I-War I and II are also available from the same site.Īgain, Google a bit and you will find since I don't want to anger the STEAM gestapo, who don't abide to freedom of speech on their forums nor have the decency to keep their traps shut even if Steam fails to sell these agree that I-war II is not a difficult game, but with its newtonian physics, it is in a completely different league than the mouse controlled travesty that Freelancer is. They can be found here:Īll games are available through Amazon as disk versions, although SFC Gold can be found digitally for 6 bucks which is a real bargain. SFC I and SFC II can also be heavily uprgaded visually with mods.
Stay away from SFC III and Star Trek Legacy, althought they look good, the gameplay is utter crap, especially STL. That game is a keeper, you will cherish it and you will pass it on to your kids, but only when they have grown up. SFC II Orion Pirates (which can be bought as a complete game on 1 CD) not just the expansion is a real gem, which is reflected in the high price you pay for it even coming from the used games bin. SFCII Empires At War is good but it had some gameplay flaws. If you go for Star Fleet Command, (which is not WASD gameplay like Rebel Galaxy or STBC) start with the SFC 1 GOLD edition (which is the first in the series) and then work your way up. The modding community is slowly rebuilding links to popular mods here: All his ships and screenshots of how they look ingame in STBC can be found here: Kobayashi Maru, this one needs no introduction and should be installed first (with or without Galaxy Charts).įor individual ship mods you might want to have a look at quality addons like the ones by Wiley Coyote. This basically creates a whole galaxy for you to conquer sector by sector, you can buy any of the ships installed, build bases, and then warp to the different systems and conquer them after you have defeated the defense force and the response force. Galaxy Charts war simulator V2.0 (command and conquer style gameplay in STBC). Mods worth looking at for STBC (google them): This is demonstrated in the second video. If Star Trek is your thing, you can also try Star Trek Bridge Commander combined with some of the popular mods out there, whose control mechanism (when played in tactical mode - external view) is very much like Rebel Galaxy (WASD).
If you're interested in the mod it can be found here: The learning curve for I-War is very high though if you haven't played the campaign. I-War 2 does have a mod as well which transform it into a sandbox it's called Unstable Space. No, it's not on steam, but on Youtube you will find some nice vids like this one for example:, and I'm sure you're gonna like what you see. Hope you have lots of fun with this game. You can choose buy any ship from a small corvette up to a big battleship and customize the weapons. Required mods: (so you can choose a faction / number of systems in the galaxy and oponents etc - It also adds sandbox mode to Starsector): Nexerelin. The game is basically Rebel Galaxy, but viewed from a top down perspective (2d) and a few more gameplay options, like planetary conquest, fleet management and RPG elements to name a few. The game (which is not completely finished but very playable is a bit like SPAZ on steroids). Note the version install of the mods though, which should be identical to the version of the game you download. On top of that you can install a number of addon mod factions (each with their own ships). Starsector (formerly Starfarer) + Nexerelin mod.
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