FreeSpace 2

FreeSpace 2 is a 1999 space combat simulation computer game developed by Volition as the sequel to Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War. It was completed ahead of schedule in less than a year, and released to very positive reviews.

FreeSpace 2
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Box cover art for FreeSpace 2
Developer(s) Volition
Publisher(s) Interplay Entertainment
Designer(s) Dave Baranec
Jason Scott
Adam Pletcher
Programmer(s) Dave Baranec
Artist(s) Jasen Whiteside
Writer(s) Jason Scott
Mike Breault
Composer(s) Dan Wentz
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release
NA: September 30, 1999
EU: 1999
Genre(s) Space combat simulator
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer
The game continues on the story from Descent: FreeSpace, once again thrusting the player into the role of a pilot fighting against the mysterious aliens, the Shivans. While defending the human race and its alien Vasudan allies, the player also gets involved in putting down a rebellion. The game features large numbers of fighters alongside gigantic capital ships in a battlefield fraught with beams, shells and missiles in detailed star systems and nebulae. Free multiplayer games were available via Parallax Online which also ranked players by their statistics. A persistent galaxy was also available as SquadWar for players to fight with each other over territories.

In 2002, Volition released the source code for the game engine under a non-commercial license. This code became the core of the FreeSpace 2 Source Code Project, which continuously improves it and enables new features. In cooperation with the FreeSpace Upgrade Project the game's graphics are kept up to date.[1] The improved game engine is also used by various mod projects, for example The Babylon Project and Diaspora which are based on the science fiction series Babylon 5 and Battlestar Galactica respectively.

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