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AlcomIsst t1_jefsgya wrote
Reply to Games that don’t get enough recognition by ravenwolf957
Freespace 2 (1999)
The space combat genre was a big deal in the mid/late-90s, but it lost its advantages as technology improved. FPS games started to provide more immersive environments, and could render & animate people that actually resembled people. Games like Half-Life took over, and the space combat genre fell off a cliff. Freespace 2 was caught at the apex of this event, it practically perfected the genre, but hardly sold any copies.
There's a moderate sized community based around Freespace 2 as an open source modding platform, but I genuinely feel it deserves more attention than that.
AlcomIsst t1_jeagqph wrote
Reply to comment by Frostnatt in Descent enough haul from a thrift store for 20€ total. by Frostnatt
Oh! don't worry. I suddenly feel inspired to find full boxed copies of Descent 1, 2, 3, and Freespace, just so I can submit a post based around the pun. :)
AlcomIsst t1_je21cip wrote
Of course, they're keeping all references to Nintendo, its games, and official GC/Wii games off the Steam page.
The screenshots on the Steam page appear to only show a few homebrew games.
AlcomIsst t1_jeg5u4s wrote
Reply to Guaranteed no one’s gameboy looks like mine by bensisland
Accidental(?) Borderlands aesthetic.