Forum Overview :: Rants :: Re: You left out Freespace 2

[quote name="FABIO"][quote name="Ice Cream Jonsey"]I just went searching for reviews on it, and can only barely determine its genre. I take it that it is mission based, ala Wing Commander? Sell me on this, if you could please, MM. I'll head right over across the street to the EB, I just need an excuse. What do you mean, exactly, when you say up there that it creates the experience you've been wanting in video games? I get really intrigued when one of us pronounces a game as their favorite or the best ever, because there's a lifetime of sitting down with crap that makes such a statement valuable. the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey! [/quote] It's the closest thing yet to recreating a Babylon 5 space battle on your PC, and more largescale fights than any space sim other than Independence War. Capital ships from both sides form battle lines on opposing ends with you and the other fighters in the middle dodging enemy ships and trying to get a crack at the bombers and inctercepting their torpedoes. You'll hear capital ship beam weapons power up to fire right before one of the massive things blows right past your canopy on its way to melt an enemy bridge with the shockwave sending your small craft spinning out of control into a withering field of flak fire that rattles your cockpit (does this game support force feedback? I'll have to invest in a new joystick if it does). Admist all the chaos and flashing warning lights on your display your usually stoic commander will radio you saying "look, I know things are a bit rough out there and you're doing you're best, but JESUS CHRIST WE'RE GETTING OUR ASSES KICKED HERE! KILL MORE STUFF!". [/quote]