"They say our people have no present Only a past filled with horror And a future they can only dream of." Immediately followed up by the Colossus slowly coming into view and i knew right that moment the game was going to be a masterpiece. Gave me such goosebumps when i first played it back when i was 9 years old and i still have fond memories to this day.
I thought the actual line was "...only a past filled with harm" (probably reference to aftermath of Great War, as Shivans overran few terran star systems destroying colonies and killing countless numbers of people).
People who say that video games aren`t form of art obviously didn't saw this intro and didn't play this game. It was released 17 years ago and this is still my favrovite game of all time.
I remember stories of a glorious civilization, Of cities with spires that reached the sun, Of a blue planet with vast seas, Of people with myths of humanity everlasting, Of children who saw in the embers of dying stars, The destiny of their race. One of the best games in the space-sim genre ever made, and a fantastic intro.
Pedro Portela This game is running in FULL HD with OpenAl and a lot of new effects thanks to a great community. Such a awesome game, just found it again, and the Open Source Project!;)
This is my personal example of best storytelling in a sci-fi genre ever: The archenemy is a mighty and competent foe, surrounded by mystery, powerful tech and is geniunely scary. The Vasudan allies are one of the most respected alien races in sci-fi from my personal point of view, their courage and self-sacrifice while fighting alongside humans is well portayed. The GTVA although being the underdogs, put one hell of a fight against a vastly superior enemy. Best part is that you don't know that you are the underdogs until you get very well ahead in the storyline. The game ending doesn't end the story itself, leaving the fans to desire more for over 20 years. Most movies and TV series don't even get close to such awesome quality of storytelling.
When Freespace2 came out, it won " Game of the Year for its cinematics and game play. When my niece's husband visited, he would literally take over my computer system, and do "all nighters." It was a really cool game on the ancient Intel Pentium III system.
this is from the time people had visions of what they wanted to make how they wanted their game to be, they put so much in it the story, the writing, the voice-acting the overall feel as if every battle you wage might be worthless because no matter how many enemies you kill they'll always have the weapon you cant destory but you fight on against all odds in the face of an unwinable war this is what made this game great because you dont destory your enemies completely as they are stronger then you, you only hope that somehow you you'll survive...
That moment in the early campaign of FreeSpace 2 when you begin to understand that the Great War was only barely won against a scout fleet from the Shivans..
I'll never forget the first time you encounter the Lucifer in Freespace 1 or the Colossus mission in 2, both resonated far deeper than most any other game I've played
@@DaveDexterMusic actually, yes it did Look at games from the end of the nineties, early 2000s, each one is unique and rich with story characters and world building Now look at games today, where a company like ea thinks the notion of single player is overdue for the grave and loot boxes and robbing your customers is the norm, the notion of being seen as a respectable company no longer exists just the extortion of whatever poor sod that fell to your manufactured hype train
The Battle Deneb was problably the most heated engagement that happened off-screen in the game. Basically the GTA and PVN tried to pincer the Lucifer and destroy it with Harbinger bombs launched by Ursa bombers, which were the only weapons that could even scratch the Lucifer's hull beyond it's nigh-impenetrable shield and so they succeeded in disabling one out of the five reactors, but it was overall too slow as the SD Eva jumped in, which later we do hunt down in the campaign (that said there's inconsistency between FS1 and FS2 on the Eva's timeline).
all in licence rights.. one day... someone will redo this awesome game... but until space sim combat becomes a thing again.. we will all endlessly wait ....
I love how this game takes its inspirations from all the ancient Mediterranean myths and seamlessly blends them with a far future sci-fi space adventure. There is so much artistry in this game; it's a shame it didn't get more traction. Best space fighter game I've ever played.
It also uses the history of World Wars in pretty cool way. WW1 was known at first as the Great War, and the generation of young men that were killed, mutilated and traumatized in the trenches the Lost Generation. In both cases a rabidly xenophobic group exploits the damage to seize power, and another war ensues. NTF are basically the Space Nazis, but while they are definitely an enemy, the devs didn't go the easiest route and turn them into moustache-twirling cartoon villains. I agree it's a damn shame the game didn't sell better.
