What was this MMO Space battleship PC game called?

November 18, 2014 5:49 PM

A few months ago I read/watched youtube previews for a spaceship simulator type PC game, where you flew around in battleship/capital ship style warships, kind of like Battlestar Galactica scale, against other players in their own capital ships. What was this game?

The preview video was 3rd person chase camera, and I remember thinking that it looked interesting, but that the ships looked oddly out of place flying in a planetary atmosphere in the preview, rather than open space. That may have been a design decision, because the 3rd dimension z-axis movement looked pretty limited.

I cannot seem to find the preview video again, or remember what it was called to check on how the development is coming along and if it has a release date. Does this ring any bells for anyone? I want to say it was an indie studio type developer, but that's about all I remember.

posted by T.D. Strange to Computers & Internet (8 answers total)

Best answer: I browsed MMORPG.com's game list by genre and found Elite: Dangerous, Star Citizen, Taikodom, and some less likely candidates, but maybe you can find it there if I haven't.
posted by Monsieur Caution at 6:04 PM on November 18, 2014

From the Depths possibly.
posted by munchingzombie at 6:04 PM on November 18, 2014

You're sure this wasn't EVE online?

There have been a few demo videos of EVE ships flying in planetary atmospheres, even though the ships are clearly not designed for it and this has never been actually implemented in the game.

Example
posted by 256 at 6:05 PM on November 18, 2014

No Man's Sky? More here.
posted by amicus at 6:15 PM on November 18, 2014

Response by poster: Got it, pretty sure it was Entropy. Although I'm also waiting on Star Citizen.
posted by T.D. Strange at 6:18 PM on November 18, 2014

Best answer: There is also Fractured Space which sounds exactly like what you are describing but is still in development so I doubt it was what you saw as there are only a few videos of it in action (but looks super cool)
posted by Another Fine Product From The Nonsense Factory at 12:15 AM on November 19, 2014

Best answer: Are you sure it isn't Dreadnought?
posted by JauntyFedora at 11:19 AM on November 19, 2014 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: Follow up- it was actually Dreadnought. I bought Entropy beta and played it for about 3 days before getting bored, its very obviously early beta and not enough buy in, not much to do. Debating whether to try Fractured Space as its looks more combat oriented. But still really waiting for Dreadnought.
posted by T.D. Strange at 8:30 AM on February 22, 2015