This developer has something to say and I'm all about it. F---ing amazing game. BEAUTIFUL. Highly recommended. Start with #1.
This is the best and most beautiful and touching game I've ever played. The developer is a genius. I will play every game they've ever created. What a gorgeous heart and mind. <3 Thank you.
Buy The Outer Worlds Instead. Bethesda is in a coma. Fallout 4 is a disgrace.
This game is awesome. Buy it. Play it. Love it.
I love Baldur's Gate and Pillars of Eternity. I saw Torment Tides and thought to myself, "This is too weird. What's with all the technology and alien stuff. Where are the elves and all that?" Well I gave it a try... this is unbelievable. I've never been so captivated by another world before. EVERYTHING IS DIFFERENT. If you enjoyed Myst and Riven, you'll love this. If you have an imagination, you'll love this. Holy crap.
I thought that this game would be boring. I was wrong. This is the cutest, coziest, and most fun game ever. You have to try it.
You don't understand. There isn't another game like this. You'll be on the edge of your seat, leaning close to your monitor, you'll be seriously emotionally invested. The game is FUN. I finished it in two days, and it feels more like I was a part of a seriously fucked up interactive 3 hour AAA Hollywood film where my actions had consequences - not silly video game consequences, REAL consequences. You will love this game. Seriously.
Privateer 2: The Darkening is one of my favorite games of all time. REBEL GALAXY OUTLAW is more fun that Privateer 2! I've been trying to scratch this itch for years, trying Star Citizen, Elite Dangerous, looked at X4 and many others. This is it! If you love role playing, immersion, simple old-school gameplay without a 400 page control manual, this is the game for you. The space combat is more visceral and enjoyable than P2, the AI is better, it's faster, more intelligent, and the radio music gets your blood pumping. God damn this game is fun. Looking for jobs, getting credits, upgrading your ship, transport, damn it's ALL better, and bad ass to boot. In P2, it was Ser Lev Arris that was the badass and you filled in the gaps in tiny little portions in space. In this game, YOU'RE the badass. F-ing awesome. This game kills on keyboard and mouse. It just takes some customization. Use my setup, seriously try it out! If you have a full sized keyboard and mouse with two left side buttons, you're good to go. ==KEYMAPPING== boosters TAB steer left A steer right D roll left Q roll right E roll modifier SPACE throttle up/context ALT secondary throttle up SCROLL MOUSE WHEEL UP secondary throttle down SCROLL MOUSE WHEEL DOWN secondary weapon RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON command menu CTRL cycle mfd/secondary context KEY ABOVE TAB lock target FORWARD MOST SIDE MOUSE BUTTON target nearest hostile BACK MOST SIDE MOUSE BUTTON cycle next target W cycle previous target S scan area MIDDLE MOUES CLICK ==SETTING= all axis flips NO =MOUSE= VIRTUAL STICK RETICLE YES 75% 0% NO 25% inflight subtitles NO That's it! Hold down KEY ABOVE TAB to sub-light jump. Press ALT to drop out (for distress beacons for example) Really this is it!
How To Fix The Game: Bugs/Crashes/Etc The GOG version of the game runs through DOSBOX. The DOSBOX version of the game is slow and choppy. The correct way to play the game is by "converting" it into a Windows 95 game. In practice you're just going to download some different Privateer 2 files and replace the existing ones. You'll no longer be running the game through DOSBOX and will get the correct game experience. 1) Install the game. 2) Find, download and extract the following into the game directory: priv2windowspatch.zip 3) Find, download and extract the following into the game directory: p2_patch_test3.zip 4) From now on run the game from: DARKFIX.EXE ---------------- Save files will be stored and loaded from the root of the game directory, not from sub directories. If you have save files you wish to use, move them into the root of the game directory. The save files are named GAME00.IFF - GAME09.IFF. ---------------- You can download the above mentioned files in the link below. The instructions I'm giving you are exactly for the GOG version so you don't have to bother with anything else on the site. www.originalthp.solsector.net/privateer2win95/ ---------------- There's a cool tool to edit your saved games so you can change how many credits you have, your ship, and a number of other things. You can find the tool by searching for: "Privateer 2 Savegame Editor Updated" The file to download is: priv2editorv2.zip ---------------- A note on game difficulty: The difficulty curve is too steep in my opinion. For this reason I give myself the 250,000 credit ship with a full loadout - shield enhancers, afterburner, etc. I also set my credits to 0. It makes the game fun with the difficulty reasonable. ---------------- Tip: While in space, press Alt+o and disable "Flight Model Orientation" to disable inverted mouse control. Who controls games like that?? Enjoy this wonderful game!
