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Probably the greatest space sime EVER!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: December 04, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When I got this game bundled with my joystick, I wasn't thinking very highly of it. Heck, most bundled games aren't very good. But once I popped it into my CD-ROM drive, this game was absolutely STUNNING. Unfortunately, like most sci-fi PC games, they don't sell well. The game has been out of print since 2000. To get to the point: the graphics are very smooth and crisp for a game in 1998. In fact, they're what you would find standard on any other high-end space sim today. The game only requires 2 MB of video RAM, which is rather low. But I assume that is only with the default 640x480 resolution. If you have a least and 8MB video card, tune up the resolution to 1024x768. You'll be glad you did. The default resolution doesn't show off the game's true glamour. With a higher resolution, you have much finer detail, which leads to much more enjoyable performance. I was amazed at how smoothly the game ran at higher resolutions. To put it short, it's like playing in a Star Wars movie--but with tons of radical ships: carriers, cruisers, destroyers...the list goes on and on. You'll find yourself easily dwarfed in a little cramped up fighter. Don't get discouraged though, the difficulty is reasonable. Wingman actually DO SOMETHING in this game, rather than just fly around shooting at fighters and missing, leaving you to do all the work. The wingmen are very intelligent in this game. After turning up the resolution, the weapons on some of the ships will leave you in awe. Beam weapons looking much like the Death Star superlaser (but about half as deadly) will be flying left and right from capital ships as they slice each other apart. There are anti-fighter beams, like their bigger counterparts although they are much weaker and fire faster; for the purpose of making you spin in smoke to your death. This game is not only a space-sim action game. It requires strategy to maximize the effectiveness of your wingmen and thinking of where to go next. Also, the storyline won't keep you sitting back in your seat drooling of boredom. There are NO animated cutscenes that take forever to load, they are all incorporated into the game. Although there are pictures of a person talking during a communication, that's about all you'll find that gets close to cutscenes. It's this balance of action, graphics, storyline, strategy, and vessel and weapon design which makes Freespace 2 unique from other less successful space sims. The requirements can be fullfilled by any modern computer (any PC a year old and younger). You'll need a joystick to get the full control of the game, preferrably a force-feedback one since this game adds more realism with force-feedback support. BUY THIS GAME if you are an action or sci-fi fan! You may have to do some looking around for a good deal since it's out of print, but believe me, it'll be worth it.

Absolutely Incredible

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 25, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I just got a hankering to re-install this game. Freelancer got a little stale for me and Tachyon didn't have enough to keep me playing after I beat it. So after more than two years of not playing this game, I am finding it to be incredible. The graphics are crisp, sound is incredible, controls incredibly responsive, gameplay complex enough for me, and storyline is pretty darn deep (especially for a game of this type). Plus... the game can pretty much go on forever with the FRED2 editor and there are VAST numbers of community created mods, featuring both sorte missions and full length campaigns.

Great game, I just wish I had gotten it sooner

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is definately the best space flight game out there. It has great graphics and controls, along with an interesting storyline. The battles are intense and sometimes I find myself wondering how I got through a certain level. The only disappointment I have with this game is that you can't play online. You can still play on LAN's and stuff like that but ever since Volition gave up Freespace, you can't play online in tournaments or against players around the US. Don't listen to the complaints people have about prices. This game is incredibly hard to find at stores now and even if you do find it, (...). A must play game for all flight enthusiests, you won't be disappointed.

The MOST underrated game out there...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: February 26, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This game not only beats XvT by several leaps and bounds, but it is VERY attractive to the MOD community. Most exciting of the universe. Volition has done it again. I only wish more people knew about this game.

FREESPACE 2 IS THE BEST PC GAME EVER!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 20, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I promise you if you get this game you will not be disappointed. By far, it is the best game ever made! Volition not only hit the mark with this one, they blew-up the target. The graphics, story line, sound, and game play are beyond compare. I could never praise this game enough.

