Freespace 2 : Greatest Game of All Time (Gamespot)

Kirby · Post by **Kirby** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 9:39 pm

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6139782/index.html

I guess that's why it costed me 30 bucks on eBay (when it comes to old games, people like to put high maximum bids)

Liquid Fire · Post by **Liquid Fire** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 10:52 pm

Freespace 2 is alot of fun, but does it qualify for greatest game ever?

.....well yeah. It does. At least according to me.

(sorry descent)

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:20 pm

that's not for "the greatest game ever" its for one of the greatest games of all time.

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:21 pm

also, if you look at that site, theyve got like, a billion games on there.

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 11:54 pm

Freespace was so great that I have 4 copies (2 copies of freespace 2, 2 or 3 copies of D3, 6 copies of D2 and 2 or 3 copies of D1) Why do I have all these? Most of the extra copies came in packs either with a sequel or additional games I bought.

I would still have a hard time calling Freespace 2 over XvT (X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter) for all time best Space Sim of the late 90's early 00's. Plus, I can't call it over Descent for "... of All Time".

Liquid Fire · Post by **Liquid Fire** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:12 am

I'm just going off how much fun I had while playing the game. Descent is awesome, but I can't even count how many times I've run through the fs2 campaign. It never gets old and it's the game I have the most fun playing, thus, the best game I have played

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:35 am

Freespace had better ambiance then FS2, FS2 was fun in its own way though. FS1 was also fun if you spent a while working the table files, but missiles were more fun to play with in FS2.

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 1:36 am

Liquid Fire wrote:I'm just going off how much fun I had while playing the game. Descent is awesome, but I can't even count how many times I've run through the fs2 campaign. It never gets old and it's the game I have the most fun playing, thus, the best game I have played

that's what counts! rock on Liquid Fire

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:25 am

Some interesting titles turning up in that listing. I do tend to agree with the majority of them... although some games (Diablo maybe?) there were actually inferior to their sequels, in my honest opinion...

woodchip · Post by **woodchip** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 6:46 am

I have FS-1, FS-2 & Fs-Silent Threat. Love all of them.

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:14 pm

i did like that FS did allow me to leave the wingman sit in the corner so i could use my mouse to pilot!

Vertigo 99 · Post by **Vertigo 99** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:23 pm

part of the coolness of FS was using your wingman

im terrible with joysticks and always have been but theyre a lot cooler than a mouse for flight sims of any kind

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:51 pm

woodchip wrote:I have FS-1, FS-2 & Fs-Silent Threat. Love all of them.

Ditto, yet even after how many years FS2 has been out, I've never played it in full, only did training missions. It's still installed and I haven't touched it yet.

MD-2389 · Post by **MD-2389** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:56 pm

And to make Freespace2 even better....

http://www.hard-light.net/project_show.php?pro=24&cat=5

Enjoy!

Merlin: It came out in '99 IIRC

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:27 pm

It came out same year as D3? Wow, so I've had a game almost 6 yrs and never played it.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 5:11 pm

While I think nothing beats Descent on the multiplayer side, FS2 reigns supreme out of all the SP games I've ever tried. And now, with the work of the SCP team, it looks just as good as it plays.

fyrephlie · Post by **fyrephlie** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 1:14 am

Vertigo:

/me sucks with joystick and therefore HATES IT!!!

i don't know why but i much prefer mousing in all things!

Sirius · Post by **Sirius** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 4:28 am

Trying to play most space sims with a mouse is pretty much for masochists only.