Evochron or Arvoch

sirrealist · Post by **sirrealist** » Wed May 25, 2011 10:58 pm

Hi all!

I'm looking for your opinion on which game I would enjoy more (Evochron or Arvoch).What I like in a game is being a part of massive space battles. I love huge capital ships slugging away at each other, maneuvering for position while swarms of fighters battle it out for superiority. Also, I like a good story (or at least some). The games that come to mind most are X-wing/TIE Fighter and Descent:Freespace 1 and 2.

Thoughts?

Jack Dandy · Post by **Jack Dandy** » Wed May 25, 2011 11:50 pm

Gave Arvoch a go, and it didn't age very well IMO.
I'd say take Evochron. It isn't as "focused" as Arvoch, but is generally more fun to play.

Also, did you play the Source Code Project versions of Freespace? They're a blast and have a crapload of fan campaigns too.

[Edited on 5-25-2011 by Jack Dandy]

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Thu May 26, 2011 12:40 am

From your description I'd say you'd probably like Arvoch more, but hey - they're both awesome imo, and they both have demos!

Avenger · Post by **Avenger** » Thu May 26, 2011 3:10 pm

No real massive cap ships slugging it out in Evochron though, there are cap ship battles, actually it's more like a duel since there are never more then 1 vs 1 slugging it out, but they are east to defeat with just cannon fire so no real challenge to destroy.

I have to say that de Freespace SCP (Source Code Project) is your best option if you like massive space battles and massive capital ship battles, no other game has ever done massive battles with fighters, bombers and capital ships on a scale like in Freespace games, and the SCP fan campaigns only add to the pile, like the Blue Planet campaigns, doesn't get any more massive then that, hehe.

But as a Privateer fan I enjoy Evochron Mercenary a lot though, it's a good game, just no massive battles like in a more military based campaign game.