Need a good space game

[peteloaf]

Looking for a good space combat game, I'm looking for more action, less sim. Basicaly I want cool spaceships, neat lasers, and not a lot of thinking. Any suggestions?

 

[BLarR]

Independance War 2, old but great.

 

[peteloaf]

Thanks! I'm downloading the demo right now. Any others?

 

[Flying PJ]

Freelancer is pretty fun.

 

[SOSTrooper]

Homeworld 1&2

 

[talon20299]

Descent Freespace and Freespace 2?

 

[maddfrog]

[quote name='Flying PJ']Freelancer is pretty fun.[/QUOTE]

I'll second that. Best damn space game I've ever played. The only thing bad with it IMO is that the story goes by quickly.

 

[lordwow]

TIE Fighter

 

[Looshi]

[quote name='lordwow']TIE Fighter[/QUOTE]

Seconded.

 

[Javery]

I liked Jet Force Gemini - it takes place in space and it's a shooter but not really...

 

[Quillion]

[quote name='maddfrog']I'll second that. Best damn space game I've ever played. The only thing bad with it IMO is that the story goes by quickly.[/QUOTE]

Thirded.

The single player campaign does go by quickly, but you can just run around after you finish it, doing missions, trading, pirating, exploring, etc.

 

[Drico]

Descent series. Particularly Descent Freespace 1&2 and Descent 2 & 3.

 

[Mr Unoriginal]

I used to love Wing Commander games, especially Privateer. Wing Commander 3 and 4 had really great stories and acting/movies as well.

 

[Logg]

Homeworld

 

[radjago]

Homeworld

The Homeworld series is a 3D space RTS game. I think he's looking more for a space-sim shooter, like TIE Fighter or Descent. Xwing Alliance and Freespace 2 would be my picks, as both have mods available for download that update the graphics and add tons of missions and content.

 

[psiufoxx2]

Check out Starlancer.. not a bad title and you can get it for $2 at EB b&m.

 

[Scrubking]

Asteroids

 

[ITDEFX]

Wing Commander is BY FAR the BEST space series i have ever played. Its WAY over due for another game...btw what happened to ORIGIN(the makers of WC)? I know chris roberts went off to do his own command and made Freelancer (awesome game btw). Perhaps the borg (also known as EA) assimiated it? Resistance if futile!

So your picks

Freelancer
Wing Commander series (if you can still find it)
TIE Fighter (the original CD collectors 1995 edition not the 1998 upgraded one)



[quote name='Mr Unoriginal']I used to love Wing Commander games, especially Privateer. Wing Commander 3 and 4 had really great stories and acting/movies as well.[/QUOTE]

 

[demonryu]

If you don't mind shareware:

http://www.jaggedbladesoft.com/

Xeno Assault 1+2 are great, (not sure about Desperate Space yet, haven't tried it)