As someone who has played practically all space combat games since the early 80s let me tell you this.. Take the awesome combat mechanics from Xwing add an amazing story ala wing commander and improve on every single point and you have the best space combat game ever made. Yes Freespace 2s combat is awesome, yes privateer adds more freedom but there is no package that feels so utterly polished and enjoyable as Tie Fighter. Get the original imuse midi soundtrack and you quite possibly have one of the best game soundtracks ever made aswell. I played through the game recently again with an Xbox Controller and yes its doable but of course get a good joystick if you can... This is a review of the original CD version i havent played through the GOG version yet.
