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Any "space game" suggestions?

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Any "space game" suggestions?

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Hello everybody, I am new to these forums.

I really, really, (and I do mean really) love everything and anything that has to do with space conquest and exploration. Movies, books, TV series, games, you name it. However it space games are very rare and far between, we seem to get a "Freelancer" or a Haegemonia / galactic civilization / SoaSe every 5 years or so and they make so little noise in the press that they are easy to miss.

A new game called "distant worlds" came out recently and I was waiting for it for a while... but it ended up as a big disapointment. You can read my short distant worlds review here.

What other quality space games are out there? Especially those released in the last 5 years or so?

I played and replayed those I have, and I am really craving something new.

Those I played (that I can remember) :

Spaceship action:

  • Freelancer
  • Darkstar One
  • Eve Online
  • X3 (steep learning curve)

RTS-ish:

  • Homeworld
  • Haegemonia (sometimes spelled Hegemonia)
  • Light of altair (small Steam indie game)
  • Sword of the stars
  • Galactic civilizations 1 and 2
  • Sins of a solar empire (+ expansions)

First person:

  • KOTOR
  • Mass effect
  • Mass effect 2

 

 

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Reply #26 from Sins Forums Top

Star Ruler.

 

http://starruler.blind-mind.com/

 

It's in development but they are releasing patches every week with lots of new content and fixes. It has it's issues now but you can tell the devs that are working on it are really committed to making this into a fantastic game.

Reply #27 from Sins Forums Top

I never played homeworld 2,is it good?

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Reply #28 from Sins Forums Top

Homeworld 2 is great, though original Homeworld was even better (the single-player at least).

Regarding space games i would suggest Conquest Frontier Wars, which is similar to Sins, but is mostly RTS, it used to be competition to Star Trek Armadas and IMHO it was far better....though i liked and played Armada 1 a lot....

And old DOS game Star Command Revolution, it was fantastic funny RTS, which i suggest to everyone, who likes Realtime strategies with starships. It was the only RTS, which made the microing the units in combat fun for me...

Reply #29 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Theutus, reply 12
The most recent X3 game, X3: Terran Conflict hands down is the best space sim I have played since the early 2000s
End of Theutus's quote

I don't get how people can play those games.  They have the worst autopilot AI I've ever seen.

(Heh, the timeframe in this thread is amusing.)

Reply #30 from Sins Forums Top

I know.  It's just like the timeframe in the X games. :P

Reply #31 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Why is a 5-6 month time frame so funny?