Best Space Sim Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 25, 2003
Author: Amazon User

While there arn't all that many space sim games worth playing anymore, or any new ones being made(that I know of), This is the best one that exists, period. Although I've played almost all the others worth playing (except freelancer) this one remains the best. Although now that its garphics are dated and it doesn't really offer anything new to to the genre, it more importantly doesn't add anything bad either.
The missions are well thought out and more diverse than other games. The ship selection is awesome, more than 20 ships, about 40 distictly different weapons, and great weapon effects. The ships are modeled very nicely, even by todays standards. The story is fast paced and by itself gives you reason to want to keep playing clear through the night (no joke). The capital ships are HUGE, the largest one being about 15,000 times the size of your fighter! The action is intense and NEVER gets boring or repeditive, the voice acting is great, the mission designer is relatively simple, the cutscenes are beautiful, and the only problem with this game is that there's no expansion pack for it with more missions to play (the campaing gets boring after the 3rd or 4th tome through). In my opinion the game's worth whaterver you have to pay for it, ... for a 3 year old game would be worth it, don't hessitate to get it.

One of the BEST simulator game EVER MADE!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: March 02, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This space-sim is AWESOME!About 30 years after the first Great War and new one is about to happen.The Galactic Terran fleet has been cut off from Earth.The Vasudans have allied with the GT and formed the Galactic Teran-Vasudan Alliance.The huge nebula that was created in the first game holds many dangers.The Shivans,a very mysterious and destructive race,are invading GTVA space to find out what happend to their scouting party you destroyed in the first Great War.The sinister plot unvolds as you battle deeper into the game.And with an amazing ending you never saw coming!This game has your adrenaline pumping through your vains at the time you've arrived at the final chapter!And with great music to pump it up even more!At true SF masterpiece which is actualy more of an action then a simulator game in my opinion.Sims don't get better than this! (With the exception of FreeSpace 3 =)

The best PC game I've ever played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

When I first got this game, I didn't know what to expect. After playing through the single-player campaign, I was blown away.

The missions, the ships, the dogfights, the graphics, the storyline, everything is top notch. I would have to also say that this game is underrated.

For all you FS1 people who have no clue about this one, it takes place 32 years after the Lucifer was destroyed and the Sol jump node collapsed, isolating Earth from the Terran civilization. The GTVA has been formed, unifying the Terrans and Vasudans. Suddenly, the Neo Terran Front, a rebel force led by renegade Admiral Bosch, starts a war with the GTVA over the Vasudan alliance. Not only that, the Shivans are back, but the Terrans and Vasudans have advanced greatly technologically in 32 years, and are ready to fight them this time around. Also, we find out why Bosch has rebelled against his people, and it involves the Shivans. As the story unfolds, his agenda becomes clear, and could have serious consequences for the galaxy.

nice game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 8
Date: June 10, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have the demo and it is a good game it has the best graficks ever and i am trying to buy the ful verision but it is to darn expensive if you are rich buy this game!

Good but not perfect

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Freespace 2 has a lot going for it. It's a model space flight simulation. You spend almost all your time flying and fighting with great controls, there's good AI both for enemies and your wing, graphics and sound are very good also. Additionally there's good multi-tiered story although part of it remains unresolved at the end. Some of the briefings that advance the story, introduce new weapons and review mission objectives can drag a little too long.

But as I finish the single player campaign what sticks in my mind isn't the good above but the disappointments. Most of the game takes place in a large nebula. Multi-colored 'gas' and lens flare effects fill the screen, the result feeling like playing with a large flashlight in your eyes. It doesn't improve the gameplay it just irritating. Most missions are the straight 'kill everything' type. Other missions seem designed to frustrate you. For example one mission requires you to fly a series of waypoints that are basically in a straight line. The catch is you can't see the next way point from your current one so if you waver off course you become hopelessly lost and have to start over. Finally a handful of missions are usually difficult, pitting you solo against a large number of enemies or timed with unclear objectives.

Apart from a badly-scratched install disc I had no trouble running the game in Windows 98. Nothing I tried would get the game to install in Windows 2000.

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