Freespace 2 Open : Retail and 2009 to 2022 Big Battle comparison

[@RandoGrunt]

From 20 years ago to this day, the beam sounds from all 3 races are still the smoothest yet powerful sounds my ears have ever heard.

[@danwentz]

Thanks

[@RandoGrunt]

@@danwentz Oh most certainly welcome! Can never get enough of it!

[@RuralTowner]

BFRed (Sathans main armament) is still a thing of mind numbing terror too...

[@captainandros]

This is absolutely incredible to see how far this game has come from its humble beginnings to the titan it is now. This just goes to show the heart and passion that you dont even see in AAA developers most of the time and im proud to see this game looking at its best right now and who knows Volition may have wanted it to look like this all those years ago

[@Elurin]

Not so humble beginnings! Freespace 2 was the Best space fighter game in its day! It was my Favourite game when it first came out.

[@captainandros]

@@Elurin I may not agree with Watchmojo on most things they do in videos but at least they gave the #1 Space Combat flight Sim to Freespace 2. Guess they can be right once in a while lol. Now that Volition is gone I wonder what could be next for this IP

[@massacringkitty89]

This was AMAZING! I remember I was about 9 years old when I watched my dad playing this and Freespace 1 and Wing Commander back in the day on his pc. Ended up playing it myself and it was the best games I played. He passed away in 2014 and I would have loved to shown him this video. Im happy to finally know that theres a mod to play this game now. Love the graphics now. This is giving me Battle of Endor vibes.

[@claverdiere91]

I realise I always come back for freespace. What a masterpiece it was and is still. Big big kudos to all the modders!

[@RandoGrunt]

No matter how many years pass, it stays with us forever.

[@mho...]

the sound of charging, fireing & cooldown of these giant beam weapons will forever be a sound thats deeply burned into my earballz 🤣 what glorious games freespace & battlezone where!

[@TrveIrrlicht]

The best space fight sim I have played. The story makes it.

[@MikeG4936]

Only a game this loved could see this kind of progress! Incredible.

[@warc8us]

Wow, this is amazing. I put a lot of time into FS1 and FS2 when I was a kid...I last tried FSO probably back in the 2010s. The modding community has dragged this game into the modern age, I had no idea FSO was looking this good now!!!

[@Hamburgerpimp]

I just randomly remembered this game and the first one after playing some Starfield. I NEED this game and mod now!!

[@SirMike02]

Same, I just made a ship inspired by a combination of the Shivan SF Manticore, SF Aeshma, SB Seraphim and the Glaive from Star Citizen

[@pmcomputing2459]

those Shivan battleships look SOOO Menacing now.. Amazing work. I haven't played FSopen since around 2012, time to jump back in

[@Elradon]

RIP Volition

[@talaris-uk]

I started playing Freespace Open again in memory of them.

[@quasistellar]

I pour one out every time I think of this game. To this day I still want to find out what happened to Bosch!

[@Dr.W.Krueger]

Nah, they brought it 100% on themselves in the last few years. The old guard (the talented people behind Freespace 1&2) were long gone at that point, so good riddance.

[@mikem.s.1183]

I am stunned by how Freespace 2 has been modernized. Amazing, amazing! Good comparisons, btw!

[@dapple33]

This puts all these years into perspective.

[@tomarsgamingchannel2439]

This is how an interstellar war should look like! The games of nowadays should take some notes ... but oh well

[@AgingDisgracefully]

It's amazing that a game from the 1990s can still bring a modern system to its knees.

[@whatthehell1012]

What an incredible job they did

[@DobbsyLondon]

Orestes tactical approves this video.

[@sebi8082]

Even in 50 years it will still be the best space game.

[@iainbaker6916]

“We’ve come a long way baby”

[@lykan2]

It's insane how well it holds up

[@JuliusCaesar888]

Such an underrated property. What a shame the modding community has had to adopt it.

[@CyReNiUsX]

Epic. FS2 will be remembered as a masterpiece. It's nice to see the modding community is still smashing it.

[@evan-du3vk]

I love freespace and wing commander. I hope some day they will be new game like that. Because all of last titles are more about exploration, building and mining. But not about fighting as a spacefighter pilot in huge battles in history driven world .

[@jovzin8022]

Wau wau wau. Last time I played was around 2020. Looks like I will need to fire it again. Those new textures looks great. Still my favourite space combat game. I still remmember when I was reading about some new FS 1 game in one PC Games magazine. And later there was review for FS2. Oh man the memories with this game are never forgotten. DIVE DIVE DIVE HIT YOU BURNERS PILOT :)

[@xplight]

Wow! Looks epic!

[@ShingenNolaan]

Yo, those upgrades are just epic.

[@sebastianbammler1169]

Wow, so glad it's still alive

[@hudsonb631]

I want a lego orion class destroyer to put on my shelf. Where would one go to get one of these overlays for FS2? How are they installed?

[@RennieAsh]

Overlays? I think it's pretty easy to download the source code project and the media vps (file packs containing all the goodies) . As mentioned in description, they made it nice and easy.

[@Spectre-907]

For those still looking, you buy the base game off of GOG, then download and install the Knossos launcher. From there, you can find all the visual mods and campaigns in click-and-play format. I’d start with jaded’s mod packs for fs2 and FSPort. Chronologically the campaigns go FSPort, Silent threat reborn, fs2

[@legionact1]

Just wow❤

[@michaelwestmoreland2530]

And now to reinstall FS2. This is...inspiring. long live the net. Also is there a mod that adds the FS 1 flak back, or is that in 2? Spaceships vs flak was always so damn cool.

[@casedistorted]

No idea what's happening but I watched it.

[@CMON75]

Is there a Warhammer 40K mod for this? If not, there should be.

[@QuentinStephens]

Amazing. What sort of framerates do you get on a 3050?

[@ytmndman]

Which side wins the battle, though?

[@EnterpriseKnight]

Goddamn!

[@SalmanAkhtar1]

I have not played this for several years. Trying to reinstall it now. Can anyone help me figure it out? Point me in the right direction to reinstall everything. Thanks for the notes. I figured it out. it seems to only work in 1920x1080 resolution. I was thinking it would work in 4k. it turns in a small part of the screen at that resolution. Struggling to play it on my new pc. This is my favorite game of all time so decided to play it again. this kronos interface is confusing compared to the old one.

[@419chris419]

Eye Candy.

[@vandammebrian]

How do i get this, played the original fs1 & fs2 from cd-rom and it´s still the best spacegame ever

[@starwolvesmodo]

Je viens rejouer à la version 2013 - 3.7.0 du MOD Blue Planet, il faut que je réinstalle avec les derniers pack graphique

[@azlanthellama6638]

How do you play free space 2 on steam mine just stopped working

[@mariotomazzoni6523]

The path of the game directory is probably to long, a well known problem with steam. Move the game files to a higher directory like "x:\game\freespace2" instead of "x:\Games\Steam\steamapps\common\Freespace2"

[@myron78300]

where can i get this game from?

[@W60King]

Is this on Knossos? How do you play this?

[@NicholasSmithNicholasSmith]

Knossos NET and asking questions within discord or reddit.

[@Cr1zza]

Hades looks her age :D

[@blackeagle041]

how do i run this on my own?

[@NicholasSmithNicholasSmith]

Knossos NET and asking questions within discord or reddit.

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

it explains why nobody dares make a freespace 3. keeping up with the community is impossible.

[@barricade8957]

Now show off the complete BS awesomeness that is Blue Planet, using the newest mods.....