Freespace 2 (PC)

Following on from Descent and Freespace 1, Freespace 2 continues the complicated story. It is set 32 years after The Great War, Earth has been cut off from the rest of the universe, and humanity and their allies have begun rebuilding their civilisations. The GTVA, is faced with a threat from a group of extremist's, wanting the destruction of the alliance between Humans and Vasudans. Then the discovery of a sub-space portal leading to an unknown Nebula once more re-ignites the Shivan threat, starting another conflict. It is much the same as all the other space combat simulators. You are cast in the role of a pilot who pilots a vast array of ships through ...

This has to be the best space based shooter on the market. Fast, action packed gameplay. Carrying on from where Freespace left off, you are part of the GTVA taking on the Shivans yet again. If you though the Lucifer from Freespace looked big and impressive, you should check out the capital ships in this game. There are a good range of player craft each with excellent weaponary. You can change the weaponry set up on your craft, however I generally found myself sticking to the default load out and ships. This game has an intriguing story line that makes you want to complete the next mission to find out what happens next. Although the game is generally linear ...

Wow... I just got hold of this from Mark a friend of mine. He left it with me for a couple of days he borrowed X beyond the frontier (he is not getting freespace back. Installation was a dream I had no problems and running the game in 1024 * 768 with a 32bit graphics card awesome. Sound supporting A3d cool in game it is very playable the graphics have to be see to be believed. At the moment after about six missions I have had no experience of slowwdown bu I have had a couple of crashes. On checking the site there is a patch to solve this problem so get that and away you go. The training missions are very good taking you through all the ...