Independence War, Deluxe Edition
by Atari

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Product Summary

• PC Gamer (1-year)
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
• Logitech Z-5500 THX-Certified 505-Watt 5.1 Digital Surround Sound Speaker System
• Logitech Z-2300 THX-Certified 200-Watt 2.1 Speaker System

Video Game Reviews of Independence War, Deluxe Edition

Customer Review: One of the best games ever!
Summary: 5 Stars

Description of Independence War, Deluxe Edition

For those of you who never had the chance to play Independence War, here's the lowdown: The strait-laced Navy is fighting an epic battle in space against the wily Indies. In a welcome departure from most simulations of this type, you command a large capital ship instead of a fragile fighter--it's a little like being in command of the Enterprise, only your ship is much more maneuverable.

Independence War was hailed for its realistic physics model. Thrusting in one direction requires an equal amount of thrust in the opposite direction to stop, since neither friction nor fictional sci-fi braking systems exist in this game. This approach makes for a game that is a little tough to get used to in the beginning, but it allows for some really cool tactics as your skills build.

The Defiance expansion pack bundled in the Deluxe Edition lets you play out much of the original campaign again, only this time you command an Indie ship and see how things looked from the other side. It also comes with all the other goodies add-on packs are famous for, such as new weapons, improved graphics, and gameplay additions like the ability to issue commands to other ships.

If you like space simulations, Independence War Deluxe Edition is not to be missed, but there is one catch: The absolutely beautiful graphics this game is famous for will reveal their full glory only if you have a 3-D accelerator card that supports Glide. But for space sim fans who have a video card with a Voodoo chipset, or those who can live with some toned-down graphics, your spaceship has come in. --T. Byrl Baker

Pros:

• Unsurpassed feeling of space flight thanks to the advanced physics model
• Fun multifaceted missions with an epic sweep
• Defiance add-on lets you see the original campaign from an entirely new perspective

• If you don't have a Voodoo-based video card, you won't see the prettified graphics

Edison Hayses, a young but experienced Indie captain, and his crew are propelled headlong into the conflict, fighting heroically against the Commonwealth Navy in their stolen Navy Corvette--the Spartacus. They must use all their courage, wit, and guile to best their foe against insurmountable odds.

Their mentor is Captain Colin McDuff, the Indies most highly regarded commander, an officer who is more than he seems and who may hold the key to the dark secret behind the war.

The crew of the Spartacus does not know that their lives will soon take an unexpected turn. They'll be fighting the primal causes of the war, defying those who would seek to prolong the conflict, and trying to bring an end to the madness and destruction that is the Independence War.

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