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Fate of the Galaxy is a huge, fully-featured Star Wars space combat sim that, thanks to being a total conversion mod for Freespace Open, even runs on my rubbish laptop
Fate of the Galaxy is a free, unofficial Star Wars space combat simulator set during the original trilogy. Built as a total conversion of FreeSpace 2, it offers campaign missions and ship combat, and matters to players seeking a substantial Star Wars game that does not require a powerful computer or a copy of the original game.
The mod includes Imperial and Rebel ships, standalone skirmishes, a mission editor and VR support. Combat involves managing shields and weapons, targeting ship systems and directing wingmates; the reviewer found keyboard controls demanding and suggested a joystick. Development has continued on and off for nearly two decades, it needs about seven gigabytes of storage, and its creators say the visual assets were made by humans.
In short
- Free Star Wars combat sim with campaign missions
- Runs on modest hardware and needs no FreeSpace 2
- Includes VR support, skirmishes and a mission editor
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