Space sim with a story ^^

[Wasabi]

Any good story-based space sim around?

Haven't played one since X-Wing Alliance (which I loved).

Happy for action/strategy/whatever so long as it has a decent story and game mechanics.

 

[Mike_H]

Tried Freelancer or Freespace 2?

They're both rather old now but should be easy to find.

 

[Alpherah]

freespace 2 was an epic title tbh!

 

[MagicBoy]

Wing Commander II

 

[fergie128]

X3 is awesome.

 

[mysticsniper]

Freelancer gets my vote every time

 

[agnes]

X3 is awesome.

if you have the patience to sit down for a weekend and study its mechanics lol

ags

 

[Houd]

Homeworld and Homeworld 2 were pretty good if you're after an RTS. Not exactly renowned for their plots but there's a story of sorts and the gameplay is great.

 

[XPE]

Freelancer

 

[uknowist]

What was the last big space sim? they dont seem to make any anymore do they..?

 

[BobbyBBB]

Freelancer gets my vote every time

 

[Streeteh]

What was the last big space sim? they dont seem to make any anymore do they..?

X3

As mentioned above, if you want to branch out to RTS games, Homeworld, Homeworld: Cataclysm and Homeworld 2 are brilliant and they all have pretty good story lines. I remember the storyline in cataclysm actually disturbing me which is amazing for a RTS.

 

[ACESHIGH]

A game i enjoyed was: Spaceforce: Rogue Universe


http://au.gamespot.com/pc/sim/spaceforce2/index.html

 

[Streeteh]

A game i enjoyed was: Spaceforce: Rogue Universe


http://au.gamespot.com/pc/sim/spaceforce2/index.html

That actually looks really cool, deffo gonna take a look, there's no way it could be more complicated than X3

 

[Pottsey]

Spaceforce: Rogue Universe is fun but it was very buggy, most people have to cheat to collect the main quest items. Read its forums before buying. It was one of the worst coded games I every played. Its bad enough with the patch, dont even try playing without patch 1.2

EDIT: I really liked Spaceforce captains but it was somehow more buggy then Spaceforce: Rogue Universe http://www.sfcaptains.com/mLinks.aspx

 

[x1m]

I-War 2. Also perhaps Darkstar One, but I've never played that so can't comment on it.

 

[Dano]

I have I-War 2 sat on the shelf here, I have never been able to get past the first combat mission in it as I just suck so badly and the thought of having to go through all those darn cutscenes again just to get there makes me sad

 

[HummuH1]

That actually looks really cool, deffo gonna take a look, there's no way it could be more complicated than X3

X3's hardly complicated, but the interface is quite in depth. Bset space sim IMO particularly with the community mods and addons.

There's a new version out within the next few months I think X3: Terran Conflict.

 

[Surfer]

I have I-War 2 sat on the shelf here, I have never been able to get past the first combat mission in it as I just suck so badly and the thought of having to go through all those darn cutscenes again just to get there makes me sad

Sell it? You realise that some old games will fetch a bit more money than usual nowadays.

 

[V1N]

and before Freelancer, I loved playing Starlancer.

*sigh* I really miss the old space combat games, such as Starlancer and Wing Commander.

The newer ones to come out have all the trading stuff etc on, which I'm just not interested in.

I'd love another Wing Commander title, focused on the combat, and no trading parts at all.

Vin.

EDIT: I still have my Starlancer and Freespace 2 sat here on a shelf. I wonder if I could get them to run in Vista.... mind you, I don't have my big Sidewinder Force Feedback joystick any more, which I used to use for the Space Combat games.... playing with a mouse, like in Freelancer, just isn't the same.