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Star Control 2, but it's not 3D. :( Don't bother with Star Control 3. I wish there were more 3D space exploration games where discovering races is integral to the game, as it is in SC2. Also, planet landing and mining (not just running a lander around on the surface as in SC2, but actually constructing mines--resource gathering, defense, etc), asteroid mining (like in Homeworld, but also allow shooting them as in Freelancer but ALL asteroids and not just small ones), more detailed ship configuration (as in SC2 with visual component layout), and space lane building (actually spreading out and constructing conduits, finding wormholes, creating travel/trade routes, etc), etc--a TRUE space sim!

Indolove wrote:

> Wasn't really interested in space sims but the recent Freelancer demo tweaked my
> interest in the genre. I was looking around for some other similar games and
> found Wing Commander: Secret Ops, which although kinda repetative was quite
> exciting. Now, I'm wondering what other gems are there in the genre that I
> should look into and how much priority I should give to each. So far I have a
> limited list (see below). Please suggest any other good game I may not know
> about.
>
> 1. Freelancer (Its the newest so I guess it ranks No.1)
> 2. Wing Commander Prophecy (I heard its better than Secret Ops)
> 3. Freespace2 (heard good things about it)
> 3. Freespace (heard good things about it)
> 4. Its like an older version of Freelancer right?
>
> I run win98 btw.