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Summary: The Best PC Game Ever- Second Only To Its Sequel
Review: Descent: Freespace is too deep of a game and an involving experience to describe in a short review. For 9.99, you will never get a better deal on this kind of quality. STORY: Terrans are at war with an alien race named Vasudans. However, they are interrupted by a mysterious force that they dub the "Shivans". Any engagement with these strange creatures fails because of their advanced shielding and weaponry. Soon, they discover that the Shivans are bent on total annihilation of both species. Shivan capital ships are bigger and stronger than any others. Their mother ship is indestructible. And the Shivans themselves are twice the size of humans. In a desperate attempt to survive, the Terrans and Vasudans form an alliance to stop the Shivans from wiping them out. MISSIONS: Each mission expands on the next, with occasional very well-done movies to help move the story. You will never get a sense of deja-vu. Plot twists are frequent and keep you on your toes during the game. These are some of the most well-designed missions I've ever played, ranging from escorts to repairs to dogfights to stealth missions deep in enemy territory with one of their stolen fighters. GRAPHICS: Still eye candy, even for a game made 3 years ago. The capital ships are gigantic, and the small fighters are well-animated and highly detailed. HUD DISPLAY: Easy to comprehend. All of the info you need is already on the screen and not a distraction to what's going on. It's perfect. SOUND: Music is average, but the awesome voice acting clearly portray fear, excitement, or panic. Sound effects will make you want to put the headphones on. CONTROLS: I used a keyboard and managed with ease. All of the controls are right there at your fingertips. Joysticks could only be better. DIFFICULTY: 5 settings, ranging from very easy to insane, and changeable in every mission to give you a challenge or a break. It may be hard to get used to the game, but the training missions are well-done, and with practice, it will become second-nature. GAMEPLAY: Fluid animation, gigantic explosions, lots of excitement and suspense, great story- it's hard to put this game down. With the expansion pack adding even more replay value (though not nearly as good as the main campaign) there is no better buy on this website. Get this game while it's still in print. You won't regret it.
Rating: 
Summary: All around a great game
Review: First of all, if I could, I would give this game a 4 1/2 star rating. If your looking for a space sim game that has good graphics and game play this is the one for you. One thing I happily discovered was the range of skill levels. If you're a [not-so-skilled] gamer that can never manage to win a game without cheat codes, this is a great game. If you're a skilled gamer who is looking for a challenge this is still the game to buy.
Another cool thing about this game is the fact that you aren't a one man army. Your wingmen are actually a great resourse. You can tell them what to doand they'll actually do it.
The variety from mission to mission is also excellent. In some missions your job is to destroy the enemy, in some it's to escort ships, in some it's to spy on the enemy etc.
The graphics are sweet too. This is an old game but you can't tell by the graphics.
You can choose between 5 or 6 ships to fly on different missions and you can customise them with different weapons.
This game is at an increadible value... It is deffinately worth buying.
Rating:
Summary: All around a great game
Review: First of all, if I could, I would give this game a 4 1/2 star rating. If your looking for a space sim game that has good graphics and game play this is the one for you. One thing I happily discovered was the range of skill levels. If you're a [not-so-skilled] gamer that can never manage to win a game without cheat codes, this is a great game. If you're a skilled gamer who is looking for a challenge this is still the game to buy.
Another cool thing about this game is the fact that you aren't a one man army. Your wingmen are actually a great resourse. You can tell them what to doand they'll actually do it.
The variety from mission to mission is also excellent. In some missions your job is to destroy the enemy, in some it's to escort ships, in some it's to spy on the enemy etc.
The graphics are sweet too. This is an old game but you can't tell by the graphics.
You can choose between 5 or 6 ships to fly on different missions and you can customise them with different weapons.
This game is at an increadible value... It is deffinately worth buying.
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Summary: I don't have the game but I know what I buy!
Review: FreeSpace is - I find - a very great and a Master Game.
Rating:
Summary: Do you have this game? If you don't, buy it. Buy it now.
Review: Freespace is by far the best flight sim ever created. It truly immerses the player into the game. The graphics are stunning, with realistic explosions and superbly textured ships. Not just the small ones either, mind you. The capital ships, are just plain massive. It dwarves your puny fighter in comparison. Even the backrounds are specially rendered and colorfully done, making it not just stars but planets and galaxies as well. The AI is very intelligent, are a variety of scripts are used. Some enemies will be simple to hit, when others, manuever better than you do, use countermeasures, and work in teams. The interface is incredable, allowing you to specify targets for your wingmen to attack, ignore, or disarm, call in reinforcements, or rearm. The controls are easy to learn, and it comes with several training missions covering everything from basic flight to countermeasure and aspect seeking missiles. The thing that really makes this game stand out, is the missions. These missions are unique, sometimes the objectives change right in the middle of the mission, with secondary and bonus objectives, earning you medals and commendations. Some missions, for example, you are supposed to jump in and destroy a target, you will have recieved the wrong jump coordinates, not destroy the target, but then recieve new objectives to complete once there. Truly a surprise around every corner. I cant say enough about this game, I have played it over and over again. It even has 5 difficulty levels, ranging from incredably easy to impossibly difficult. Even beginners who have never played a space sim will have no trouble enjoying or playing this game. Please, do yourself a favor and purchase this game. For ... it will be the most worthwhile purchase you have ever made.
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Summary: Do you have this game? If you don't, buy it. Buy it now.
