Independence War: The Starship Simulator (Windows)

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Description

The Indies, colonists from Earth, and the Commonwealth are engaged in a never-ending war in Space. As an officer of the Commonwealth it's your job to strip these rebels of their defiant natures and force them to re-join with Earth.

Independence War: The Starship Simulator is a space-sim with a twist. Instead of flying the usual fighters, you take charge of a 150-metre long Dreadnaught-class corvette. And all the goodies of a capital ship are included: big guns, big shields, lots of missiles. All the daily essentials for an officer of the Navy.

Mission times vary from 5 minutes up to 35 minutes without save point. If you have successfully completed the mission, the game will save. There are primary and secondary missions and, later in the game, you can change the sides from the Navy to the Indies. Later, the Dreadnaught become updated with more firepower, new missiles and a friend. The game has three endings.

Some of the missions require you to remote control other crafts, such as fighter, freighter, and more. Unfortunately, when you are controlling that ship, your own ship is flying with no one at the helm.

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Alternate Titles

• "I-War: Rebellion im Universum" -- German title
• "I-War: Enter Infinity" -- European title
• "I-War" -- Common name
• "Infinity Wars" -- Working title
• "Independence War" -- Title logo after applying the 3DFX update and later patches

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: BRender
• Genre: Simulation - Space combat
• Independence War series
• Physical Bonus Content: Poster

User Reviews

The way I wish X-Wing had been . . .	Clinton Webb (21)
Not your typical space shooter is fine, but why the infinite respawn?	Kasey Chang (4608)	unrated
Flawed	Ashley Pomeroy (233)	unrated
Puts the Sim on Sci-fi sims and does so with great missions and fantastic gameplay.	Zovni (10627)	unrated
Superb space sim, but not without problems.	Shadowcat (126)	unrated
So close, yet SO far!	Maury Markowitz (270)	unrated
This is one kick-ass game.	Kahlon Graham (3)

Critic Reviews

PC Jeux	Nov, 1997	94 out of 100	94
GameSpot	Oct 08, 1998	9.1 out of 10	91
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Aug 27, 1998		90
PC Action (Germany)	Dec 17, 1997	88 out of 100	88
Power Play	Dec, 1997	81 out of 100	81
IGN	Sep 10, 1998	8 out of 10	80
Gameplay (Benelux)	Dec 31, 1997	76 out of 100	76
PC Player (Germany)	Dec, 1997	74 out of 100	74
Reset	Mar, 1998	7 out of 10	70
Score	Jan, 1998	7 out of 10	70

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Trivia

3dfx patch

There's a 3dfx patch that allows the game to use 3dfx 3D accelerators for improved graphics. This applies to I-War European release only, not the US release titled Independence War.

Editor

You can download the I-WAR developer's kit from the official website. It allows you to figure out the scripts and the events that goes into making a single mission, and create your own.

Version differences

The final mission of the game (Impeachment) was split in two missions for the western release (at the point were the Excalibur flees from the main navy fleet).

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • April 1999 (Issue #177) – Best Space Sim of the Year

Information also contributed by Zovni

Related Web Sites

• Independence War: The Starship Simulator (official website)
• Independence War (Here is the First Mission "Bergung" part two. The Mission is complete in German.)
• Independence War (Here is the First Mission "Bergung" part one. The Mission is complete in German.)
• Walkthrough of Independence War (Here is the complete Walkthrough of this game.)