its an mmo, apparently its reaaaaly good, but i dont like it.

And there's the mighty X2 ofcourse

wing commander

ok from the top

Elite
Wing Commander
WC2 + SO1/SO2
WC: Armada (strategy and a very good one)
WC: Privateer
WC3
WC4
Privateer 2: The Darkening (not WC at all)
WC: Prophecy + Secret Ops
Freespace + Silent Threat
Freespace 2
X-Beyond the Frontier + X-Tension (geddit?)
X2-The Threat

you could try Tachyon the Fridge (Fringe) but it's not very satisfactory, certainly not as good as most of the above.

Eve is entirely online, you pay for your connection and the server access and for the game itself, so it gets expensive, and it isnt really that good unless you give it like 6 months of regular play of several hours a day.

there are others but none that are really any good. You might like to try some of the Trek ones but really Trek is a different kettle of fish. ST:Armada wasn't bad though for an RTS.

I'm sure I've missed some out but the kitten is crawling all around my neck and head making typing a rather painful experience.

Privateer had an expansion pack, called Righteous Fire. I thought it was good.

I thought Tachyon was pretty enjoyable. But it's definately not as good as WC.

You can't forget about the Star Wars X-Wing Series. Those were all pretty good!

X-Wing
TIE Fighter
X-Wing vs TIE Fighter
X-Wing Alliance

Edited by - Hole in Head on 6/24/2004 9:54:39 AM

If you have the patience to spend 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for a minimum of a month, before actually mastering the controls or realising the depth of a game...I couldn't recommend ELITE enough.

Its a whopper, and still the best in its category for depth and strategy...but nowadays with the onslaught of high-end processors and graphics cards, I can guarantee you will be disappointed on first play. But I can't recommend it enough.

Its the daddy

bah, curses, forgot all about Tie v X-Wing, Tie Fighter and the like. thx Hole!

Tachyon the fringe wasn't that bad. Bruce Cambels voice in it made it more interesting. Especially if you used the cheat codes. He had prearanged voice overs just for that. Hilarious.

Tie Fighter > Tie Vs Xwing and Alliance

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I know of FL and SL, X2 (which i didnt buy) I have EVE and its a great game but it takes an acquired taste its not really interesting for alot of people, you have to kind of grow to like it. Its really good but some people just dont find it appealing and thats fine. I have the entire Homeworld series and love it (best space RTS imo) and thats all I can really think of involving space sims.

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I liked EVE for the short while I played it, but i missed the extra free month they gave me at xmas....and i just plain refused to pay for it after not getting enough out of it (truthfully i didn't have the time to invest at that point in time). However, if they made it a fiver a month i would be tempted to go back to it.

I must admit, i don't like the way of the "pay to play" ideas are coming in, especially when its 15 quid a throw per month - its just milking you for too much (unless you earn so much that you don't care of course!).

I was much the same Chips, I just wasn't playing it enough to justify the cost, which is a shame because it is a very beautiful and complex game and q different from most other online experineces, prob because the pay aspect keeps most of the riff-raff out.

any of them have an open ending like FL? and leme sum up..


Elite, then WC series.. i don't really like trek/wars stuff. then freespace... privateer.

ok got it. i'll try run a search through the local warez stops.