Review: Freespace is by far the best flight sim ever created. It truly immerses the player into the game. The graphics are stunning, with realistic explosions and superbly textured ships. Not just the small ones either, mind you. The capital ships, are just plain massive. It dwarves your puny fighter in comparison. Even the backrounds are specially rendered and colorfully done, making it not just stars but planets and galaxies as well. The AI is very intelligent, are a variety of scripts are used. Some enemies will be simple to hit, when others, manuever better than you do, use countermeasures, and work in teams. The interface is incredable, allowing you to specify targets for your wingmen to attack, ignore, or disarm, call in reinforcements, or rearm. The controls are easy to learn, and it comes with several training missions covering everything from basic flight to countermeasure and aspect seeking missiles. The thing that really makes this game stand out, is the missions. These missions are unique, sometimes the objectives change right in the middle of the mission, with secondary and bonus objectives, earning you medals and commendations. Some missions, for example, you are supposed to jump in and destroy a target, you will have recieved the wrong jump coordinates, not destroy the target, but then recieve new objectives to complete once there. Truly a surprise around every corner. I cant say enough about this game, I have played it over and over again. It even has 5 difficulty levels, ranging from incredably easy to impossibly difficult. Even beginners who have never played a space sim will have no trouble enjoying or playing this game. Please, do yourself a favor and purchase this game. For ... it will be the most worthwhile purchase you have ever made.
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Summary: The Ultimate Space Fighter Game
Review: I bought this game at Wal-Mart and I took it home and I was blown away by the details and realisim. I was happy that the game was based off of the Pentium 133 megahertz chip since that is what is in my system. Back to the game, The Great War DISKS! were the best games I ever played for PC. You start out as a fresh piliot and your first missions are traineing, so you get used to the controls. I DID NOT HAVE A JOYSTICK!!! BUT IT WORKED ANYWAY WITH THE NUMBERPAD ON THE KEYBOARD!!!! A joystick would be great but I beat it without one. A great feature was the ability to comunicate with your wingmen. The game has an extremely large amount of laser cannons, missiles, bombs, fighters, and bombers. There are three species in the game; Terrans (Humans), Vasudans, and the mysterious Shivans. The game starts out with you in the middle of a 14 year war (THE GREAT WAR, DUH!) but then a peace treaty is signed because the Shivans come roughing everyone up. But the game is still great. Silent Threat is an expansion pack that puts you at the end of the great war CD. You are a different piliot becuase the great war ends with you bustin up a Shivan destroyer that was gonna kill Sol (Earth). But you find out in Silent Threat that the piliots who killed that ship and saved (Earth) got stuck there because the explosion cause a cataclismic shut down of the only jump node to Sol that you skip through galaxies with. But in Silent Threat, you are working for the Terrans but you are part of the intel, black-ops squad. You go behind enemy lines to do the dangerous stuff. But now, that you are bored with me ramble, here are the
Highs and LowsHighs
Lots of missions, ships, and wepons
Unparralled details
Lots of repaly value
GREAT price and value Lows
Occasionaly Frustrating
Ya know, thats about it:-)
Rating:
Summary: The Ultimate Space Fighter Game
Review: I bought this game at Wal-Mart and I took it home and I was blown away by the details and realisim. I was happy that the game was based off of the Pentium 133 megahertz chip since that is what is in my system. Back to the game, The Great War DISKS! were the best games I ever played for PC. You start out as a fresh piliot and your first missions are traineing, so you get used to the controls. I DID NOT HAVE A JOYSTICK!!! BUT IT WORKED ANYWAY WITH THE NUMBERPAD ON THE KEYBOARD!!!! A joystick would be great but I beat it without one. A great feature was the ability to comunicate with your wingmen. The game has an extremely large amount of laser cannons, missiles, bombs, fighters, and bombers. There are three species in the game; Terrans (Humans), Vasudans, and the mysterious Shivans. The game starts out with you in the middle of a 14 year war (THE GREAT WAR, DUH!) but then a peace treaty is signed because the Shivans come roughing everyone up. But the game is still great. Silent Threat is an expansion pack that puts you at the end of the great war CD. You are a different piliot becuase the great war ends with you bustin up a Shivan destroyer that was gonna kill Sol (Earth). But you find out in Silent Threat that the piliots who killed that ship and saved (Earth) got stuck there because the explosion cause a cataclismic shut down of the only jump node to Sol that you skip through galaxies with. But in Silent Threat, you are working for the Terrans but you are part of the intel, black-ops squad. You go behind enemy lines to do the dangerous stuff. But now, that you are bored with me ramble, here are the
Highs and Lows Highs
Lots of missions, ships, and wepons
Unparralled details
Lots of repaly value
GREAT price and value Lows
Occasionaly Frustrating
Ya know, thats about it:-)
Rating:
Summary: Nice
Review: Nice game. Great price. Buy it if you don't have it.
Rating:
Summary: Great game!!
Review: This is a great game. This game is very realistic to be a space game. It has really good graphics and sound. The cut scene videos are interesting and it helps you get into the game. But there are draw backs to the game, such as, the controls are all over the keyboard. You pretty much use the whole keyboard to manuver your space ship. But after a little while of playing it, you will find out that there are about 5-10 keys you will ever need to use. Over all, the game is one of the best I have ever played. It has a great story, graphics, and gameplay. There really isn't much more you can ask for out of a game.
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