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On 12/02/2011 8:08 PM, John Slade wrote:
>> I only got a pc for home about a year ago, and I was looking for some
>> wise words about the best space sims/games.
>>
>> I've played both the IWar games, and Freespace all of which I enjoyed.
>>
>> I gather the Freespace games are highly regarded, so I've acquired those
>> too and I also just picked up Starlancer on ebay.
>>
>> I'm a but unsure if the X games would suit me, but I have a copy of X2.
>>
>> Could I ask you for some further recommendations?
>>
>> Right on, Commanders.
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>>
>> P.S.
>> And is there a good space station game?

Top 10?  That depends on what sorta space games you like. :D

But here's a few of various types that you should be able to find 
reviews for:


Orbiter (http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/home.php) isn't bad for a free 
3D space sim.  It's more about maneuvering under real-time physics 
properly (Lunar-Lander anybody) than a space trading/fighting game.

Vega Strike (http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net) is another good free 
game.  Well... it's still under development and will be for a long time 
to come, but you can see that it has potential.  ;)

I'm a big X3 fan, but I like the complexity...  definitely not a game 
for a bit of light entertainent.

Starlancer's a good game, BTW.  Tachyon is quite similar, as is Darkstar 
One from memory.

Somehow I couldn't get into Star Fury (homepage & demo available @ 
http://www.malfador.com/starfury.html) but I've a friend who loves it to 
bits. *shrug*

Starshatter was one that had some excellent potential, but was let down 
by silly imbalances IMHO.

Flatspace isn't bad if you don't mind the ol' arcade style space 
combat/trading games