Review anarchistica 2/5 · Feb 17, 2022
A cute little relic
Playtime: About an hour? (tutorials + first mission and Babylon 5 tutorials)
Intro
FS2 is a space combat game. You play through various missions in a linear campaign which involve protecting allies and/or fighting enemies. There are also dozens of mods that add new content, from new missions to total conversions.
I used Knossos to install mods. Vanilla FS2 worked …
Playtime: About an hour? (tutorials + first mission and Babylon 5 tutorials)
Intro
FS2 is a space combat game. You play through various missions in a linear campaign which involve protecting allies and/or fighting enemies. There are also dozens of mods that add new content, from new missions to total conversions.
I used Knossos to install mods. Vanilla FS2 worked too but looks worse, obviously.
Review
As a kid i used to play Fury³, Terminal Velocity, X Wing/TIE Fighter, Rebel Assault II and the like. FS2 is a similar straight-forward flight combat game. There's no open world, no trading, no wide variety in ships and weapons, no factions - just simple missions. It's alright for what it is, and it's definitely cool to install the Babylon 5 mod and pilot an actual Star Fury, but i miss the freedom and options of X3TC or even Rebel Galaxy.