Description
It has been 32 years since GTA lost contact with Earth. As a young pilot joining the fleet of the GTVA (Galactic Terran-Vasudan Alliance), you will be fighting the Neo-Terran Front, a rebel faction that opposes GTA's alliance with the Vasudans. Then the Shivans showed up again...
Freespace 2 is basically an enhanced version of
Freespace. You get better ships (you can fly all the older ships if you like), more and more powerful weapons (both guns and missiles), and capital ships that can actually put up a fight with their anti-fighter beam cannons, turrets, flak, and missile launchers.
The capital ships now also engage each other with large beam cannons that shoots beams wider than your craft; these beams can shoot through enemy ships. Contribute to the fight by flying bombers (with large anti-ship torpedoes) or fly defense and take out the enemy bombers. Fly escort missions to protect assets, recon enemy assets, test new weapons, even fly a few missions for spec-ops (optional).
The game features full multiplayer support at PXO (Parallax Online) and SquadWars.com, with co-op, team-based, or free-for-all dogfight, with many different missions to choose from. It also includes FRED2, a full featured editor that you can use to create your own missions and campaigns.
Part of the Following Groups
User Reviews
The Press Says
| Electric Games |
1999 |
 |
100 |
| Gamezilla |
Nov 09, 1999 |
97 out of 100 |
97 |
| CPU Gamer |
Oct 26, 2002 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| FiringSquad |
Oct 12, 1999 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| 2404.org PC Gaming |
Oct 26, 2002 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault) |
Nov 11, 1999 |
 |
90 |
| IGN |
Oct 01, 1999 |
8.9 out of 10 |
89 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Dec, 1999 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| Power Unlimited |
Oct, 1999 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| PC Games (Germany) |
Mar 07, 2001 |
84 out of 100 |
84 |
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Trivia
Awards
- Computer Gaming World
- March 2000 (Issue #188) – Science Fiction Simulation of the Year
- GameSpy
- 1999 - Sim Game of the Year
- PC Player (Germany)
- Issue 01/2000 - Best Science-Fiction Simulation in 1999
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
Heikki Sairanen (105) on Feb 09, 2000.