The fan expansion of FS2's FSPort, Silent Threat: Reborn makes this cutscene far more deeper than it seems. For one the Orion-class destroyed in the battle is deemed the GTD Legion of the Galactic Terran Intelligence command fleet, while 2:46 shows us what appears to be a Shivan Demon-class, but is actually the rogue GTI warship Hades, which was destroyed during the Hades Rebellion.
@@RennieAshThat is so, but as I've mentioned, the crashed ship is no Demon. Gotta love it when a fanmade game actually fixed up a flawed expansion pack.
Been years since I've played, and watching this, my teeth grit, my eyes water, and my hatred builds. A game that can make you passionately hate a non-existent enemy is exceptional, indeed.
That's the GTD Legion being destroyed by the Lucifer in this video. Which, by the way, is a semi-canon ship name: back in the days fans proposed "Legion" as the name of the Orion seen in this intro, and Volition turned out to be fine with it.
I haven't really seen any really dedicated space sims, in the same vein as Freespace, I-war and the like, in a lot of years. I think a dev could do really well reviving this sort of game, if they really commited and delivered a polished product
...and now we live in the mausoleum of history... It is a shame that this epic game was a commercial disaster. Thank you, Volition, for creating this masterpiece.
Great points about this game: 1. Engaging, fun, and challenging gameplay, with a great learning curve. 2. Deep, interesting, and immersive plot. 3. Excellent musical score. 4. Robert Loggia's voice.
Unpopular opinion: Freespace 1's intro was so much more powerful. Not knowing what the _hell_ he was talking about made me want to play the game even more.
I don't think that's a unpopular opinion; many consider the FS1 intro to be one of the best in gaming - that voicework is so intense. FS2's intro is pretty much ideal for what it is though, so it seems unfair to compare: FS2 is a story about the aftermath of the great war and is heavily soaked in nihilism, it's intro sets the tone perfectly. Not to mention how neatly it contrasts with the ending cinematic: disenfranchised young man talking about looking for salvation among the stars VS wise old man longing to return home to earth.
What's even better is that the Shivans were never truly shown in the spotlight. They were ALWAYS enigmatic and that made them incredibly interesting! Everything is spoon-fed to everyone now theres no mystery anymore! Freespace rules!
Interplay's responsible for there not being a Freespace 3. The game was designed and developed by Volition... Volition wanted to make a Freespace 3, but that was around the time Interplay was going bankrupt. They marketed the game, Volition designed it. RIP Freespace.
I always loved this intro, the battle was cool, and moreover the monologue was excellent. Very eloquent. Freespace has some of the best cinematics I've ever seen.
One of the best space combat sims of all. I still boot this one up from time to time just to marvel at how good a game so old can still be so good. Bravo.
The best sf game ever... 15 years after, I am coming back from time to time... just to check it out...To refresh my memory... Same goes for the first part...
"They say our people have no present. Only a past filled with horror. And a future they can only dream of." And we see the wreck of Orion-class destroyer, a massive 2.1km capital ship, killed by Lucifer as if it was a bug. The intro has so many good parts, but that really hammers home the utter trauma inflicted by that war.
4:22 - "They say our people have no present...only a past filled with horror...and a future they can only dream of..." - I LOVE ThAT LINE it's sooo epic!
+Androgeos Exeunt was either bounced or its escorts failed to protect it during a fight with a shivian ship. there a couple missions where you have to protect a science cruiser while big ships duke it out with shivians so we can learn how to kill them better.
Wow, one of the earliest YT uploads and one of the few games I can still replay without even noticing whilst playing that the graphics are quite poor compared back to when I played this in 99. This applies to FS1 too. 2 great games; as somebody else said too, a game which was more than a game. People think of 'The Last of Us' and 'The Witcher' as iconic examples of gameplay being art etc, FS1 and FS2 are right up there except the editors were probably in nappies when this game was released. I'm 35, so not exactly at end of life so I'm not sure why this game is so so underrated!
