Space Games

[CrowDog]

What are some good space games other than the Homeworld series?

 

[n0cmonkey]

Tie Fighter.

Last good one I found atleast.

 

[raystorm]

Freespace 2!!! Its more arcade style than homeworld but its great stuff!

 

[Nohr]

Freelancer was good fun for a while. Oh, and Escape Velocity Nova is really cool for a retro 2D style game.

 

[Modeps]

Another vote for Freelancer, I lost a lot of hours in that game. Some people would also say EVE online is also really good.

 

[ponyo]

Xwing Alliance

 

[styrafoam]

Starlancer, Tachyon: the Fringe(Bruce Campell does the voice work in this one)-both sims, Starfleet Command series(strategy), Bridge Commander(sim), Mechwarrior 4(sim/action) and Mechcommander 2(rts), Startopia(kinda like dungeon keeper with a sci fi setting) Conquest: Frontier Wars(cookie cutter space ship rts, but the ship designs are pretty cool), Independence War 2(hardcore space sim, but excellent). All of these are at least 2 years old, but most can be picked up in the $10 section of Best Buy or WalMart.

 

[Zap Brannigan]

Space Invaders

 

[randumb]

Freelancer demo was fun

 

[datalink7]

Freespace 2 = Best space simulation to date. In fact (though I haven't played it in a little while), I think it would probably still have acceptable graphics. They were mind blowing when it came out.

 

[ramj70]

Galactic Civilizations, Space Empires IV and an oldy but goody Master of Orion 2, stay awas from MOO 3 though.

 

[murban135]

Freelancer
Independence War II

 

[CrackRabbit]

Freespace and Freespace 2, X-Wing Alliance. And if you want some nostalgia Wing Commander 1-3, X-Wing and Tie Fighter.
Dont bother with Tachyon, It blew. Horribly.

 

[jjungman]

Does anyone know a good place to purchase Freespace 2? It seems to be mighty hard to find.....

 

[lozina]

Originally posted by: murban135
Independence War II

this one was a gem... I have yet to find a game that has a physics engine as convincingly realistic as this one. I just wish the game had more content for my open-ended play style.

 

[Malak]

Originally posted by: jjungman
Does anyone know a good place to purchase Freespace 2? It seems to be mighty hard to find.....

I've never even seen it ever. I own freespace 1 and the expansion, loved it, wanted freespace 2, never seen it. Everyone tells me it's better than the first, and the first is like the best space sim I've ever played.

 

[MegaWorks]

Alpha Centauri
Galactic Civilizations
Master of Orion 2
Star Trek Starfleet Command III
Tie Fighter
X-Wing

 

[BlueWeasel]

<-- Waits for Czar and his daily Eve Online recommendation

 

[flashbacck]

I thought I heard someone was remaking the textures and models on Freespace2 to update the graphics. But I was unable to turn up anything on google. Anyway, if you do find it, be sure to try out the Babylon 5 mod

http://www.3dactionplanet.com/...ed/babylon/index.shtml

 

[Danzilla]

Ever try allegiance? multiplayer team game developed by MS. Did well for a while by MS. They stopped supporting it and the pay severs were shutdown. Now it's maintained by enthusiasts and is still one of the best un-appreciated space games around. Some people have problems with the team investor/commader who can boot anyone that doesn't listen, but it's not used often.
Just go to:
http://www.freeallegiance.org/login.shtml

and click on PLAY on the top bar. That will get you started. While it is free, due to cheats and whatnot, you do have to register and login is required to play. It's well worth it, if you've never tried, or even if it's been a while. Like most games five years old, it's not up to todays standard. That being said, it was amazing at the time and still looks pretty darn good.

Danzilla.

 

[styrafoam]

Originally posted by: malak

Originally posted by: jjungman
Does anyone know a good place to purchase Freespace 2? It seems to be mighty hard to find.....

I've never even seen it ever. I own freespace 1 and the expansion, loved it, wanted freespace 2, never seen it. Everyone tells me it's better than the first, and the first is like the best space sim I've ever played.

If you ever see it in some backwater game store be sure and buy it, it goes for around $100 on Ebay. You may be able to find it on some of the abandonware sites, it was on Underdogs but it looks like its gone now.

edit: NM its still there, just under the action catagory. All of the 'extra' stuff has been ripped, and the music, cut scenes, and voice where a huge part of the game

 

[styrafoam]

Originally posted by: flashbacck
I thought I heard someone was remaking the textures and models on Freespace2 to update the graphics. But I was unable to turn up anything on google. Anyway, if you do find it, be sure to try out the Babylon 5 mod

http://www.3dactionplanet.com/...ed/babylon/index.shtml

Try this one too, you dont need Freespace 2 to play. Text

 

[DCrew1X]

All time favorite: crystal Crazy...now if only somebody can port this apple/mac game to windows PC...sigh

 

[flashbacck]

Originally posted by: flashbacck
I thought I heard someone was remaking the textures and models on Freespace2 to update the graphics. But I was unable to turn up anything on google. Anyway, if you do find it, be sure to try out the Babylon 5 mod

http://www.3dactionplanet.com/...ed/babylon/index.shtml

Here's a post in Hot Deals that is relevant

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=40&threadid=1499338&enterthread=y

 

[Jedibus]

Another vote for Freelancer. Haven't tried the others.