In it, a Terran installation is destroyed by an unidentified alien force that jump into the Ross 128 system and obliterates everything in sight. The game also begins with an intro movie which prologues the story. The war is in its fourteenth year and you, a green pilot, have just joined the Galactic Terran Defense Forces (GTDF) and been assigned to the GTD (Galactic Terran Destroyer) Galatea. As the game opens, we learn that the GTA is at war with an alien species known as the Vasudans. The game takes place in the distant future, where humanity has spread into the cosmos thanks to the discovery of subspace travel and formed the Galactic Terran Alliance (GTA). But more on that later…įirst up, Descent: Freespace, the game that started it all! Because of this, fans have taken it upon themselves of maintaining and enhancing the game engine until a third game does come out. Like most gamers, my only disappointment came in the form of their not being a third and final chapter. It presented some truly classic and hard science fiction, combined with just enough commercial appeal, and some genuinely fun fight and flight sequences to keep me entertained for months!Īnd it’s sequel was equally awesome, adding to the mix with more missions, more story, more ships, and more storyline. What’s more, Descent: Freespace and its sequel were two of the most awesomely conceived, inspired and original flight simulators I ever played. Civilization II was growing stale, Unreal had yet to come out, and the Star Wars franchise was still busy producing Rebellion. Not exactly a wide range of choices is it? But that pretty much tells you what I think about this game doesn’t it? Freespace came along at a time when I was pretty much losing interest in flight simulators.
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