Descent: Freespace Battle Pack

The game looks really Really good. Unfortunately if you are a Mac user you'll have to use a mouse as the game has no Joystick capability. It's there in the options menu but it can't be turned on and playing this game with a mouse - sucks beyond belief!

Freespace the space-sim always a game that you could be there and spend a little while with. Most of my play time with this game when I have been has been on bursts of a few missions till i got bored and did something else. The reason why ?: You needed to break it up. This game has no replay value until you fully forget it. Graphics: very good for its time. Controls/Gameplay: All over the keyboard and the joystick. slowing down the game play. But this predates alot of the more advanced mouse tech. That being said an disable mouse invert should have been included as it was with the joystick. This program really did need the various interminable training missions for you to keep up and also its reference card. Because you will routinely forget what you just learned. Story: Very easy to follow but the cinematics are more or less filler and don't seem to be necessary at all as the information and briefings do cover what you need to know. Overall 3/5. Conclusion: For a space-sim the easy to follow story and great graphics are usually a must as the emphasis on combat is very high. However when it comes to playing that combat its what makes the game take a downfall as it should have had easier controls to work with. With no replay value to the game I will need to wait till I forget to play again.

I remember getting this game not really knowing what to expect but sure enough, it didn't take long for me to be so immersed in the game I must've finished it within the same week, school and all. Not sure how it holds out the test of time or if it has the loving modding community of FS:2 but I recommend it to any FS fan. it part of the story of the FS universe and it is an epic one. this game changed the definition of a space-sim for me

A bug in the mission "Paving the Way" (6th mission) prevent some of us from continuing the campaign. I enjoyed the game (impressive for a 1998 title) but wasn't able to play over two hours because of this. I've found a post complaining about this bug as old as 2008 on the GoG forums. There seem to be ways to fix it but it's rather complicated. I won't be buying Freespace 2 here because I don't want to risk another breaking bug.

I didn't enjoy this game as much as I enjoyed many of the starwars space combat games but it is a good fly and shoot game, if you played x-wing or tie-fighter you should get what I mean....the starwars games just seem to do a better job with the whole combat thing, but it's good enough that you won't regret getting it(in my opinion), it includes a mission editor(FRED) but I could not figure out how to do anything with it.....was never able to put together even the simplest of dog fights, what a shame they didn't make it dummy-proof to use for DUMMIES like me.....bottom line I like the game but this genre is always in need of improvement . when I get the free time I will search youtube or something for tutorial videos on how to use this thing.