Still sad that the game never got the ending it deserves. Remember reading the forums all those years back, people had so many theories. One particularly interesting one was that the Shivans themselves were running away from an unknown enemy. One thing for sure, not many space games that actually made space seem so scary and frightening.
I remember getting this as a late birthday present and watching this intro and getting hyped as shit to play. I miss when games had this level of care put into them. You don't see the depth in games like you do with older ones.
Agreed, Bioware completely plagiarized the backstory of the Freespace games with Mass Effect. Shivans = Reapers Ancients = Protheans Nodes = Mass Relays Neo Terran Front = Cerberus Admiral Bosch = Illusive Man And so on...
Having recently seen all of Babylon 5, I've realized that both Freespace, Mass Effect, and many others were heavily inspired by it. Shivans = Shadows Ancients = Vorlons Jump points and hyperspace also appear in it. Admiral Bosch = Morden The interstellar alliance and human separatist movements in it play out differently, but there's definitely a parallel to be drawn there too. The human ship aesthetics are fairly similar. Vasudans may have been loosely based on Minbari/Narn. I'm sure you could find even more similarities if you look hard enough... Point is, even if on the surface level it looks like a ripoff, they each tell each tell their own story in their own way with different outcomes, and they're all worth experiencing. It's impossible to create a 100% original story, everything new thing is built on the shoulders of giants that came before it.
found my copy from 1998. kept it because it is the BEST space sim so far. decided to install it last nite and now i'm takin' a trip back to 1998. this game is the reason why i'm into pc gaming.
God this game was amazing. When I see new space games coming out I can't help but be let down because they will never recapture the feel of this game. It really gave the feeling of being a fighter pilot in a galactic war, pure chaos going on around you while your capital ships engaged the Shivan captial ships, the feeling of "OH FUCK!" when one of your largest ships get blown to bits while you're helpless to stop it and just have to watch, all while dodging and killing enemy fighters. The only thing that has come close to giving me the same feeling i got playing this was the remake of the TV show Battlestar Galactica.
This game WAS my childhood, I have more fond memories of this game than I can name. I'm incredibly grateful that the Freespace Open modding community kept it alive and going strong for the past 15 years. It led to The Blue Planet mods, which is probably my favorite example of a video game story, and it wouldn't of been possible if it weren't for those beautiful bastards at Volition.
Top list of Spacegames i respect: 1 Freespace 2 Freespace 2 3 Independence War 4 Vega Strike ( Because it give me that oldskool feeling back these 3 games above have given me: That anything can happen once you are in space: And i love them for just that)
It will be dogshit. its a excellent and very well told story for a space shooter. It doesn't need a cinematic adaption because it will suck. Leave it alone.
Volition didn't go bankrupt... their publisher, Interplay (MDK, Clayfighters) did. Volition was acquired by THQ, and they still make games today. Their most recent game was Saint's Row.
I still love this game, it shows what can be achieved if you're not trying to push an agenda or drive customers to keep buying more and more DLCs, and all the game writers/voice actors/mission planners/ etc etc wanted to do was make the best game they possibly could. It's still SUCH a shame they never made a third instalment so all the stories could be tied up, but in the end I guess it just proves the old saying of "always leave the audience wanting more". Thanks for this, great memories of an all time classic game
I remember playing FS1 and then sitting wide eyed while playing FS2, the whole game was breathtaking...I always hoped that they would bring a FS3 out but sadly, seems that dream will never be...the whole space flight sim genre is very much dead and companies don't want to back the developers of new ones, its hard to believe that they believe there is no market for this kinda game, I am dying to play a good space flight sim again.
did just that and wow! the graphics are awesome! a huge shout out and thank you's to the source code project team and everyone else who made it possible!!!
Wasn't Freespace 2 the first game to use beam weapons against fighters? And also slashing beam weapons? I was blown away when I first played that game. It had me when the beam pierced the Belisarius in the first mission!
