Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos

This is by far the best space sim I've ever played. nearly two decades have passed, and I still think about this game when I play any new space-based game. The graphics were excellent, the Newtonian physics were a fantastic touch that really made piloting the ship a lot of fun. The story was great, and far beyond the amount of effort that goes into storylines nowadays. Pirating cargo, and bringing it back to base to use for manufacturing... this game was way ahead of it's time. It will go down in history to anyone who has played it as a landmark in PC gaming. Unfortunately, due to it's early release, the younger generation gamers missed out. So you'll probably find a greater number of positive reviews for COD. I still pull I-war 2 out from time to time. Good fun.

An excellent "open sandbox" space simulation. The storyline starts quite classic, but it doesn't bring the games down anytime. The graphics were goods when it came out, and aged quite well, simples but efficient. Music is good and fits very well the atmosphere, sounds meets what we ask them. Don't expect to play this game without a joystick, but with one the controls are amazing. All the interface works awesome : straight to the core. Physics, dynamics of combat, random attacks and piracy make the world very lively. All you could ask could be random events, and some are quite brought by storyline. There's some addons out there, some very little but which will improve the game a lot (like location finder, you'll understand if you play the game), and some extends the game playtime a lot, like freeform. I'm still looking for a space-sim game to be that good since then. A must have for any fan of the genre.