Freespace 2

This is the height of the 90s space sim, and unfortunately also one of the genres last gasps. I say this having not played the Wing Commander series aside from Privateer, so take it with that in mind. But in terms of story, gameplay, voice acting and graphics this was the game that blew me out of the water. Tie Fighter, X-Wing, love them- but the problem with Star Wars is that all of the weapons are pretty much the same. Few torpedoes/missiles, and turbolasers of one form or another. Freespace 2 capital ships have huge beams weapons, both anti-fighter and anti-ship, there are bombers with torpedoes, single missiles, swarm missiles, huge variety of fighter projectile weapons. Enemy variety is great too, every faction has their own flavour- and the big bad are truly epic. Atmosphere is great too. If you play just one space sim game, this has to be it. If you play two, pick up Tie Fighter after this. Can't recommend it enough.

I found this game have a exxelent story and furious gameplay. You must try it!!

I grew up on this and Homeworld, the two best sci-fi PC games that I've ever come across (Still waiting to play System Shock 2 though). Don't miss out on this, guys.

Freespace 2 is a really really good game - a really really really good game - in its own right, possibly the best space combat sim to this day, and what keeps it the best is the still-thriving fan community which continues to improve the game's content and engine even now. HD Graphics, improved models, effects and shaders that take advantage of the best of modern graphics hardware, and so much more, all available from the Source Code Project's updated engine, plus a range of fan campaigns that will knock your socks off... ALL FOR FREE WITH YOUR PURCHASE! There's a stickied thread in the forum with instructions on how to get the community stuff. You owe it to yourself to play this game, and you owe it to yourself to play it the best way it can be played

Few games could hold up to this one when it came out, and even today this game provides me more entertainment than many 2013 games. Through the power of open source projects I'm playing this game at 2560x1600 res with beautiful graphics and 3d sound...I'm playing the freespace 1 campaign on freespace 2! For Free! I'm so glad this genre is being revived in 2014...but until that happens, you gotta play this game!