While this is quite an old game, there's still strong community support for it and it's one of the greatest space combat sims out there. Sure, X-Wing/TIE Fighter and Wing Commander are the kings, but the quality of delivery for Freespace and Freespace 2 puts it in my mind as equal to those games. I had as much fun playing Freespace and Freespace 2 as I did any of the Wing Commander/X-Wing games.

On a technical basis, yes, it's dated, but in this case I think the reward outweighs the hassle of installing community patches and tweaking the game to run in 4K.

Also it's overpriced, so this is worth picking up on sale only... as always, nostalgia gouges aren't okay.

However, out of the box this game just doesn't work on Windows 10/11. Freespace 2 is probably a better game to go with.

Learned the hows and wheres about dog fighting in space, losing wing mates and a lot of sci fi. I was but a kid but this game hols a special place close to my joystick.