I WILL RAGE IF THIS GAME DOESN"T GET A REBOOT IN 32years or less. Best Game of its time, sadly many didn't have a computer to play it on then and those that do now will over look it.
the best out of the freespace series... and it took some beating with the first one! fantastic game!!! Aint played silent threat... saving that for when i'm about to get married... a week before i play freespace 1 then silent threat then the second then Deralict campaign... best way the story is played out... only way it should be played out if there is a freespace 3... if only!
I've contacted Volition myself on their website asking if they going to make a 3rd one and they surprisingly emailed me back and they don't have news about a 3rd one but their last sentence they've said on my email saying, " Youre not alone in wanting to see Freespace 3 become a reality." So it came in mind that they are willing to make a 3rd one later in the future just for us. But lets hope that they will.
this is an Epic game, with epic gameplay,epic story, epic music! one of the gratest, this game is from an age when computer games was not produced like rap songs on MTV as nowodays! I hope that if FS3 ll born with the old fashioned computer gamestyle with modern technology!
"They say our people have no present
Only a past filled with horror
And a future they can only dream of."
Immediately followed up by the Colossus slowly coming into view and i knew right that moment the game was going to be a masterpiece. Gave me such goosebumps when i first played it back when i was 9 years old and i still have fond memories to this day.
I thought the actual line was "...only a past filled with harm" (probably reference to aftermath of Great War, as Shivans overran few terran star systems destroying colonies and killing countless numbers of people).
was about the same age when I played it too. and yeah same exact moment for me. Gotta add on the music score when the collssus appeared *chefs kiss*
"Of people with myths of humanity everlasting..."
That line gave me chills in 1999 and it gives me chills today.
This game was one of the best games ever made with one of the best story lines ever written.
People who say that video games aren`t form of art obviously didn't saw this intro and didn't play this game. It was released 17 years ago and this is still my favrovite game of all time.
Same here.
Same...The narrative...Poetry!
Yeah FS2 took everything that made FS1 good and made it ten times better
i miss those days, back when games had some soul...
Perhaps we need to form a new alliance... ;)
Rest in Peace Volition, We remember what you used to be in your prime.
DIVE DIVE DIVE HIT YOUR BURNERS PILOT
I remember stories of a glorious civilization,
Of cities with spires that reached the sun,
Of a blue planet with vast seas,
Of people with myths of humanity everlasting,
Of children who saw in the embers of dying stars,
The destiny of their race.
One of the best games in the space-sim genre ever made, and a fantastic intro.
The line that gets me the most is this bit:
"And they hurled themselves into the void of space with no fear.."
Very melancholic. :)
Two of the greatest games of my youth.
Pedro Portela This game is running in FULL HD with OpenAl and a lot of new effects thanks to a great community. Such a awesome game, just found it again, and the Open Source Project!;)
Same, i'm running SCP aswell.
Let's play LAN(hamachi) or online:)
This is my personal example of best storytelling in a sci-fi genre ever:
The archenemy is a mighty and competent foe, surrounded by mystery, powerful tech and is geniunely scary.
The Vasudan allies are one of the most respected alien races in sci-fi from my personal point of view, their courage and self-sacrifice while fighting alongside humans is well portayed.
The GTVA although being the underdogs, put one hell of a fight against a vastly superior enemy. Best part is that you don't know that you are the underdogs until you get very well ahead in the storyline.
The game ending doesn't end the story itself, leaving the fans to desire more for over 20 years.
Most movies and TV series don't even get close to such awesome quality of storytelling.
When Freespace2 came out, it won " Game of the Year for its cinematics and game play. When my niece's husband visited, he would literally take over my computer system, and do "all nighters." It was a really cool game on the ancient Intel Pentium III system.
this is from the time people had visions of what they wanted to make how they wanted their game to be, they put so much in it the story, the writing, the voice-acting
the overall feel as if every battle you wage might be worthless because no matter how many enemies you kill they'll always have the weapon you cant destory but you fight on against all odds in the face of an unwinable war this is what made this game great because you dont destory your enemies completely as they are stronger then you, you only hope that somehow you you'll survive...
