What is "Freespace"?

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4 total messages Started by Ohmster Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:55

#89763

Author: Ohmster
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:55

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I love the hell out of all of the Decent games, have them all plus 
Mercinary and Vertigo. But what is this Freespace game that everyone talks 
about? I really like Descent single player, trying to figure stuff out and 
having great combat with multiple bots when I am stoked with weapons, ammo, 
energy, and shiellds. Multiplayer is not that much fun for me, takes too 
long to find a good server and get into a good game. Then the game might 
suck, you have spawn point campers, tiny boring levels, etc. So what is 
this Freespace all about? Is it like regular Descent, is it inside or in 
space? Single or Multiplayer, and most of all, is it fun?

Yeah I could look all this up but I would rather have real players 
comments, that is the best way to find out what the deal is.

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Re: What is "Freespace"?

#89764

Author: rms
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 03:25

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> So what is this Freespace all about? Is it like regular Descent, is it 
> inside or in
> space? Single or Multiplayer, and most of all, is it fun?

    3D Space combat, S & M both, it's not a simple fps-in-space but involves 
some tactics and strategy, as you have to choose the type of ship to fly as 
well as which weapons to carry, and you can order your wingmen about.

    So it's definitely more complex than regular descent, but quite 
rewarding, with gorgeous graphics (once you install OpenFreespace). 
Freespace2 was on a 25-best-games-of-all-time list awhile back.  Both F1 & 
F2 can be downloaded from links on www.hard-light.net forums.

rms

Re: What is "Freespace"?

#89765

Author: Ohmster
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:17

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"rms" <rsquiresREMOVE@REMOVEflash.net> wrote in
news:SIUuh.23233$yC5.8816@newssvr27.news.prodigy.net: 

>> So what is this Freespace all about? Is it like regular Descent, is
>> it inside or in
>> space? Single or Multiplayer, and most of all, is it fun?
> 
>     3D Space combat, S & M both, it's not a simple fps-in-space but
>     involves 
> some tactics and strategy, as you have to choose the type of ship to
> fly as well as which weapons to carry, and you can order your wingmen
> about. 
> 
>     So it's definitely more complex than regular descent, but quite 
> rewarding, with gorgeous graphics (once you install OpenFreespace). 
> Freespace2 was on a 25-best-games-of-all-time list awhile back.  Both
> F1 & F2 can be downloaded from links on www.hard-light.net forums.
> 
> rms 

Thanks, but is it single play or mulitplayer?

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Re: What is "Freespace"?

#89766

Author: rms
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:00

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> Thanks, but is it single play or mulitplayer?

    Both.  And there are many user-created SP & Multi missions to play as 
well.

rms

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