Flight Space Sims

[Toimu]

I've never played any of these, just wanted to know what you all think of them.

[ObnoxiousFrog]

If you can find Freespace 2, I suggest that. However, Freelancer is also a load of fun and a better diversion in the long run thanks to the fact that following the main story you can just go around killing and looting at will. But FS2 really has a superior main story and main story missions, as well as the biggest capital ship models I've ever seen.

[Mango]

Old school tie fighter is the best!

[JetRaiden]

freelancer I guess. Ive never really been a fan of the genre.

[jsloan31]

Loved Freelancer, but it got repetitive after a while.

Still voted for it, though :p.

[Ivan]

Loved Freelancer, but it got repetitive after a while.

Still voted for it, though :p.
:stupid: :nod:

[Lartnev]

I have X2, it's slow going though. Didn't like Freelance though. Loved the Freespace 2 demo but never got the game for some reason... might have to find it on budget.

[Squeeky]

I played EVE, and Earth and Beyond. Both sucked :lol:

[Toimu]

I played EVE, and Earth and Beyond. Both sucked :lol:

I was in OEC in Jumpgate. They disbanded and most went to Eve. I said F that, went PS Beta, then Iraq.

[Ivan]

I was in OEC in Jumpgate. They disbanded and most went to Eve. I said F that, went PS Beta, then Iraq.
And it's good to hear from ya.

[Jaged]

I have freespace 2. Never played it. After seeing a pic of the disk in ebay I remembered I had it. Space sims are the best kind of game. I will have to play through that game sometime.

[Infernus]

Freelancer is the most recent one I played so I'll vote for that...

The Battle Cruiser/Universal Combat series is good if you like reading... I have Battlecruiser Millenium and I can't figure the damn thing out...

[Sputty]

Bah, voted for Freelancer by accident, meant to vote for Freespace.
X2 sucks, horrible controls.

[Squeeky]

I was in OEC in Jumpgate. They disbanded and most went to Eve. I said F that, went PS Beta, then Iraq.

You're still alive! Kill a Hadji for me :love:

[AztecWarrior]

Freelancer OWNS. Skill-based, awesome universe, exploration is half the fun, et cetera. The only thing near it was Tachyon: The Fringe (absent from this poll.)

[Infernus]

I liked Freelancer playing as a corsair pirate... they have a load of systems for themselves...

[Everay]

ok, Freelancer 2, is a long game, good game too, though i found it annoying most of the time my wingmen were all dead by the end of the mission, and on one very important mission against a enemy cap ship, it ended up at one point being me, freindly big cap ship, and enemy big cap ship, unrealistic in that persepective, but the missions, are hella fucking fun, if you ever played StarLancer, the game before Freelancer and enjoyed it, youll love Freespace 2, because they are identical in all but story, and ships, though some of the weapons were similar.

Starwars, now, if your looking for a graphical game in the starwars line, the closest thing to is Xwing Alliance, sure, Tie fighter is fun and all, but i dont think i can run it anymore due to my computer being so advanced, so the only two options are Xwing vs Tiefighter or Xwing alliance, pick both up, they both rock, graphics dont really matter though, theyre acceptable to me

Freelancer, is okay, but youll only be getting about 20 hours of gameplay, then about 10 more while you get bored with it, because after the storyline, there is nothing to keep you in that game unless you like flying around, completing identical missions, killing off bandits that attack you for no reason besides that your faction standing is off with them and hunting for items. the first game in this series that i mentioned above, is loosely connected to it, infact, all they chare in common is that the freelancer intro mentions a war about 800 years ago, thats the one you fight in in StarLancer, now starlancer, i played about a dozen times on the Dreamcast, that game, fucking rocked, nuff said.

as for universal combat and battlecruiser, let me put it to you like this, those games, were made by a infamous developer by the name of Derek Smart, now smart has made 12 games or so over 14 years, all of this battle cruiser games are practicaly identical, and attempt to be the jack of all trades, but they fall extremly short in mastering any, ground combat blows and is extremly boring, air combat feels off and is a bitch to do, sea combat i didnt get to try, fighter space craft combat leaves you with the tactical awareness of a blind misquito, and capital ship combat feels like your flying a fighter, minus the misquito part. all in all, it sucks.

AND that sorry sack of shit, which he is, but ill admit, those that argue hes a okay guy do have their points, but im talking from a gamer stand point, not a inperson standpoint, is trying to get his hands on freespace 3, and has said, does not and will not, listen to the input of his consumer base, IE the hard core Freespace people.

