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 bigger and better
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 HUGE beam cannons that shoots beams WIDER than your craft! The beam can and do punch STRAIGHT THROUGH the enemy ship! Watch two or more of these leviathans fighting is like watching a Sci-Fi movie, except you are IN it! Contribute to the fight by flying bombers (with huge 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 SPECOPS (optional).
Freespace 2 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.
Freespace 2 also includes FRED2, a full featured editor that you can use to create your own missions and campaigns.
Part of the Following Group
User Reviews
The Press Says
| Electric Games |
1999 |
 |
100 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Dec, 1999 |
91 out of 100 |
91 |
| Computer Games Magazine |
Oct 28, 1999 |
 |
90 |
| 2404.org PC Gaming |
Oct 26, 2002 |
9 out of 10 |
90 |
| Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault) |
Nov 11, 1999 |
|
90 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Dec, 1999 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| PC Player (Germany) |
Dec, 1999 |
86 out of 100 |
86 |
| Power Unlimited |
Oct, 1999 |
8.5 out of 10 |
85 |
| GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands) |
Jan 10, 2000 |
82 out of 100 |
82 |
| Jeuxvideo.com |
Dec 23, 1999 |
16 out of 20 |
80 |
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Trivia
Sadly enough, we will not probably see a sequel to Freespace 2.
Interplay still owns the rights for the Freespace franchise, while Volition Inc. has been acquired in 2000 by THQ.
This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by
Heikki Sairanen (109) on Feb 09, 2000.
