Freespace 2

This is the best space combat game I've ever had the joy of playing, and with the Source Code Project you can get this looking like a modern game quite easily. First thing you have to know is that this does not use realistic physics, it's more like WW2 dogfighting in space, or what you'd see in Star Wars. The combat feels great, especially with a joystick. Ships aren't too durable, so diving into a pack of fighters is both dangerous and potentially rewarding. Unlike Freespace 1 warships can be very deadly. You do NOT want to be pulled into a dogfight within range of anti-fighter beams. Ships, especially big ships, also make a very satisfying boom when they come apart into chunks of burning metal and pretty shockwaves. The story is also great, constantly building you up just to tear you down again. You'll have moments that make you go "Hell Yeah!" usually followed by an "Oh S***...." moment. Freespace 2 definitely deserved a sequel, but the ending also reinforces the threat of the main villains. They aren't cackling evil aliens threatening you with lame taunts. They never speak to you, and you never really get a grasp on exactly what they want while still being able to hint that they do in fact HAVE motives. They almost seem like a force of nature more than an opposing faction. If you want a space combat game that makes you feel like being part of galactic war, this is something you must try.

Don't read this review..... Undo your wallet... Get your credit card and throw that piece of plastic at the screen as hard as you can. Go buy it....NOW!

Freespace 2 is probably one of the best sci-fi flight simulators to ever be released. Its hours of nonstop fun. I highly recommend it to everyone.

I played Freespace and i loved it. I missed the 2nd part because i had no time back then. Now it is awesome to finally play it. It is so much fun. But i actually just write this because many people say it doesn't work on WINDOWS 7. But it does. I bought it prior to check the compatibility. When i read it while i was downloading i was like "crap". But it runs smooth and stable. No problems at all. Installed and played it. No changes or tweeks needed.

The first game I install on every computer? Freespace 2, with the community support and freespace open installer, I don't think this game will ever get old. I liked the X-Wing series well enough, but nothing has ever felt more right to me in the space sim universe.