well, I've been looking around, and I have a free-form style game (I can't for the life of me figure it out), but I would like something more in depth. For Free. <- that right there is probably the biggest problem I'll have, so I may have to suck it up and try and get Evochron Legends (played around with the demo for a few minutes, still have time left ), since that looks good.
But, something on par with Legends, and free, would be nice. What I really would like is something similar to it, graphically, gameplay, and interactivity wise, but free and also SP/MP capable. I am not into MMOs, as my Internet to my laptop is usually iffy.
You might try looking into the X series. It's not free, but there's no monthly charge. X3: Terran Conflict 2.0 should be available for cheap. X3 wasn't really my cup of tea, but it might be what you're looking for.
thanks for the tip
I don't think the X series is MP tho...
No multiplayer in X3TC, though you would never know it.
There really aren't many large free MP games. Especially with space games.
what about free singleplayer-oriented space sims? I'd like something with good graphics, an excellent universe-exploring option, good combat/trading features.
And something where I can use inertial movement.
Get Freelancer or Freespace series, Darkstar One from GOG.com. Also this is not a good game but you can try Dark Horizon.
Yeah, thanks for catching that, everyone. My mistake. X3 is singleplayer only. Otherwise, it meets your criteria.
well, I'm looking for something that's also FREE. SP is the biggest thing I'm looking for, with MP being a bonus I'd like.
I looked at Freespace/Darkstar One, they both cost money. Dark Horizon also costs money, and I read a review on it that makes it look like crap.
Freespace 2 is only like $5.99 on GoG.com. Plus there's this huge, massive community project known as the SCP that is constantly upgrading the engine and graphics behind Freespace 2 (glow maps, shine maps, normal maps, you name it). Not to mention Freespace 2 has a shitload of custom campaigns and mods for it. If you can spend $9.95 on Entrenchment, you can defintely spend the $5.99 on Freespace 2. Unfortunately, it isn't a big open space-trading game, instead focusing on excellent fighter combat (and lots of it!). Or you could wait a few years and pick up some of the free games that are currently in development using the FS2_Open engine such as Fate of the Galaxy and Diaspora.
well, I've found one that I REALLY liked, called Vega Strike.
Pros- it's open source (FREE!!), and it can be used in an MMO-style MP (not quite what I wanted, but I can probably make do); plus, if I so desire, I can use it to make my own open-source game
Cons- semi-good graphics, and it's still under development, so it has a FEW bugs (none of which I've so far spotted).
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