That moment in the early campaign of FreeSpace 2 when you begin to understand that the Great War was only barely won against a scout fleet from the Shivans..
I'll never forget the first time you encounter the Lucifer in Freespace 1 or the Colossus mission in 2, both resonated far deeper than most any other game I've played
it's not as if that time has ended
@@DaveDexterMusic actually, yes it did
Look at games from the end of the nineties, early 2000s, each one is unique and rich with story characters and world building
Now look at games today, where a company like ea thinks the notion of single player is overdue for the grave and loot boxes and robbing your customers is the norm, the notion of being seen as a respectable company no longer exists just the extortion of whatever poor sod that fell to your manufactured hype train
Command was so proud when the Colossus was deployed @@maddlarkin
The Battle Deneb was problably the most heated engagement that happened off-screen in the game. Basically the GTA and PVN tried to pincer the Lucifer and destroy it with Harbinger bombs launched by Ursa bombers, which were the only weapons that could even scratch the Lucifer's hull beyond it's nigh-impenetrable shield and so they succeeded in disabling one out of the five reactors, but it was overall too slow as the SD Eva jumped in, which later we do hunt down in the campaign (that said there's inconsistency between FS1 and FS2 on the Eva's timeline).
Why there hasn't been a Freespace 3 kickstarter project yet is beyond me.
Because I think there's a company still holding onto the rights to Freespace.
Yes, Interplay bought it back from the insolvence Mass of THQ *sniff* THQ...
for 7.500 $ ...
And Interplay itself has still his own problems...
Nagrachlp Yeah. THQ dying was a major loss for the gaming industry.
all in licence rights.. one day... someone will redo this awesome game... but until space sim combat becomes a thing again..
we will all endlessly wait ....
IMHO, the FSO project *is* FreeSpace 3.
Its quite emotional watching this, this game is just Legendary
I love how this game takes its inspirations from all the ancient Mediterranean myths and seamlessly blends them with a far future sci-fi space adventure. There is so much artistry in this game; it's a shame it didn't get more traction. Best space fighter game I've ever played.
It also uses the history of World Wars in pretty cool way. WW1 was known at first as the Great War, and the generation of young men that were killed, mutilated and traumatized in the trenches the Lost Generation. In both cases a rabidly xenophobic group exploits the damage to seize power, and another war ensues. NTF are basically the Space Nazis, but while they are definitely an enemy, the devs didn't go the easiest route and turn them into moustache-twirling cartoon villains. I agree it's a damn shame the game didn't sell better.
Oh God, the memories... long live the GTVA! *salutes, a single tear runs down his face*
The fan expansion of FS2's FSPort, Silent Threat: Reborn makes this cutscene far more deeper than it seems.
For one the Orion-class destroyed in the battle is deemed the GTD Legion of the Galactic Terran Intelligence command fleet, while 2:46 shows us what appears to be a Shivan Demon-class, but is actually the rogue GTI warship Hades, which was destroyed during the Hades Rebellion.
2:07 is your Demon class.
@@RennieAshThat is so, but as I've mentioned, the crashed ship is no Demon. Gotta love it when a fanmade game actually fixed up a flawed expansion pack.
The story was so amazing, thats why I'll allways love it...
And the alternative ending...great!
I still have my joystick to play this game. This make me want to play it again. Thank you for posting this.
A true masterpiece...
I bought this almost 14 years ago in a bargin bin at my local Walmart. What a find !
Likewise, the art on the box caught my attention. :}
Es ist und bleibt für mich das Größte Spiel. Hin und wieder Zocke ich es noch. Einfach Klasse
Been years since I've played, and watching this, my teeth grit, my eyes water, and my hatred builds. A game that can make you passionately hate a non-existent enemy is exceptional, indeed.
That intro still gives me the shivers after so many years...!
In all honesty, probably the most influential game I ever played in my life.
Dark and hopeful at the same time
Those 17 dislikes came from shivans.
It's been a year.... still only 17 shivans remain...
The dirty NTF
I agree it's from the NTF!
