Where's all the good space games?

Windle · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:24

I miss things like Homeworld 1 & 2, X3 etc. Where the hell are the rebooted/similar games to these? There's been a total lack of anything decent in this genre in the last couple of years

Anyone with me on pining for a real good space strategy with up to date graphics?

Have there been any hidden gems I've missed in the last couple of years?

tidusjar · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:25

Free Lancer?

King4aDay · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:28

I would give my left nut for FreeSpace 3.

West · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:33

Sins of a Solar Empire is a good bet

Judgeneo · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:35

West said:
Sins of a Solar Empire is a good bet

Great game, but a steep learning curve and games can last for 10s of hours.

If you've got the time to invest, this is a brilliant choice

gothic_hobbit · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:35

They should bring back Wing Commander !

andicole0 · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:40

gothic_hobbit said:
They should bring back Wing Commander !

Woo hoo! Yes.

Andi.

HW91 · 16 Jul 2011 at 15:43

there's the X32i mod for Crysis 2 but if that ever gets finished it won't be around for another year or 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDYXJFyL1Vs&feature=player_embedded

Windle · 16 Jul 2011 at 17:21

West said:
Sins of a Solar Empire is a good bet

Yeah had that one, it was pretty good. I would LOVE a Homeworld 3, hell even a remade homeworld 2 with modern graphics

badcompany · 16 Jul 2011 at 17:28

Sins is good and terran conflict still looks dam pretty

Torquar · 16 Jul 2011 at 17:54

Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is good if you've not played it yet.

FoxEye · 16 Jul 2011 at 19:26

EV Nova is fun. And old. And 2d.

Breeze · 16 Jul 2011 at 19:32

Torquar said:
Nexus: The Jupiter Incident is good if you've not played it yet.

Excellent game.

Kosmiche · 16 Jul 2011 at 19:43

Played dark orbit for 10 minutes, not enough to get the full overview but it seemed like a ok game.

Its a 2d action mmo game.

Kosmiche · 16 Jul 2011 at 19:44

Also I played black prophecy but found it rubbish.

phil675 · 16 Jul 2011 at 20:57

Another Homeworld game would be fantastic. I actually don't like the first game, much prefer the interface and controls of the second game. Love all the backstory though. If they can somehow carry on the close combat micro of Homeworld but on a larger scale like Sins it would be awesome. Sins just felt like you were throwing hordes of ships at eachother.

PermaBanned · 16 Jul 2011 at 21:05

Windle said:
Yeah had that one, it was pretty good. I would LOVE a Homeworld 3, hell even a remade homeworld 2 with modern graphics

The Homeworld 2 graphics aren't even that bad in my (humble) opinion. Nice of them to make the first one open source, just wish they'd do the same with the second.

Frenzy · 16 Jul 2011 at 21:28

Yeah i wish they made a new homeworld game, homeworld, homeworld cataclysm, homeworld 2 all rocked.
I was so disappointed that sins of a solar empire was multiplayer only as it was the second 4x game the developer made although I cant find any reference to it. I just remember being disappointed

There's

Homeworlds mentioned above
Nexus Jupiter incident as someone mentioned which is about £5 on steam.
Freelancer also already mentioned
Starlancer which i think was the prequel to this but more of a dog fighting space game.
Freespace 1 and 2, very dated now
Haegmonia, another awesome game. This has an expansion called the solon heritage
Iwar (independence war)
Iwar 2
X series, just google x terran conflict for the newest one
Space force rogue universe wasnt too bad imo
star trek armada 2 was good
sword of the stars
AI war which i just bought off steam but yet to try it, tower defence like game in space
Genesis rising which is a pretty terrible game, but if you need your space rts fix then get it ^^

I know it's not a proper space rts but I thought I would add it.
Metal fatigue - Basically its like C&C but with robots, you destroy the enemy and you can take their better components and stick them on your robots. There are three battlefields in play at once. Below ground,surface of the planet and the sky.

Heres a mod for freelancer http://www.bsg-galactica.com/ if you can stand the graphics

OMGZ how did I not know about this
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/freespace_2/
They released teh source code and updated it!!!

Missed out star wars empire at war, supposed to be a good space rts but it is oldish now. I dont really like star wars games apart from knights of the old republic but from the reviews I had to try it

Deadbeat · 16 Jul 2011 at 21:33

King4aDay said:
I would give my left nut for FreeSpace 3.

You are a good person. I like you.

Edit:

Frenzy said:
I was so disappointed that sins of a solar empire was multiplayer only

Are you playing the right game? Sins has great single-player potential.

Yulaw · 16 Jul 2011 at 21:35

Just to add to the list

tachyon the fringe (one of my faves)
Star trek bridge commander
Galactic civ 2