Descent:
Freespace 2 review
Posted by Adam Klein on
December 13, 1999
Publisher:
Interplay
- Developer: Volition
 I really liked the
first FreeSpace game, actually I found the game to be very appealing
to me specially its story line. The graphics were also superb, but
that wouldn’t do much without a good story to go along with those
pretty graphics. When I finished the original FreeSpace I had this
sensation that I wanted even more.
I was happy to hear
that there was a sequel to FreeSpace planned and now that it is out,
I’m happy to say that FreeSpace 2 gave me as much enjoyment as the
original did.
I was drawn into the
story line much like the original did and the graphics looked very
clean, sharp and now have a higher resolution. If you remember, the
original game was limited to only 640x480x16. FreeSpace 2 allows me to
play at 1024x768x32. It makes seeing distant fighters a whole lot
easier. The story line in FreeSpace 2, in my opinion, is even better
than the story line in the original game, it takes unexpected twists
and turns that will push you to go even further to see what the
outcome will be.
System
Requirements
In my experience
with the game, I did not notice any slow downs of any sort; but then
again my system is running pretty fast. Here are the requirements for
the game if you are interested in this game and you are unsure if your
system will run it good.
Pentium 200Mhz
32 Mb RAM
Win 95/98/NT
3D Graphics Accelerator (supports Glide or D3D)
250Mb Hard Drive Space
8X or faster CD-ROM Drive
Direct Sound compliant sound card
100% Microsoft-compatible mouse (joystick recommended)
Multiplayer: 8 player TCP/IP over LAN or Internet
 Story
Like I said before,
FreeSpace 2 takes place 32 years after The Great War. If you haven’t
played the original game, The Great War involved a race of beings
called the Shivans and two other beings called the Vasudans and of
course the human race.
The Vasudans and the
Humans were at war with each other at the time that the Shivan armada
invaded space. Once the Shivans made themselves known that they wanted
to destroy both the Humans and the Vesudans and claim their space, the
Vesudans and Humans decided to join forces to bring an end to the
Shivans.
The
Shivans brought massive firepower and technology beyond what the
Vasudans and Humans had. During this battle of The Great War, the
Humans and the Vasudans acquired the technology that the Shivans had
and fought back with this technology to bring the Shivans under. The
Humans and Vasudans did not destroy the Shivans totally, but pushed
them back far enough that they would not come back, until now.
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