Clearly those pilots who were vapourised will not be impressed with this lol XD
Oh the poor 10000 souls was on the Galatea...
wasn't it the Aquitaine ?
That's the GTD Legion being destroyed by the Lucifer in this video. Which, by the way, is a semi-canon ship name: back in the days fans proposed "Legion" as the name of the Orion seen in this intro, and Volition turned out to be fine with it.
Seeing the destroyer still floating up there after 32 years sends a shiver up my spine.
You'd think space sims would get better with time. Whoop guess not.
I haven't really seen any really dedicated space sims, in the same vein as Freespace, I-war and the like, in a lot of years.
I think a dev could do really well reviving this sort of game, if they really commited and delivered a polished product
...and now we live in the mausoleum of history... It is a shame that this epic game was a commercial disaster. Thank you, Volition, for creating this masterpiece.
Volition now lives in the mausoleum of history too
Great points about this game:
1. Engaging, fun, and challenging gameplay, with a great learning curve.
2. Deep, interesting, and immersive plot.
3. Excellent musical score.
4. Robert Loggia's voice.
I think this game was ahead of its time in so many ways. The audio....I remember playing it with headphones on and it was just so riveting.
I would pay a fortune to play Freespace 3...
At least there are a lot of mods with the Freespace Open Source project.
Unpopular opinion: Freespace 1's intro was so much more powerful. Not knowing what the _hell_ he was talking about made me want to play the game even more.
I don't think that's a unpopular opinion; many consider the FS1 intro to be one of the best in gaming - that voicework is so intense. FS2's intro is pretty much ideal for what it is though, so it seems unfair to compare: FS2 is a story about the aftermath of the great war and is heavily soaked in nihilism, it's intro sets the tone perfectly. Not to mention how neatly it contrasts with the ending cinematic: disenfranchised young man talking about looking for salvation among the stars VS wise old man longing to return home to earth.
What's even better is that the Shivans were never truly shown in the spotlight. They were ALWAYS enigmatic and that made them incredibly interesting! Everything is spoon-fed to everyone now theres no mystery anymore! Freespace rules!
Interplay's responsible for there not being a Freespace 3. The game was designed and developed by Volition... Volition wanted to make a Freespace 3, but that was around the time Interplay was going bankrupt. They marketed the game, Volition designed it. RIP Freespace.
I always loved this intro, the battle was cool, and moreover the monologue was excellent. Very eloquent. Freespace has some of the best cinematics I've ever seen.
One of the best space combat sims of all. I still boot this one up from time to time just to marvel at how good a game so old can still be so good. Bravo.
The best sf game ever... 15 years after, I am coming back from time to time... just to check it out...To refresh my memory... Same goes for the first part...
"They say our people have no present. Only a past filled with horror. And a future they can only dream of." And we see the wreck of Orion-class destroyer, a massive 2.1km capital ship, killed by Lucifer as if it was a bug. The intro has so many good parts, but that really hammers home the utter trauma inflicted by that war.
4:22 - "They say our people have no present...only a past filled with horror...and a future they can only dream of..." - I LOVE ThAT LINE it's sooo epic!
Goosebumps. Every time.
still one of the best intros to any videogame ever, nothing has come close to how powerful that monologue is
HOLY SHIT, GUYS! Freespace 2 is on Steam!
it's been on gog for years....
2:16 - "What's that science cruiser doing out here?"
+Androgeos Exeunt science, it's doing science.
+Androgeos Exeunt was either bounced or its escorts failed to protect it during a fight with a shivian ship. there a couple missions where you have to protect a science cruiser while big ships duke it out with shivians so we can learn how to kill them better.
Androgeos Exeunt Believe me when I say that they can be used as a good (Yet pretty expensive) Bomb.
In desperate battles you gotta throw what you have
This was a triumph. I'm making a note here: Huge Explosion
2:17 *Terran Science Vessel* : "WTF am I doing heeeeerreeeeeeee"
Wow, one of the earliest YT uploads and one of the few games I can still replay without even noticing whilst playing that the graphics are quite poor compared back to when I played this in 99. This applies to FS1 too. 2 great games; as somebody else said too, a game which was more than a game. People think of 'The Last of Us' and 'The Witcher' as iconic examples of gameplay being art etc, FS1 and FS2 are right up there except the editors were probably in nappies when this game was released. I'm 35, so not exactly at end of life so I'm not sure why this game is so so underrated!
