Descent: Freespace - The Great War

Descent: Freespace - The Great War (1998)

by Hyperion Entertainment, Volition, Haage & Partner, Interplay Entertainment
Genres:Simulator
Themes:Action, Science fiction
Game modes:Single player, Multiplayer
Story:The heartless Shivans emerged through subspace near Earth, harboring technology light years ahead of anything seen before. They made no attempt to communicate. They did not respond to your heralds. They simply attacked and destroyed everything in their path. As a pilot for the Galactic Terran Alliance (GTA) you are no stranger to war. But when racing through space to engage your new enemy for the first time, you sense something different. Suddenly, darkness blankets your craft. Your stomach sinks as your eyes pan across the Shivan flagship's massive body. Then it begins. Swarms of fighters pour from the belly of the flagship and scream towards you. You are about to discover everything you thought you knew about space combat just changed.Show more
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user avatar@jaredjcuser avatar@jaredjc
January 29, 2025
The combat system was fantastic. You could target the target of your current target to coordinate strikes, the battle ships were huge for the time, and it felt like an updated x-wing. We played this for hours multiplayer and had a blast.
user avatar@lcfr822user avatar@lcfr822
January 31, 2025
Amazingly in-depth in a timeless manner, Descent: Freespace has been a regularly played game in my collection since 1999. This game, its sequel Freespace 2, and the Open Source Project led me to a career in the tech industry, and left me with a lifelong love for space and gaming!
First true game I ever played. Glorious combat, fantastic story and huge capital ships. This should land in Preservation Program since original studio is dead. No hope for remakes or remasters or any kind of closure. This should be kept alive.
user avatar@utphilboyuser avatar@utphilboy
February 11, 2025
Even today there does not exist any game(except for Freespace 2) which gives you this feeling of dogfights between gigantic battleships hurling thousands of rockets, lasers and beams at eachother
user avatar@skullcmdruser avatar@skullcmdr
February 16, 2025
This is one good space sim, story is great and the action is fast paced and great, and with the Open Freespace Project, it got better, and of course, there are mods with side story around it's worlds
user avatar@SOTURICATuser avatar@SOTURICAT
March 21, 2025
Me and my brothe played this and the second one too. Good flying battle game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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