Descent Freespace: The Great War
by Interplay Productions
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Product Summary
Brand: InterplayFormat: CD-ROM
Platform: Macintosh, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me
Publisher: Interplay Productions
Product features:
- Over 40 jaw-dropping real-time ships with dynamic lighting and stunning effects
- Command intelligent squadmates, redirect up to 12 wingmen, and request reinforcements for unbelievably intense dogfights
- Create your own detailed missions using FRED, the fully-featured mission editor
- Three unique species, each with its own strengths, weaknesses, tactics, ships, and fighting characteristics
- For 1 or more players over LAN
Video Game Reviews of Descent Freespace: The Great War
Customer Review: Best. Space Sim. Ever.
Summary: 5 Stars
This has got to be the best space fighter simulators I've ever played. The plot is engaging, the gameplay is extremly intuitive (along with very useful training missions, which you could skip if you want to), and it is just fun.
Another great feature is the FRED mission editor. It is the same one used by the game's designers, and enables you to create your own missions. It's also very intuitive, and gives you lots of options to make your missions as good as or better than the originals.
Any downsides? Well, the space flight isn't very realistic (when the ships turn, the velocity changes so the ship is always pointing in the direction it's traveling, rather than in real life, where you could be traveling in one direction, but pointed in another). Of course, if they made Freespace to act like real space, the game wouldn't be anywhere near as fun. (To see how space travel is REALLY like, download Orbiter).
Description of Descent Freespace: The Great War
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