Although you play mainly on the Ship Builder and Formation screen, the space battles steal the show. You build ships, deploy them on battles, give them directives, then sit back and enjoy the havoc, gain money to buy ship parts, rinse and repeat. Shit's addictive.Īn unique fleet management game. Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition Many mods for Freespace 2 are still widely used, mostly run on Freespace SCP. One of the staple games in the space genre. More on brolancing on the /v/lancer wiki. The story mode is worth a swing through, but online is where you stay (and play with /v/ bros). Basically it's a free-form space sim that plays much like a MMO when you get online. Pirates camping the jumpgates, parking cargo into unremarkable interplanetary space for safe keeping, make money by mining, trading, research, collecting bounties, privateering, smuggling, mercenary.Ī /v/ favorite. If you want the Elite experience on modern computers, look for the open-source Oolite.įuckhuge galaxy, fuckhuge ships, and hostile players are way more of a problem than any NPCs. 170kb but over 2,000 unique worlds with their own commodities and fluff. 8-bit computing with (wireframe) 3D rendering, and 3D combat. This is the granddaddy of the space exploring and sandbox games. A bit of a hardware hog for a MMO, but the game looks fucking amazing. It's Eve's aggressive cousin, with more combat and less other typical MMO stuff (It's still there, just enough to make your time invested). Armada-Online websiteĪ space combat MMO that came out of nowhere and surprised everyone. The community is still active and helpful. It's still in Alpha stage, but this hidden gem already has some creative ideas rarely seen in mainstream games. The MMO version of Armada developed independently by its original creator. Protip: Mouse control is toggled by Num0, many newbies don't catch this. This decade-old game looks dated now, but newer textures are available. Its gameplay is basically Tribes in space: 1 player is the RTS commander, his teammates control the ships and do the fighting. Two of the neat features of Ad Astra are seamless transitions between outer space and planetary space and a fully customizable soundtrack.Īn abandoned multiplayer game by MGS still supported by the community. The game has many of the staples you would expect from a space sim, such as trading, bounty hunting, mining, and tons of systems to explore. Latest version (1.3c) released in 2010Īd Astra is an indie space sim developed in Chapman's spare time. The game is a bit short, but shit blew up real good, so who cares? Give it a try. You can help /v/'s Recommended Games Wiki by expanding it.Īfter Burner Climax IN SPACE! The gameplay is very basic: shoot everything that moves.
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