#Freespace 2 vs freelancer mod

Anti-fighter missiles, which weren't much more effective than fighter-mounted missiles.

Low powered anti-ship weapons, correct me if I'm wrong, but in the base game gunboats and Liberty cruisers were the only ship with such dedicated weapons - which tended to be all around worse than any single one of your weapons. Low powered laser turrets - as mentionned FS 'blob' turrets aren't much better. Anti-capital beam weapons, the big brothers of the above that warships use to fight each other. Anti-fighter beams that fire instantly, bypass shield entirely and whack your craft around. You've got flak guns - fast firing turrets with area of effect projectiles that even very agile craft have trouble avoiding. In the end, these are more useful to shoot down incoming bombs than fighters. You've got low powered laser turrets - which in were about as effective vs fighters as the Wing Commander laser turrets before them and the stock (unmodded) capship turrets in Freelancer after them. Stock Freespace warships boast an impressive array of diverse weapon systems: I've also included a tl dr section at the end :)

#Freespace 2 vs freelancer mod

Let's compare the base game first, if you want we'll get to mods later (because that's where things get tricky and potentially subjective AND my FL mod knownledge if a bit out of date). Just because something else doesn't scratch your itch doesn't mean you have to be more opinionated than a political rally.įreelancer is a great game, I really like it, it's a great open-world with trading, factions & stuff, has an active multiplayer mod scene and overall a ton of feature FS Open can only dream of (so far), but with regards to the space shooting part, Freespace fares far better in my opinion. You're out of your mind if you think everyone wants to play an MMO. It's neither multiplayer nor open, but it's far from being bad. He told me a story I'd pay money to read, and it hasn't even been finished yet. He made me feel fear, elation, and rage, just as he planned. But where there's a track, there's a meaningful destination, and a good ride designer can make every moment of it engaging. The past fifteen years have seen a lot of tales told, and the possibilities increase by the year. I've played dramatic military stories, humorous shenanigans, popcorn flicks, and psychological horror (yes, in a space sim). But I've also flown with optimistic dimension-hoppers, snarky duct-tape freaks, pilots on the run, backwater aces, countless heroes, black ops, mercs, incomprehensible aliens, and a bunch of different anime characters. Freelancer doesn't have the tools to tell much of a new story, let alone multiple masterpiece-level campaigns. What FreeSpace excels at that Freelancer can't even touch is in the singleplayer. Unlike the FreeSpace mod community, the Freelancer community is multiplayer-centric, and you'd be a fool to imply that multiplayer is the final word in good gaming. Good for you, but you might as well be comparing apples to oranges. I liked it and enjoyed it but I could just feel the potential and the greatness it could have had.You're a Freelancer fan. Ps: As is X3: Reunion but you need a lot of patience. Ps: Freelancer is a great deal of fun also :) If it wasn't against God and Nature (and Gender) I'd happily bear Freespace's bastard children. However Freespace/Freespace 2 are only slightly behind because they rock my gaming world. Also when the Tech Computer changed from 'New rookie unit' to 'Uber 1337 bastards who kick serious booty.' I replayed however and the com said something like 'I heard you rookies ran into trouble' 'Nothing we couldn't handle' and the the freighter - 'Rookies? You could have fooled me.' I love the little bits of immersion like that. I especially loved the first time I played and made a right royal cock-up of the first mission and the in-game communications said something about being useless but you could still go to the next mission. I think it had even more atmosphere than Freespace. However I think I perfer Starlancer but I very very slim margin.

I've never got past Lt Commander or Double ace in Freespace 1. In Freespace (and Starlancer) you have to haul ass to get kills. In those games you racked up 90% of all mission kills. Before I played Freespace I was big into Tie Fighter, X-wing, Wing Commander, X-Wing Alliance and what not. I just want to pimp the AI in Freespace also. One is a pretty, limited, Elite and the other is Strike Commander in space :) The only thing Freespace and Freelancer have in common is 'FREE'. Oddly enough that's my reason for including it in my 'Games you could never finish' thread :) I found the last mission to be one of the hardest last missions of any game I've ever played :( Neferator: (About Starlancer)I never beat the game though.