Space games these days! Won't let you navigate interplanetary space. One let you make your own jump calculations for FTL. It's shameful!

Independence War is a space combat simulator first released in 1998. It was and remains almost unique in attempting a detailed simulation of open space combat that doesn't heavily rely on space opera tropes, WWII dogfighting, or simplified arcade combat. You've got Newtonian flight, two different FTL drives, ships that sustain damage to internal systems and can be repaired by repair crews in real time. It's extremely cool and extremely old. This play through is silent and uses a cleaned up version of the game played in HD resolutions. Worth a watch if you're in to that kind of thing.

  • AernaLingus [any]
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    1 year ago

    I think you accidentally the link--I assume this is the video?

    https://youtube.com/watch?v=ij0NlMVd4Mw

    Sounds really neat! It's the kind of game I'd probably never play (my brain can only handle baby game mechanics) but would be super interesting to learn about.

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      I did accidentally the link, thank you.

      I was never any good at the game, it's just soooooooooooo cooooooooooooool.