Any good post Y2K space sims I mean arcade shooters

[made]

The recent Wing Commander buzz made me play through Starlancer again and it was great, but way too short and unfortunately there never was a proper sequel. Now, the genre is deader than RPGs so wikipedia's list of space sims is rather compact, but some of them do look promising.

Starwraith series:
http://www.starwraith.com/main/go.htm

Dark Horizon:
http://www.paradoxplaza.com/DarkHorizon/

Earth & Beyond free emulator:
http://forum.enb-emulator.com/

Any of those worth playing? Other recommendations? If not, I guess there's always the Freespace and Privateer remakes...

 

[MetalCraze]

Gah! Don't call them space sims

Babylon 5: Danger & Opportunity if you want space sim (think newtonian physics and hyperspace modelled like in TV series if you've seen B5)

Freelancer if you want an arcade space shooter with a trader element and some exploration thrown into the mix.

Can't recommend anything else though

 

[made]

Ur right, thanks for setting me straight

No newtonian physics please, that's for aspies and nerds

 

[MetalCraze]

You post on the Codex - you are a nerd.

Very well - you are missing out on a p. solid but short game. A free one too.

 

[Gord]

If you don't mind sandbox games I can reccomend the X series.
Get X3 or X3 Terran Conflict, it's cheap and there are a couple of mods.
Also you can approach it in a number of ways.

 

[Tycn]

Freelancer is shit. As per above, play X3 instead.

 

[circ]

Compared to the X series, Freelancer is amazing. I like it. There's also Dark Star One, a bit like Freelancer but with a stupid story by germans or something.

 

[MetalCraze]

Freelancer is not more shit than Wing Commander

It's basically made by the same people.

 

[markec]

Play Tachyon: The Fringe

 

[sgc_meltdown]

space sims are so dead that publishers aren't even trying to streamline them

 

[Angelo85]

Like already was mentioned: X

There is also a new game coming up in the X-series, supposedly to be released in the fourth quarter (meaning Christmas?) http://www.egosoft.com/games/x_rebirth/info_en.php

 

[markec]

There is also Black Prophecy but thats online game, I personally havent tried it.

 

[Angthoron]

Independence War 2

 

[Falkner]

I haven't played it yet, but Starshatter looks interesting. It has a dynamic campaign and gives the player tactical control over the entire fleet at one point.

 

[Renegen]

Black Prophecy is a recently launched F2P space sim that I beta'd. It's a lot of fun, the action is exactly what you'd expect. Newtonian physic sims are also cool, I played Terminus, released post 2000. The best part about it is that it happens in the solar system and you get to see the same story from 4 sides.

 

[made]

Yeah, the X series... I tried X2 I think it was years ago but just couldn't get past the overly complex controls/UI. That's kind of one end of the spectrum; Freelancer with its simplified mouse steering being the polar opposite. Starlancer otoh is the golden middle.

 

[DraQ]

Ur right, thanks for setting me straight

No newtonian physics please, that's for aspies and nerds

Well, you're either a nerd or a tard.

space sims are so dead that publishers aren't even trying to streamline them

Fitting, considering their death was by streamlining.