Still sad that the game never got the ending it deserves. Remember reading the forums all those years back, people had so many theories.
One particularly interesting one was that the Shivans themselves were running away from an unknown enemy.
One thing for sure, not many space games that actually made space seem so scary and frightening.
A future they can only dream of
Every time I see this intro I want to pick up my joystick and participate in a war I can't win.
I remember getting this as a late birthday present and watching this intro and getting hyped as shit to play. I miss when games had this level of care put into them. You don't see the depth in games like you do with older ones.
Agreed, Bioware completely plagiarized the backstory of the Freespace games with Mass Effect.
Shivans = Reapers
Ancients = Protheans
Nodes = Mass Relays
Neo Terran Front = Cerberus
Admiral Bosch = Illusive Man
And so on...
Didn't even change the Reapers colour scheme
Having recently seen all of Babylon 5, I've realized that both Freespace, Mass Effect, and many others were heavily inspired by it.
Shivans = Shadows
Ancients = Vorlons
Jump points and hyperspace also appear in it.
Admiral Bosch = Morden
The interstellar alliance and human separatist movements in it play out differently, but there's definitely a parallel to be drawn there too.
The human ship aesthetics are fairly similar.
Vasudans may have been loosely based on Minbari/Narn.
I'm sure you could find even more similarities if you look hard enough...
Point is, even if on the surface level it looks like a ripoff, they each tell each tell their own story in their own way with different outcomes, and they're all worth experiencing. It's impossible to create a 100% original story, everything new thing is built on the shoulders of giants that came before it.
@@tiarkrezar The story of Freespace 1 is also quite similar to that of Wing Commander Prophecy.
It wasn't new when Freespace did it either. It was already somewhat cliche when the Berserker series did it in the 60s.
gods, I remember this cinematic.... crazy long ago.
found my copy from 1998. kept it because it is the BEST space sim so far. decided to install it last nite and now i'm takin' a trip back to 1998. this game is the reason why i'm into pc gaming.
God this game was amazing. When I see new space games coming out I can't help but be let down because they will never recapture the feel of this game. It really gave the feeling of being a fighter pilot in a galactic war, pure chaos going on around you while your capital ships engaged the Shivan captial ships, the feeling of "OH FUCK!" when one of your largest ships get blown to bits while you're helpless to stop it and just have to watch, all while dodging and killing enemy fighters. The only thing that has come close to giving me the same feeling i got playing this was the remake of the TV show Battlestar Galactica.
just to think this game is 10 yrs old, and its still exciting and realistic, 5/5
This game WAS my childhood, I have more fond memories of this game than I can name. I'm incredibly grateful that the Freespace Open modding community kept it alive and going strong for the past 15 years.
It led to The Blue Planet mods, which is probably my favorite example of a video game story, and it wouldn't of been possible if it weren't for those beautiful bastards at Volition.
*bravos
RIP Volition
This is one of the Best Game Intro´s ever made.
I fully agree. This game is art
i always love the idea of fire in space... lol
when i saw Colossus in this movie, first time, i was like "och my God..." i was very young, tho... it was 6 years ago...
Top list of Spacegames i respect:
1 Freespace
2 Freespace 2
3 Independence War
4 Vega Strike ( Because it give me that oldskool feeling back these 3 games above have given me: That anything can happen once you are in space: And i love them for just that)
I would watch this every time I started the game. What an epic intro. Such good memories!!
Ever Perfect with admiral Petrarch & Aken Bosch ♥
They should make a movie or series based on FS2. One can only hope.
It will be dogshit. its a excellent and very well told story for a space shooter. It doesn't need a cinematic adaption because it will suck. Leave it alone.
