Independence War™ II: Edge of Chaos

I've always liked the mechanics & lore of the i-war franchise(A blend of The Expanse & Babylon 5), and i-war 2 stayed faithful to them. The game's interface is far slicker than its precursors, but at the cost of some of the quirky immersive charm. Story & characters are again not up to the quality of its precursors, but to compensate you get a (limited) sandbox to explore. In terms of graphics, it's aged quite well, though that's quite common for space games. Not sure what all the fuss is about difficulty; I don't recall it being especially hard when I played it back in the day (I completed it). Though I may have been forced to use cheesy kiting tactics. It's certainly not as difficult as the freeware "Babylon 5: I've Found Her"; a must play for anyone who loves B5! (and extreme difficulty)

Great game but if you have Windows 7 and an nVidia card don't expect it to work. As of writing this there are no fixes for it. Makes for a mildly frustrating purchase.

It starts with the fact that you need either a DVD player, or a virtual DVD player to play Single Player. Then there is the random crashes after leaving the hanger. This 'might' be a good game, but I will never know. The frustration of trying to get it to run is just not worth it. You shouldn't have to mod a game to try and get it to play.

Graphically outdated, obviously, but still a good game. Bit hard to get to run though. Problems I encountered: Game wants Play Disc - Solvable by mounting any img-file directly in Windows 10. No Third Party software needed, just right click an img-file, it has a mount option. Crash upon starting a game: Run EdgeOfChaos.exe instead of using the GOG-Shortcut. https://i-war2.com has a bunch of absolutely priceless mods (Custom Jafs!) and controller profiles that massively reduce the amount of tinkering required.

This is great game from the 90s, one of my favorite space sims. I would love to finally play it through but I couldnt find any way to get it working. Crashes when I go to instant action. Also it is said to be dependant on joystick. Not sure if its possible to get gamepad to work since I couldnt start it even. I tried also the previous game in the series but it has the same issues.