[martyr]

hfs tie fighter collectors cd

[Onizuka]

I played EVE, and Earth and Beyond. Both sucked :lol:

.

[Dharkbayne]

EVE and EnB aren't space sims, they're RPGs.


Xwing VS Tie rocks, it's old, but fucking FUN,

X2 is also fun

Freelancer is pretty good too, just gets boring after the campaign, since there's no motivation to get anything, since you have one of the best ships in the game, have been almost everywhere, and all the "missions" after the campaign are the same (take cargo to place, kill/capture fugitive, that's about it) etc.

[MattxMosh]

MICROSOFT SPACE SIMULATOR

That game was freaking awesome.

[Derfud]

I liked X2 and Freelancer. There were elements of each game I didnt like, and elements I loved. If only they could combine the economic coolness, ability to buy and fly battleships, space stations and anything you wanted from X2, with the ease of control, the people that actually look like people, and the cool atmosphere of freelancer.

[WritheNC]

Freespace 2 was the shit. If you can get it and play it, do it. I'd love to see Volition do a Freespace 3 or sell its rights to another quality company because I want to know what happens with the rest of the war against the Shivans.

As for Derek Smart, he IS shit. He has made so many promises and talked up so much bullshit hype and kept the gaming industry hypnotized by his crap.

If he ever got his hands on the rights to do Freespace 3 I would put a bullet in his head because he'd screw up an awesome series.

[JetRaiden]

I dont really play space sims, but I had alot of fun on Mission Space, if that counts for anything. :doh:

[Everay]

just get all the ones i mentioned, all together should cost you 20 bucks, since none are above the cost of 6 bucks. but skip battleship whatever.

[Infernus]

I dont really play space sims, but I had alot of fun on Mission Space, if that counts for anything. :doh:

Ground Control: "Commander! Trigger first stage seperation!"
Me: "Huh? What?"

[JetRaiden]

Ground Control: "Commander! Trigger first stage seperation!"
Me: "Huh? What?"

:lol: /me looks back

Elana whimpering like a little girl = priceless

Ground Control "Get ready team! We're about to slingshot around the moon for a gravity boost!"

Elana "*sob* Oh..oh no please...NOO......AHHHHHHHHH!"

[Infernus]

:lol: /me looks back

Elana whimpering like a little girl = priceless

Ground Control "Get ready team! We're about to slingshot around the moon for a gravity boost!"

Elana "*sob* Oh..oh no please...NOO......AHHHHHHHHH!"

*Gravity presses us against the back of the module*\

*Frigidus giggles
Elana: Fuck no
Infernus: AHHHAHAHAHAAHAHA
JetRaiden: ^

[Indecisive]

"Launch in 3..2...1..."

Pod: YEAHHHHH WOOho...
*gravity kicks in*
Pod: whooooa. hfs

[ObnoxiousFrog]

The Manticore from the Freespace games was awesome.

[Morbeth]

X2 isn't bad. I'm playing it right now. Just that it eats
up a lot of resources in heavy space battles. I'm playing
it on my Alienware Laptop that I also play PS on the road
with, and it stutters it's way through any combat with
more than 20 or so ships in the same area.

I haven't tried it on my desktop yet, because I haven't
set it back up from when I went to Korea for a few weeks.

[Electrofreak]

Best. Game. Ever.

Freespace 2. Best Space sim I've ever played, and I've played a bunch. Freespace 1 was awesome too. Hell the source code for that game is free now (company went out of business I think), no doubt you can get it off the internet somewhere.

[Incompetent]

Freespace 2 fucking owned, tie fighter was awesome too (cd broke on me though, /sad), but freespace 2 was better.

[JakeLogan]

Best. Game. Ever.

Freespace 2. Best Space sim I've ever played, and I've played a bunch. Freespace 1 was awesome too. Hell the source code for that game is free now (company went out of business I think), no doubt you can get it off the internet somewhere.
I don't think Volition went under.



EDIT:I'm waiting for a new MMO Space flight game. I think I've played JumpGate out. Right now Vendetta On-line looks to be the best. Even though I'v4e heard the game has a strafing command which quite hnestly is gonna suck. It's gonna be whoever moves the most random direction will win the dog fight.

[Electrofreak]

Well, I know they gave up on the Freespace series (a real pity, I signed a petition for a Freespace 3) so maybe that is why.

I've read the source code for Freespace 2, and I have to say as a budding programmer, it is amazing.