Looking for a spaceship/sci fi game to play. Any thoughts?

3 years ago by ThunderQuack to c/gaming

I’m a massive sci fi fan and played the ever loving shit out of Star Citizen for a while there. Loved the 6 degrees of freedom and the capability to be a person or a starship.

I know Starfield is coming in September and I’m excited for what is has to offer but in the interim does anybody have a sci fi/star fighter game they can recommend? I kickstarted Everspace 2 so I can give that a go and I’m almost done with the current No Man’s Sky expedition

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darksabre76 4 points 3 years ago

If you're into classic 6DoF games, then the Descent series (including Freespace) and Forsaken are go-to plays for me. We're talking late 90's/early 00's, though, so take that with a grain of salt.

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ThunderQuack 4 points 3 years ago

What about Freespace 2? I see it on sale on GOG right now for 20% off

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falsem 2 points 3 years ago

Freespace 2 is a classic and one of the best space sims ever. Make sure you install the fan updates:

http://www.fsoinstaller.com/

Oh, and you need a joystick for it (or at least used to).

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nartimus 1 point 3 years ago

@ThunderQuack

@darksabre76

I was looking for this game. Spent some many hours playing growing up. One of the best space sims ever

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karagoth 3 points 3 years ago

Sublevel Zero is a rougelite of the Descent concept, it's quite nice imo

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skulblaka 2 points 3 years ago

Forsaken is a name that drags up old memories. I bought that game on the N64 from a flea market stall when I was probably 12 years old. I hear there's a better version released for PC though I never owned it.

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darksabre76 2 points 3 years ago

I only ever played the PC version and it took until much later in life to hear it came out on N64. I couldn't go to that version, it just didn't play as nicely.

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