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No, WC: Prophecy looks much better. FS is still a good game tho.

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Typhoon wrote in message <6iblav$q6e$1...@nnrp3.snfc21.pbi.net>...
>After a day with the Descent: Freespace demo...I gotta say that I was
>only half-heartedly impressed.
>
>Those of you impressed with 3D eye candy should grab the demo...IMO it
>easily unseats Prophecy as the best looking space-sim available. The
>framerate on a Voodoo2 P133 was quite satisfactory.
>
>I knew going in that this game was a derivative of the Wing Commander
>games...No illusions there. It does seem to incorporate a lot of
>X-Wing/TIE mission elements- so it seems like a step forward.
>
>However, I have to take exception with the flight engine-which doesn't
>seem to be any different from any other WC-inspired space-sim. After
>mucking about in I-War for the past three months, I found myself
>wanting to lateral thruster slide in Freespace....one of the things
>that made Descent 1 & 2 so much fun.
>
>But that feature isn't in Freespace. And its omission makes the game's
>flight engine---altogether unremarkable.
>
>
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