Any good space sims?

Freelancer modded with the Rebalance mod roxors my boxors sideways. It is only a second to Freespace 2.
 
X3, I'd say.

Great graphics, excellent gameply, and incredibly addictive. The main drawbacks are that it has a very steep learning curve, and that it will eat up hundreds of hours of your time :)

It's a much larger and more varied game than the x-wing series though, which was based almost soley around combat. X3 has a large strategy component to it.
 
Errr X3.... hmmm.. bought it, tried it for 3-4 hours, gave up in frustration as i had o idea what the heck i was doing... Makes EVE look simple!

Jumpgate i tried ages a go, was fun but a bit limited with the up and down bit. Freespace and I-War i have not tried, will go try them tomorrow. Are they still for sale.

As for space force, not seen that either lol... do you have to buy the game+ add on's for it, or is therea box set worth looking at?

ColiN
 
colinuk said:
Errr X3.... hmmm.. bought it, tried it for 3-4 hours, gave up in frustration as i had o idea what the heck i was doing... Makes EVE look simple! ColiN
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You got further than me then :p I didn't even get past the tutorial before I got annoyed!
 
X3 is great, visually pretty stunning. Freelancer, extremely old but extremely good fun with high replay value. Jumpgate is coming out soon, also worth a look.
 
Freespace 2 is probably the daddy of space combat games, even though my heart belongs to the X-Wing and Tie Fighter series.

Kainz said:
You got further than me then :p I didn't even get past the tutorial before I got annoyed!
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I had that problem with X2 and nearly fell in to the same trap with X3. But with nothing better to play at the time I persevered and discovered a fine game hidden beneath all the initial complexity and shoddy presentation.
 
Washout said:
Another vote for I-War and I-war2 edge of choas.
Control much bigger ships than you do in freespace though.

Great games.
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yep :D Babylon 5 mods (Buda5) for it too, great stuff.

http://mods.firstones.com/buda5/iwar2/index.html

thought it was really atmospheric, great graphics (still hold up today!) good physics model. and a ton of controls all mapped to the joystick :) Yet easy to play, those were the days.
 
IWar 2 was fantastic, played it to death. Would love something along those lines to be released.

X3 is a bit weird, great concept just implemented really badly. The worst part was the zones felt so small, never really seemed like space.
 
Eve online from what i have heard is very immersive, and well worth the monthly fee.
 
Vtec9k said:
X3 is a bit weird, great concept just implemented really badly. The worst part was the zones felt so small, never really seemed like space.
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BINGO! That's my problem with it too. Just feels like interconnecting boxes with a couple of space stations in it, small boxes at that. Never feels like you out there exploring.
 
Vtec9k said:
IWar 2 was fantastic, played it to death. Would love something along those lines to be released.

X3 is a bit weird, great concept just implemented really badly. The worst part was the zones felt so small, never really seemed like space.
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Have to agree I tried X3 again just before the New year and it just dosn't give me any feeling of space.
Even when the ship is moving there seems little sense of movement and as for trying to understand forget it.
I just find it annoying and after about an hour I don't feel as I've achieved anything and I certainly haven't enjoyed it.

Also the problem with all space games is that when you in combat feels as if your in a sphere rotating and rolling trying to target a ship.

I've Played I-War and it was ok but I don't think I got very far with I-war2, the same thing with Freespace played one but never got into Freespace 2.

I also tried Tacyon beyond the fringe and Starlancer but lost interest in the first few minuets.

One game I did play twice all the way through was Hardwar but that was planet based so I don't think counts.

So for me the only real space game I liked was Elite on the C64, it was really odd that a wire frame game with not much going on had so much atmosphere.
I think most games over do the interface and don't make the best use of AI.
Elite also felt huge but still manage to give you the illusion of movement, you also felt that if you kept flying you might find something out there.
 
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