Games in Space.

Morthoseth · 14 Feb 2009 at 16:46

So, i've been watching Battlestar Galactica recently and have the need to play some space related games, the only ones i can think of are X2 and Eve, are there any others which are simply space combat orientated?

Shamikebab · 14 Feb 2009 at 16:49

Freelancer.

Katoom · 14 Feb 2009 at 16:50

There was a similar thread about a week ago. http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17971121&highlight=space+games

HangTime · 14 Feb 2009 at 17:06

This thread is slightly different as he wants 'simply space combat' rather than elements of trading/economy.

Far and away your best option is Freespace 2. It is the best space combat game around, has a very strong storyline and very intuitive controls. Don't be put off by the fact that it is 10 years old; there is a very strong modding community so the game looks excellent when running FSOpen with the latest texture mods etc: http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/board,50.0.html

Freelancer is quite popular and is a good game in it's own right, but in terms of combat, it isn't in remotely the same league as FS2.

I-War 2 is another popular game and features a strong physics model, but the lack of proper mouse support put me off it.

King4aDay · 14 Feb 2009 at 17:10

As Hangtime said, Freespace 2. Nothing even comes close really.

FrenchTart · 14 Feb 2009 at 17:11

Another vote for FreeSpace 2. Absolutely amazing game.

BlizzardX · 14 Feb 2009 at 17:28

I always loved StarLancer. Used to play the campaign in Co-op with my mate via 56K dial-up :eek:

Awesome game! Otherwise, I-War 2 and Freespace 2 is good.

DJ_Switch · 14 Feb 2009 at 17:39

http://www.beyondtheredline.net/

Morthoseth · 14 Feb 2009 at 17:45

Oh SWEET! Good shout!

Kezmo · 14 Feb 2009 at 17:49

Space Pigs.

FrenchTart · 14 Feb 2009 at 17:49

Ah yes, the BSG mod for the FS2 open source engine... It's good but there's not a huge amount of content for it sadly.

DJ_Switch · 14 Feb 2009 at 17:58

Yeah. There's not much to it besides the level and mulitplayer although I'm glad their putting the effort in to get it right. After having a play about with it I'm really looking forward to the full release.

The sooner we get some of this online the better.

Northwind · 14 Feb 2009 at 18:11

Never played it, but X3?

MoratJG · 14 Feb 2009 at 18:19

Another vote for Freespace 2. Epic game. Capital ships going at it with beam weapons, spine-tingling stuff.

KatanaDV20 · 14 Feb 2009 at 18:31

Omg those screenshots are awesome!!!!! I totally didnt know of that game.

Nice 1 DJ_Switch

VaderDSL · 14 Feb 2009 at 18:48

Reinstalling Freespace 2 now

just grabbing the latest vps

DJ_Switch · 14 Feb 2009 at 19:24

For those without Freespace 2 then head here and grab it for free. The improvements made to it bring it far more up to date. Well worth grabbing if you've either not played it or want to revisit it.

http://scp.indiegames.us/downloads.php

FrenchTart · 14 Feb 2009 at 19:33

DJ_Switch said:
For those without Freespace 2 then head here and grab it for free. The improvements made to it bring it far more up to date. Well worth grabbing if you've either not played it or want to revisit it.

http://scp.indiegames.us/downloads.php

I think they've changed the retail files links to a "download from GOG" link unfortunately :/

DJ_Switch · 14 Feb 2009 at 19:40

Yeah. I just decided I'd give it another blast and am having trouble finding the retail files. Didn't notice they didn't have that up anymore.

I'm hoping I've still got it on my other machine. My original cd's look like they've been skated across sandpaper.

VaderDSL · 14 Feb 2009 at 19:53

Bah can't get it working in Windows7, just flickers like crazy or just sits at a black screen, probably an issue with the OGL ATI drivers.