FreeSpace 2

[Raz]

The game has totally aged now, but it will always remain a cult-classic.

I recently found the game on my hard drive after many years of dormancy. I started it up again and was quickly enveloped in nostalgia of all the good times I've had with it. Anyway, are there any good mods for the game...? That are still available of course. I never got around to getting any before but when I started it up, a couple days ago, I really wanted to get back into the game. I've got a strong urge to play it right now actually.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

You, my friend, are in for a real treat.

There's a huge modding community centered around the Freespace Open project. Essentially, the source code was released a while back and people have updated it and the graphics significantly. So not only are there tons of mods, but even the original Freespace 1 & 2 look fantastic.

The main community hub is http://www.hard-light.net/

To get the Freespace Open installer, start reading here.

I actually purchased Freespace 2 two nights ago off of Good Old Games. I installed Open with "the works" - all the enhancements and a ton of mods and campaigns. Right now I'm playing through Freespace 1's campaign, ported to the Freespace 2 engine.