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Freespace 2 cockpit mod7/26/2023 10-mission first episode of planned wide-ranging story.Uses an overhauled AI to create dynamic, intelligent enemies.Fast-paced combat in the vein of Diaspora or Dimensional Eclipse.Like the Cold War of the 20th Century, humanity is faced with terrifying new doomsday technologies that have the potential to bring about Armageddon. However, this is also an age of extremes - the Great War left several planets ecologically devastated, including the cradle of humanity, Earth. Set in an original universe where the discovery of hyperspace has led to a Golden Age of human colonisation and technology, Solaris takes place during a time of great changes. However, he soon finds himself at the centre of events which threaten the entire international order.and the survival of human civilisation. As a war of bestial savagery looms over the horizon, Ross is eager to trade a quiet backwater station post for front-line duty. The galaxy has become a dangerous place, and war is but a single spark away." It is 2276 and Lieutenant Stuart Ross, a young Commonwealth pilot, volunteers for a pilot exchange aboard a Federation warship. The three great powers - Federation, Commonwealth and Combine - exist in a state of cold war. Humankind has colonies throughout the Orion Arm of the galaxy. The FreeSpace Universe Reference Project.Oh, and as most total conversions this one is free. You don’t actually need Freespace 2 to play – it is distributed as a standalone product. If you love BSG I recommend you grab the demo and check it out. I think that if anyone has a chance to become one of the few successful and worthwhile total conversions it is these guys. I will be watching this one closely to see where it goes from here. It does have a potential though and it looks like the crew is active and committed. I didn’t really get much past the tutorial mission so I can’t write much more. Initially I was a bit confused by the complexity but I guess it grows on you eventually. You do have a pretty fine control over your ships acceleration, and thruster systems and the keyboard controls are all over the place. What I can tell you though is that this game is more on the sim than the arcade side. I think they did fudge around with Freespace controls a bit I can’t say for sure. The first mission is a tutorial where a slightly annoyed instructor puts you through the basic navigation and combat training. The game puts you in the role of a rookie viper pilot on Batlestar Pegasus. The default volume settings are not prefect apparently. I did notice a slight issue with volume though – sometimes it was really hard to hear the dialog over the effects, but I think that’s something I could just tweak myself via the options menu. They follow BSG cannon closely using the familiar jargon – they even do that voice distortion thing when you are in the cockpit. The acting is really decent, and the voices are surprisingly clear. This was the bit of the game that impressed me. But I’m guessing these are little details that they can iron out later.įortunately the mission briefings and in-game chatter is all voice acted. Ship and weapon descriptions are read by the Microsoft text-to-speech engine and it sounds horrible. The briefing UI and option panels are positively dreadful and unintuitive. Right now only a demo is available on the website and it is a tad rough around the edges. Besides, it is hard to review a product that is still in an early development stage. But I wanted to put a blurb about it here anyway. This is not a full review because I didn’t really get to play a lot. ![]() ![]() I never played Freespace but I do like to play space sims from time to time, and I do love BSG so I decided to give it a whirl. Beyond The Red Line is a total conversion of Freespace 2 set in the universe based on Battlestar Galactica series. ![]() What you usually end up with is a half-assed, buggy mod with sub-par graphics and degraded game play. Most of them set very ambitious goals for themselves but never quite reach them. I’m usually skeptical of total conversion mods.
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