Freespace 2

A sensible space combat sim is almost dead genre today. Even if it wasn't it would be very hard to match greatness of Freespace. Good missions, choice of fighter and equipment, decent AI on wingmen and enemies - it's all here. With upgraded graphics and engine (hard-light.net) it's great again. The only bad thing is craptacular mouse handling and not so great handling of cheap joysticks.

10 Years ago there was a genre of games that was quite popular amongst us gamers. The Space Sims were plentiful and we had a veritable pantheon of great games to choose from. The days of Tie Fighter, X-Wing and Privateer are held dearly in my heart. Volition, the developers of Descent broke new ground with their hit title Descent: Freespace. Freespace gave us great graphics, great performance and some fantastic gameplay. The game sold rather well and Volition emmidiately started work on a sequel. It wasn't long until Freespace 2 came out. Freespace 2 improved every aspect of the first game right down to the Multiplayer. Amazing visuals, a great set of ships and weapons and we loved it. Freespace 2 is one of the last games of a dying genre to be released. With community support Freespace 2 still holds up today as a fantastic game. Get this game, download FS2Open and enjoy one of the best there is.

When I was about 12, my friend showed me a game called freespace. It kicked butt and I was immediately engulfed into the story. A few years later we found out that a true sequal had been made. But for which ever reason, the game was nearly imposable to purchase at a store. Thanks to GoG now I can finally finish what I started so long ago. But enuf about that. This game is a great title and I would recommend it to anyone. Beautiful explotions, challenging missions, a heart griping story, and easy pickup and play controls make this simple the best space flight sim, ever.

That's My Review

Really, pretty much everything you could ask for from a space simulation game (except for multiple endings). I originally bought the game almost a decade ago, when it first came out, and finding it again on this site, decided to buy it again (my original CDs long ago scratched beyond all repair). Actually, what really drove me to purchase the game was the FreeSpace Open project (hard-light.net), which expands upon the original game to make it something, well, extraordinary. Perhaps my rating reflects the original game + FSO, but as FSO is freely available, it still seems appropriate. I don't know what else to say about this game beyond, "great." I'm one for combat-flight-sims, I enjoyed my Rogue Squadron (though this game is infinitely less impossible, with difficulty levels!), but the depth into which the game draws you into its universe is incredible (or maybe I'm just trying to say it's engrossing)... I've lost many weekends to this game in the past, and look forward to losing many more!