Independence War™ II: Edge of Chaos

Absolutely loved this game back in the day, so I was excited to see it on GOG. Unfortunately, after installing, it prompted for the game disk, which I no longer have & no longer have a drive to run on my laptop. After loading & watching the opening video, the single player campaign wasn't available, which is what I was looking forward to playing, so got a refund. If GOG fixes this issue, I'll happily give it another go.

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I love this game. It has an initially quite brutally unforgiving flight mechanic until you get used to it. Try flying your ship like a plane and you will get smashed to bits. Embrace Newtonian mechanics in space and you will be rewarded with some unique flying and combat experiences that are deeply satisfying. Also, the humour in the game is outstanding, and has raised more than a few smiles, and the odd hearty chuckle. I love it.

I've owned this game for several years, and never finished the game. In part, as some of the other reviewers have referred to, the difficulty. I simply use the game in freeform mode, in addition to some of the great tools I've downloaded from http://www.i-war2.com . I randomly choose where to go with a great tool called location finder plus, and I've added some key binds that allow me to be invulnerable. There's also a mod that allows you to destroy stations. It's loads of fun, and way ahead of its time.

Much better interface than the first game. Very detailed for this era of a game. I like that inertia is more accurate to real space. Take a bit of getting use to. Good bang for your buck. Game story line is a bit slow but thats good if your looking for a story line withthe game.