Volition didn't go bankrupt... their publisher, Interplay (MDK, Clayfighters) did. Volition was acquired by THQ, and they still make games today. Their most recent game was Saint's Row.
I really wonder how they made these cutscenes back in 1998; they're outstanding!
I was so amazed by the voice casting in this game, so much impressive talent and of Hollywood level
That music is fantastic.
I still love this game, it shows what can be achieved if you're not trying to push an agenda or drive customers to keep buying more and more DLCs, and all the game writers/voice actors/mission planners/ etc etc wanted to do was make the best game they possibly could. It's still SUCH a shame they never made a third instalment so all the stories could be tied up, but in the end I guess it just proves the old saying of "always leave the audience wanting more".
Thanks for this, great memories of an all time classic game
So cool to see others into one of my favorite games....
This game is still beautiful. 22 years after it's been made.
I miss this game every day I wish for a third as our numbers dwindle
You can download it now and mod it and get so much stuff now.
One of the best space combat sims of all time. They simply do not make games like this any more.
I remember playing FS1 and then sitting wide eyed while playing FS2, the whole game was breathtaking...I always hoped that they would bring a FS3 out but sadly, seems that dream will never be...the whole space flight sim genre is very much dead and companies don't want to back the developers of new ones, its hard to believe that they believe there is no market for this kinda game, I am dying to play a good space flight sim again.
This into,man......I get and adrenaline rush just watching it again.
did just that and wow! the graphics are awesome! a huge shout out and thank you's to the source code project team and everyone else who made it possible!!!
Absolutely best spacesim ever! Can't wait for another part...
Dude, IMO it's the best GAME ever. You're not alone!
Wasn't Freespace 2 the first game to use beam weapons against fighters? And also slashing beam weapons?
I was blown away when I first played that game. It had me when the beam pierced the Belisarius in the first mission!
That mission was basically "look, we have beamz!"
my fav game then and stilll is.
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man! I GOTTA FIND THIS!!! the 1st one was epic!
Man, after all this time, it still gets me.
I WILL RAGE IF THIS GAME DOESN"T GET A REBOOT IN 32years or less. Best Game of its time, sadly many didn't have a computer to play it on then and those that do now will over look it.
I will rage if it DOES get a reboot. Do NOT touch this series! there is nothing to reboot nor is there anything to change about it. Leave it alone!
@@Amp661 lol um are you high?
Interplay always had the most-ominous opening scenes.
cant get over that lucifer blowing a whole straight through the orion class destroyer....unbelievable.
The music... the music is great.
the best out of the freespace series... and it took some beating with the first one! fantastic game!!! Aint played silent threat... saving that for when i'm about to get married... a week before i play freespace 1 then silent threat then the second then Deralict campaign... best way the story is played out... only way it should be played out if there is a freespace 3... if only!
one of the best game ive ever played, the graphic is so great, u cant think it was made 1999. go Volition, Inc
Wow thats a deep meaning.. Pretty awesome for movies too..
That Orion just floating dead in space used to send a shiver down my spine :P
thx for uploading this.... my game still works but the video would not run so thank you very much
The Only game i have bought 2 times in my Life. Its so intensive, so big, so wundervoll.
I've contacted Volition myself on their website asking if they going to make a 3rd one and they surprisingly emailed me back and they don't have news about a 3rd one but their last sentence they've said on my email saying, " Youre not alone in wanting to see Freespace 3 become a reality." So it came in mind that they are willing to make a 3rd one later in the future just for us. But lets hope that they will.
Unfortunately that is now a future we can only dream of
Those are very durable spacesuit and batteries!
This game puts Star Wars to shame. I think I'm going to play it again right now!!
OMG It's 11 years old, time flies.
I miss the space comabat SIMS
AdurianJ 20 now :)
This is a masterpiece
this is an Epic game, with epic gameplay,epic story, epic music! one of the gratest, this game is from an age when computer games was not produced like rap songs on MTV as nowodays! I hope that if FS3 ll born with the old fashioned computer gamestyle with modern technology!
Now this was what it was all about.
This is what games w🎉ere in the 90s. We peeked. 😅