Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
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Video Game Reviews of Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos
Customer Review: Edge of Chaos
Summary: 4 Stars
Its best with a joystick. I love the plot, its very deep and involving. Graphics are still hard to match even today.Customer Review: eh......
Summary: 1 Stars
Edge of chaos has great space combat, but that's about it. I feel they could have done so much more with the environment they created. First of all, trading goods could have been carried out at the MANY space stations in the galaxy, but it was all carried out at some bland screen you visited at your home base. Plus, with a huge myriad of planets, you couldn't land on one of them.
Besides all that, progression of technology was far too slow and the number of ships was pathetic. The plot line was iffy at best, and I couldn't get though the game without the occasional hint from the walkthrough.
One good thing is that you can modify the game with downloads available from various web sites. However the quality of the mods is not all that great..
Basically, this game was pretty fun, but it had a flat ending and got old REALLY fast...
Customer Review: Space Sim Tryout
Summary: 3 Stars
Having never tried any space simulations, except for Destination Earthstar for the original Nintendo console, I thougt I'd be open minded and give it a try. So far, I have logged about 15 hours on this game and it does have a lot going for it.The graphics in this game are pretty, although they tend to become a little repetitive after a while. The different views and perspectives of the ships are fun to look at, but are disorienting for gameplay. There is certainly a lot of detail in the renderings. I run the game on a P4 1.7 gHZ machine with 256 RAM and an NVidia GEforce 2MX video card and it runs very smoothly. Overall I'd give the graphics 4 out of 5 stars.
The sound is clear and there is some catchy music. I especially like the way the music builds while you're in the space station if you stay there for awhile. Although I'm still in the first act of what is essentially a 5 act game, I'd have to say that the music is a bit repetitive, but that's pretty standard for most games I've played and isn't crucial to the overall "fun" factor. The sound effects for the ship and the weapons are of good quality and are what you would imagine a space ship's weapons and engines to sound like. I'm not overly pleased with the sound of the characters in the story, because it's a bit scratchy and garbled. I understand that it's supposed to sound like it's coming through a radio, but I hope that communications are a bit better than that 200 years from now.
Overall sound: 3 stars
The gameplay itself is fun, but it doesn't have that addictive quality that some games have. On the plus side, there seems to be many destinations to go to and the game is open ended so you don't have to go in any order, although you are given some "hints" as to where you should begin. As the game progresses some of your missions get more defined, but it's up to you when to attempt and complete them. The mechanics of flying a spacecraft is somewhat difficult as changing direction is tricky as you will continue moving in the same direction for a while. It took a couple of hours to get used to this but now that I've got the hang of it, it's really a blast! Unless you're traveling large distances or docking to something, you've got to use your manual thrusters to have a chance in a fight or to avoid one. When you're dogfighting with enemy ships the action is fast and furious. There are also lots of other nice details that are fun to play around with. You can customize your ship with different loadouts and trade or recycle cargo that you've pirated.
On the negative side, you can only save the game when you return to your base which means that if you get killed you must start your mission over again from your base. Because distances can be great, even traveling at light speed, it sometimes takes a few minutes to go from your base to your next destination. During these times you'll have your ship on autopilot so there's not much to do, except cycle through the different views. I usually get something to eat or go to the bathroom during these "long" journeys. The problem is that because you can only save back at the base, if you happen to get killed soon after arriving at your destination, you've got to make the journey from your base all over again. This can be rather frustrating and takes away from the excitement of the game. As you get more experienced at the game this is less of an issue but it's difficult to stick with it at first.
Gameplay: 3 stars
Overall, I find this game to be a lot of fun. It's nicely detailed, there's a big game world, and the graphics and sound are more than adequate, but the interruptions in the action take away from the immersive quality that are the hallmark of a really great game. In a really great game I'll play for hours, waiting to take one more turn or complete one more quest. In this game after getting blown up three or four times, I'm ready to call it quits. I guess in that respect this game has been really good for my marriage and my sleep habits! If you're a fan of space sims, you'll probably want to get this. If not, I'm not sure this is the game to change your mind.
Customer Review: Wow..........
Summary: 5 Stars
Incredable. Simpley incredible. Independence War 2: The Edge of Chaos is definaltly a new benchmark in almost every aspect of a space sim. This game takes place a 100 years after the first game. You start of as a kid who watched his father murdered by Caleb Maas, (you will watch the scene in the beautiful opening movie [yes its at least 10 min long].) After a small tutorial in the beggining, go to Instant Action and pilot your trusty ship, the Storm Petrel for at least 10 mins without dying. After being held prisoner for 15 years you become a pirate and your grandmother's old pirate base as your base of operations. Command four powerful and futuristic crusiers against your eneimies and pirate transports for loot to refit your ships, for wealth, for anything you want. The best thing about this game is that it's FREE. You don't have to move ahead with the maibn plot into you feel like it. Veteran Independence War players will be relived becasue we were all tired of having our ships beat up just to complete a mission objective. Also, do not ever go to multiplayer until you are an experienced pilot. Otherwise, you be in for a scare as an experienced pilot will turn of inertia dampeners and use lateral thrusters to turn around, manouver around and fire at you from behind even when you were doing the pursuing. Experienced pilots will probably give you a scare by shooting you while your pursuing them. A good pilot can do all that in about 3 seconds tops...so watch your back. Also, graphics, controls, everything is beautiful and well done in this game. A definate must-buy.Customer Review: My Husband Adores This Game
Summary: 5 Stars
It's true. My macho husband gets all misty when he tries to explain to his freinds the fun that playing this game brings into his life. He says it's the best space simulation game he's ever seen. Although I'm not a big gamer, I enjoy watching him play it because the story is pretty good and the characters are very interesting. The action is fun to watch because it looks so much like a 5-star sci-fi film. It looks pretty challenging to play -- my husband says he thinks this game might not be as popular in the US as in other places because it's not as easy as a lot of American games. He's a good gamer, though, and really appreciates the challenge. He told me he thinks the game is worth much more than we paid for it at Amazon.com. It has a lot of depth to it. It's fun to watch him enjoy something so thoroughly, and it's fun to see him get satisfaction from a game over such an extended period of time.