FreeSpace: The Great War - [Mission 6] - Paving the Way

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Medivak

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Published on June 8, 2022 11:00:05 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ytzwxztez4

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Descent: FreeSpace (1998)

Duration: 13:33

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This is possibly the one of the few escort missions where you really don't have to escort it. The Galatea is totally capable of handling herself when it comes to rocks, but when it comes to bombers....? Yeah.

----[Description]----

This is FreeSpace: The Great War; technically it's really called Descent: FreeSpace or Conflict: FreeSpace but the former is a lot easier to fit in the title screen.

It's a space simulator made by Volition and published by Interplay back in 1998, and honestly from what I found it really wasn't that well discovered till early 2000s along with its sequel, but seems to have gained a pretty sizable following to this day.

I say this because if you go down to the Mod section, you'll read why. Honestly I was blown away by the fact a group of people made this.

FreeSpace performs in the same sort of style as the Wing Commander and X-Wing/TIE Fighter games: you fly missions and sort your wingman (in some cases also control your loadout) while a whole story develops around you that you partake in.

But FreeSpace hits a bit differently compared to the likes of Wing Commander. Sure, the style of missions are the same: you got your Seek and Destroy missions, your Escort missions, your “evil alien race that wants to destroy you and your home world” story line, etc. But the style of it, the telling of it, hell even the lack of cut scenes and more of the story being told though game audio, makes the whole game feel completely different.

When I played this for the first time I had just come off playing Wing Commander 3 and was expecting something so similar; what I got was a combination of what I like, but enough to be it's own thing.

It's easily one of my favorite games and I am so happy to share it with you!

----[Video Information]----

This playthrough will be done on a Mission by Mission format. One video is one mission; I will have to break up 2 part missions into their own thing as technically they are their own missions.
This was recorded in OBS/Display Capture.

My audio was recorded into OBS through Nvidia Broadcast and then edited in Audacity.

----[Please Note]---

This playthrough was recorded with a slight flaw. Every now and again you'll hear my audio kinda (for lack of a better term) “crack." This was due to my audio driver being a misbehaving twit that hopefully by the time you see this playthrough is FIXED for future ones. I did get a new microphone to be safe (mine was like...9 years old at the time of writing this).

I have cut out/fixed what I could and honestly it's only the odd one or two cracks that become a bit hard to understand. I've subtitled them just to be safe.
But I enjoyed this playthrough too much to scrap it so I hope you can forgive this slight problem.

----[Modding]----

For this playthrough, I'm using the FreeSpace Open Source Project, a massive undertaking of a team of developers to make FreeSpace an open and moddable game, and honestly they've done a damn fine job.

You can check their site here: http://scp.indiegames.us/ and download the FSOpen installer there too, it's well worth it.

I also recommend if it's not included to get the Knosses launcher too, makes modding it so much easier as it's just download and install! You can find it here: https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=94068.0

You do need a purchased copy of FreeSpace 2 for modding to work!

The mod we are using for this run is called: FreeSpace Port MediaVPs 4.5.1
It's a combination of the port of FreeSpace 1 into FreeSpace 2 and the Media texture overhaul; you can find it on Knosses or here: https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=89121.0

----[Purchase]---

You can purchase the original FreeSpace game on GoG or Steam!
GoG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/freespace_expansion
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/273600/Descent_FreeSpace__The_Great_War/
The Steam one (for me) is a little cheaper, but my version is on GoG and it does go on sale quite often I find.

If you plan to play the modded version you'll need FreeSpace 2, which you can purchase from GoG.
GoG: https://www.gog.com/en/game/freespace_2
You only need FreeSpace 2 if you plan to play the modded version.

----[Final Note]----

I had a lot of fun playing this. It was quite entertaining going back into a really old game I used to play when I was so young (I'm not that old either, ha). It's clunky at times, sure, but its charm is still there.

I do highly recommend you play it; if not for the main story, the player made campaigns as well. There are quite a few good ones floating about that are well worth a look!

Thanks for watching!
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