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<t>Thanks guys!!!I'm going to be playing this, Freespace 2 with open source and mods, and ill probably try out Starshatter... that looks pretty cool too.What do you guys think of Starshatter?Also, i just ordered a joystick (Logitech Extreme 3D Pro)... i know Freelancer has a smooth mouse/KB style ...

<t>Good point, but let me rephrase: does the plot ever bring you to a place where you and your allies (including capital ships) are going up against enemy fighters and capital ships? Are there any big battles, where you feel like part of a larger group, capital ships slugging away at each other? I ...

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No such game come to mind ...It's really hard (imho, impossible) to find a sim that will satisfy the various mood swings of a player. I too suffer from such a condition (which my doctor says is quite normal) and when blasting something feels like second nature (not for ...

Also, have any of you guys played Nexus: The Jupiter Incident? If not, I highly recommend that you guys give it a look... I had a blast with it back in the day.

<t>Thanks for the heads up Bullwinkle! Yeah sorry, I meant Freelancer in paragraph 2. I'll take your suggestion and stick with the vanilla game for now. I assume that I should install all the patches, in the order you listed them? If I've got a resolution of 1680x1050 (16:10), i set fovx to 0 and I ...

<t>The space sim need has taken hold and I went on a frenzy. Last night i dug up my copes of Freespace I&II, Homeworld I&II, and I got a copy of Freelancer from a friend. After playing a few hours of Mass Effect 2, I fired up Freelancer to see what it was like. So far its pretty simplistic (I only ...

Some examples of the kind of stuff that really gets me excited (for big space battles):

<t>Hello All,I am new to these forums, but have loved space combat games since I started using a computer (X-Wing comes to mind!).This might be a questions that a lot of people ask, but I'm looking for a new game to play, and I want space sim.Now, these are the games that I've played:X3: Terran ...