8 Space Games to Take You to the Stars

[ffronw]

Actually that TIE Pilot's name is Maarek Stele. I loved that game

This is correct, but you won't get that info from the game, which is why I didn't mention it.

Nice catch, though!

 

[TheCaptain]

Actually that TIE Pilot's name is Maarek Stele. I loved that game

This is correct, but you won't get that info from the game, which is why I didn't mention it.

Nice catch, though!

Aaah, I remember! It was only in the extra booklet that came with the game, right?

 

[ffronw]

Actually that TIE Pilot's name is Maarek Stele. I loved that game

This is correct, but you won't get that info from the game, which is why I didn't mention it.

Nice catch, though!

Aaah, I remember! It was only in the extra booklet that came with the game, right?

Yep, that and the strategy guide, too.

Those were the good old days, when companies included cool stuff in the box, and gamers took the time to read it all.

 

[StreamerDarkly]

Look here Whitaker. You have 4 articles on the front page titled "8 games that ...". This isn't Jezebel, where I can find "8 reasons why ..." everything is sexist. Hopefully you see my cause for concern.

 

[mrdude2010]

I feel like Kerbal Space Program shouldn't have been omitted. Game has a ridiculous amount of stuff you can do.

 

[ffronw]

I feel like Kerbal Space Program shouldn't have been omitted. Game has a ridiculous amount of stuff you can do.

Three Words "Kerbal Space Program" where is it?

I might have thrown Sins of a Solar Empire on here somewhere but that might just be the 200 hours I sunk into it talking. ^_^

Kerbal and Sins of a Solar Empire were both on my short list, but I bumped them off. Both super great games, though.

SoaSE in particular I have played a ton of.

 

[CaitSeith]

Freespace & Freespace 2? Isn't there usually a rule about limiting one entry per series in this kind of lists? And where the heck is FTL: Faster than Light!? In how many of those games in the list can you put out a fire in your ship by opening the airlocks, sucking out the oxygen in the room like in Firefly? Of course it didn't end too well for them, but that's not the point.

 

[ffronw]

Freespace & Freespace 2? Isn't there usually a rule about limiting one entry per series in this kind of lists? And where the heck is FTL: Faster than Light!? In how many of those games in the list can you put out a fire in your ship by opening the airlocks, sucking out the oxygen in the room like in Firefly? Of course it didn't end too well for them, but that's not the point.

Freespace 2 and Freelancer. Two different series.

FTL was on there, but didn't make the final cut. Still awesome, though.

 

[CaitSeith]

Freespace 2 and Freelancer. Two different series.

FTL was on there, but didn't make the final cut. Still awesome, though.

OK, my mistake.

 

[Dirkie]

I hoped there would be any mention of Independence War or I-War 2, those gave me the feeling of handling something substantial in space by being slow and sometimes sluggish, hoping you could buy a bigger gun after you raided enough transports to get after the bigger prizes.
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