This is one of those games that was released before it was truly ready. There are bugs, memory leaks and other problems. It is also a very, very unique game, letting you command a massive ship, which feels massive to control. The Star Trek setting is just a juicy cherry on top. I would recommend this game with one big disclaimer. You may, or may not run into issues trying to run this. Getting this to run in Widescreen Resolutions can potentially be a chore. Modding Multiplayer and Single Player are also quite different, while carrying risks of their own. The game will crash, that is almost a guarantee if you attempt to play through it. So save often and be prepared to close and restart the game every few hours. Please do not knock on GOG with these issues. They sometimes can and do fix game compatibility issues, however this particular gem of a game also happens to be a broken gem of a game, and I strongly doubt there's anything GOG can do that the community hasn't already tried in the last 15+ years.
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.
