I just love the capital ships duking it out with gigantic beams of death. (Some of those Youtube links might contain story spoilers, if you were planning on trying the game out - which is very worth it! Over here for GOG/Steam links to buy the game, and the engine upgrade download: - note that Freespace 2 is a pure space dogfighting story-driven game, not at all an empire building game like X4.) I guess the sounds and effects and overall art direction were just that good. I watched Youtube videos to see if it was just rose-tinted glasses, and I was amazed to see that more than 20 years later (and admittedly, with a few graphical improvements from the FSOPEN upgraded engine), it actually still looks and feels better despite the low poly count of the ships. I can't keep but feel underwhelmed when watching capital ship combat in X4, and I realized that's because it pales compared to my memories of playing Freespace 2.
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