since I was a kid

 

[RolePlayer]

ST is a great setting

I always wanted an ST RTS, ever since I was a kid

Starcraft

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I always wanted an ST RTS, ever since I was a kid

did you miss this release earlier this year?

 

[Heroic Liberator]

I always wanted an ST RTS, ever since I was a kid

did you miss this release earlier this year?

Too bad that it's barebones as fuck. Wouldn't recc it even to big fans of the movie.

 

[luj1]

I always wanted an ST RTS, ever since I was a kid

did you miss this release earlier this year?

Too bad that it's barebones as fuck. Wouldn't recc it even to big fans of the movie.

I saw that game but this one is better I think



Sadly it's neither on Steam or GOG

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

Aw, shucks, another one based off the movie and not the book. Don't get me wrong, a proper squad-based FPS like this is a good concept and this looks like it could be pretty good, but we haven't gotten a game with proper power armor like the book since Terra Nova. I like Terra Nova, but there's no denying it has a few issues in places.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

Aw, shucks, another one based off the movie and not the book.

I love the visual design and the cheesy nature of the movie, but I do think that it actually hinders video game adaptations of the setting since devs just lazily transpose aforementioned visual design and hope to cash in on the brand (not that different from the crappy film sequels to Verhoeven's movie, really) without putting too much thought into the actual gameplay content that those visuals should be served alongside with. Said visuals are just a great side dish for the movie fans, but they're not the main course when we're talking about a video game adaptation.

 

[RaggleFraggle]

ST is a great setting

I always wanted an ST RTS, ever since I was a kid

Starcraft

Starcraft is completely different from SST. The plot of SST is about humans fighting off space bugs trying to exterminate us. The plot of SC is about a horny space cowboy chasing a space succubus while fighting the evil space emperor.

Aw, shucks, another one based off the movie and not the book.

I love the visual design and the cheesy nature of the movie, but I do think that it actually hinders video game adaptations of the setting since devs just lazily transpose aforementioned visual design and hope to cash in on the brand (not that different from the crappy film sequels to Verhoeven's movie, really) without putting too much thought into the actual gameplay content that those visuals should be served alongside with. Said visuals are just a great side dish for the movie fans, but they're not the main course when we're talking about a video game adaptation.

The brand isn't even successful because Sony drove it into the ground. I don't understand why anyone would want to cash in on a dead crappy brand.

The Roughnecks cartoon from 1998 is the only decent entry in the franchise short of the original book or the tabletop games. Video games should take inspiration from those, not the crappy movies.

 

[NecroLord]

Looks pretty decent.

 

[JDR13]

Looks pretty decent.

Agree, but I hope it's not co-op only.

 

[RaggleFraggle]

I'm curious. Why is Sony suddenly approving these licensed games now? They don't have any new movies in the pipeline. To make things stranger, earlier this year they canceled their old license with Mongoose Publishing who then had to take down the tabletop game books from e-retail. Those books were full of lore and tactics and so forth that could've been recycled for a new edition, but nope!

 

[Parsimonious cook]

I saw that game but this one is better I think



Sadly it's neither on Steam or GOG

Terran Ascendancy is one of my most fav games of all time, it was ***this much*** goood.

Anyway, I actually have the old Starship Troopers FPS... it was decisively meh. The best part was at the very start when you wake up next to a female pilot you fucked all night and IIRC you can see her ass while she lies face down on the bed. The actual gameplay was pretty weak. This honestly doesnt look any better.

 

[JDR13]

Anyway, I actually have the old Starship Troopers FPS... it was decisively meh. The best part was at the very start when you wake up next to a female pilot you fucked all night and IIRC you can see her ass while she lies face down on the bed. The actual gameplay was pretty weak. This honestly doesnt look any better.

It's definitely meh, but oddly enough I actually enjoyed it quite a bit. Some of the larger-scale battles were fun. There weren't a lot of games back then that had that many enemies onscreen.

 

[luj1]

I saw that game but this one is better I think



Sadly it's neither on Steam or GOG

Terran Ascendancy is one of my most fav games of all time, it was ***this much*** goood.

I know, do you have any idea where to buy it?

 

[Parsimonious cook]

I saw that game but this one is better I think



Sadly it's neither on Steam or GOG

Terran Ascendancy is one of my most fav games of all time, it was ***this much*** goood.

I know, do you have any idea where to buy it?

Dont think its for sale anywhere, but you might be able to find ISO on the high seas.

 

[Morpheus Kitami]

The brand isn't even successful because Sony drove it into the ground. I don't understand why anyone would want to cash in on a dead crappy brand.

The Roughnecks cartoon from 1998 is the only decent entry in the franchise short of the original book or the tabletop games. Video games should take inspiration from those, not the crappy movies.

The book is one of those rare ones that still somehow remain popular in current year despite people barely reading anymore, that combined with companies obsession with greenlighting anything based off an existing property is apparently a gold mine. It seems lately like companies are loosening up licensing restrictions in regards to video games, and I guess the people behind this really saw the potential in a game based off the film. (apparently they've done tactical FPS before)
This all reminds me I need to see that anime based off the book, because that was apparently a pretty good adaptation.

 

[Kerghnox]

12 players? Fucking lame, none of these games manage to replicate the battles from the movie.

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Ah yes, the mature adults who can't handle insults or swearing.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

It will be available sooner than expected: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1268750/Starship_Troopers_Extermination/

 

[Tyranicon]

Is it too much to hope that this will be good?

 

[RaggleFraggle]

The problem with this IP is that stupid fake satire tone introduced by that braindead idiot Verhoven. You don’t satirize fascism by producing work indistinguishable from propaganda.

 

[Tyranicon]

So IGN put out a preview and it does seem to be promising.

But keep in mind this is IGN, so y'know, grain of salt.

 

[Caim]

Framerate drops notably when things get busy.

 

[Alienman]

Fookin' hitmarkers. It will be the death of me.

 

[orcinator]

What's the point of making Starship Troopers games when EDF and Helldivers exist?