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So good I wish they would make another one

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: December 23, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love this game and have played it through a number of times over the years. Not only were the graphics really good for its time, the game play was intense, the story well constructed, music was good, ships were cool, and it had real character. Everything about it was excellent.

I also really liked the mission creator and how you could set up all the ships and events to make a whole scenario. This also allowed various mods to be created including a Babylon 5 mod by some fans after Sierra canceled the B5 fighter game they were making.

It's a shame this genre of game is dead as I would love nothing more than for someone to make a similar game but set in the new Battlestar Galactica universe. Nothing whets my appetite more than thinking of how awesome it would be to launch from BG75 and partake in the missions seen throughout the new series with all the things in the game that made FreeSpace 2 so great.

I am so longing for a game of this type to be made that I might install FreeSpace 2 again and give it a play. I'm sure it will still be good.

If by chance you do happen to come across this game for sale somewhere and are wanting a top-class space fighter experience then grab it because it is well worth it.

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.

A little complicated, but a really great game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

God I have never liked a space shooter as much as Freespace 2. The joystick is excellent when controlling your craft. You have a nice looking set of ships with good graphics to boot. At the time, pre-Doom 3, I thought they were they best graphics known to mankind.

The only problem is, to me anyway, is that the whole "realism" with controlling your space ship is a little too complicated, I mean, if you set the game down for a year and had to pick it back up, you would have to do the tutorial or memorize ALL the controls from the manual.

Anyway, it is a decent game, and if you have a lot of time on your hands, pick it up.

Gaming at its finest

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 16, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I haven't played this game in a while, for two reasons: 1) My computer doesn't have a joystick port, so I can't use my joystick, and 2) I've been too wrapped up in World of Warcraft. One reviewer commented that he wouldn't call it the greatest game ever, and he's right. But I will say that this game, years later, is still one of my absolute favorites. I've been waiting for a space combat sim to come out that's at least half as good as Freespace 2. Unfortunately, they don't really make them much anymore, and those that I've seen don't look nearly as good.

Still great game, but come on, not worth $70-150!!!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: June 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Like so many people reviewing this game, I heard all the raving about this game. I heard some comparisons to the Wing Commander legacy, and at that point, had to get it. I was a huge Wing Command fan back in its day (1989??). But after looking around, was totally discouraged. People asking over a hundred bones for used copies. However, there is a way to get this game for free. I'm not gonna say where to look, but its out there...available in one big file. (Hint: Google Hint: Abandonware) I've been playing it the last couple days, and yeah, its grrrreat, but I'm glad I didnt spend $70 for it. Go find it and maybe the price will drop to a reasonable level.

Are you serious?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: March 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Okay I've had this game for a few years now and still play it on occassion. It is that good of a game.In fact in my opinion its the one flight sim worth playing. But I was looking here on amazon and two seller's were selling Freespace 2 for 149.00! Yeah it's a good game but is it that good. do people really pay that much for this game? If they do, or you are reading this and are interesting in buying it I have a copy that I can part with for a price and it won't be 150 bucks (100 sounds good). Contactme if you are interested

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.

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.

Wonderful Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: November 23, 2003
Author: Amazon User

It is a great game I would recommend it to everyone.

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.

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