After FreeSpace 2's release, Volition broke away from publisher Interplay Productions and joined THQ where it went on to design Red Faction and Summoner. Even though FreeSpace 2 was lauded by the gaming press, it failed to sell very well, effectively marking the end of the era for this style of the space simulation video game. This allowed users to produce many of their own campaigns and missions.įreeSpace 2 was a polished successor to the original, featuring enhanced graphics, awesome nebula effects, and beam weapons that larger ships were equipped with. It also included FRED (FReespace EDitor), the mission editor used by the game designers themselves. Among the features of FreeSpace were intelligent wingmen the player could order around, an intricate storyline, multiplayer, and capital ships that were nearly 3 kilometers in length.
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Although the FreeSpace saga was officially exclusive to Windows, it was ported to Linux after the source code to Freespace 2 was released in 2002.įreeSpace was heralded by game reviewers, having assimilated the best points of other space combat simulators like Wing Commander and adding its own features to it. In reality however, this second re-release was considered a fairly obvious attempt to capitalize on the shortage of copies of the game, which were going for greater than $50 at the time at auction houses like eBay, and would have generated a quick hundred-thousand dollars for the ailing Interplay. The second time it was re-released, in 2004, publisher Interplay released the GotY edition as a limited edition, 2000 copy "20th Anniversary Edition" celebrating their own 20th anniversary. While FreeSpace 2 did not have an expansion pack, it was later re-released twice, the first time as FreeSpace 2: Game of the Year Edition and included several user-made missions. It had one expansion pack in the form of Silent Threat. The original title, Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War, was released in mid- 1998.
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