I finally beat the first mission.

I fared better by using reverse thrust and alot of twist rudder to get inside the missiles.


I'm now in a later stage of the game but there are no missions listed in the objectives.

I hope this game doesn't go sandbox?
I was quite enjoying the storyline.

I don't know what to do next.

It does go sandbox, sort of, for a while. Fly a few sorties on your own, doing whatever you please, and the game will then present you with the next mission. It's a bit of a break from the one-scenario-after-another formula that you might otherwise find within this game genre (like, for instance, Wing Commander). But rest assured, you will get some storyline missions after you undertake some self-directed activity for a short while.

That's one nice thing about the game - for the most part you can take it at your own pace. If you don't feel like starting the next story mission, then go ahead and do something else for a while. There are a few places where the next bit starts as soon as you launch, but that's mostly in the later part of the game.

Email tells me to go to a certain location to loot so I go there and I scan the transports and there is nothing on them.

I did find one with batteries but the transport didn't off load them when I shot at it and if I did shoot it,it would have blown up along with the cargo.

Prefer a story based game myself.

Just doing nothing atm.

The game wants me to loot but I can't find any loot.


Game developers obviously didn't want to sell any copies of their game because it's so bloody hard.

I find utils ,then a barrage of ships chase me and I'm killed after about a minute.

Gamies are supposed to be fun.

You reallly need to not have a real life to play this game.

Time is way too short for that.

If we all lived to 1000 ,I would invest in the 4 hours a day,every day it takes to master flying these ships without getting shot down.

For me,Darkstar One is infinitely more enjoyable.


i know it's not "hardcore" but anything I do hardcore has to have some real money reward behind it or something more substantial like learning a musical instrument,career not a bloody game.

LOL,there is only one pace in this game and that is EXTREMELY HARD.
I've got I-WAR 1 here as well and that is supposed to be harder.


Bloody intellectually racist games.

Then play something else. This is the game and it's not going to change just because you struggle with the gameplay.

If you still want to satisfy an itch for space combat, you could also try the Freespace series (tons of mods available) and the Wing Commander series.

Not sure what else to tell you.

...except that you, Smasha, are most probably not too stupid but too lazy. Sure, it takes some time to get into both games, but if you can muster the will, you should be able to get into it. That you haven't managed that and obviously didn't watch any YouTube Let's Plays is quite telling, if I can say so.

To be honest, when I bought Darkstar One, I really wanted to like it, but I found it too shallow. If that game was right up your alley, Independence War is not for you. Period.

Ok I'm finally getting into it.

I found a place to pirate and finally have gotten over the sandbox missions and starting to get the feel of the physics which I must admit are amazing for a space sim this old.

Sorry for my endless rants.

I overstepped my mark.
Sorry.

No you didn't overstep anything - youre perfectly in you rights to rage about how bullshit some of this bullshit really is - and not be put off by the easily offended Sheldons around here if they start giving you a hard time.