Hunting for Game Recs

[Valles]

I really, really like Crimson Skies. It's just a fun setting and a fun game.
Unfortunately, it's also old and pretty moribund. The pretty Saitek I got to play it with is sitting and getting dusty.
I mostly live in single player. I love sci-fi. I have no interest in 'realistic' flight models or problems for their own sake.
I wanna step out in the sky and blow stuff up.
...and I have no clue where to start looking for reasonably modern games to scratch that itch.
Help?

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[jpub]

Okay.
X2: The Threat, and X3: Reunion. These game are essentially modern iterations of Elite. There's a big focus on sandboxing the universe, and trade/economics is a major part of the game.
Dark Star One: Sort of a Diablo-in-starfighters. Has a mouse-based control system similar to Freelancer. It's fun, but once you finish the main game there's not much else to do.
Independance War 2: The Edge of Chaos: Good luck finding this one, but if you do you won't be disappointed. Best damn space game I've ever played.
XWing/Tie FIghter: Always worth a play.
What (if any) game systems do you have? For the X360 there's Project Sylpheed and Ace Comabt 6.
If you can get your hands on Freespace 2 (torrent it), there's Beyond The Red Line, a BSG mod: www.game-warden.com/bsg/index.html.
Actually, there's a lot of Freespace 2 stuff at: www.hard-light.net/
There's the Priveteer Remake: priv.solsector.net/
Also, we have the Bab 5 free game, I've Found Her: ifh.firstones.com/

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Christopher Angel, aka JPublic
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"Camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel. The stuff of legend! Right, Boo?"

[CattyNebulart]

vegastrike.sourceforge.net/
It's free and reasonably modern.
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[Star Ranger4]

well, I'd recommend
www.freeallegiance.org/
but its not really single player. And its got a steep learning curve... but until about a month ago it was the only game I was playing on anything resembling a regular basis."I was an Otaku before those kids came along and changed the meaning of the word."
-- HM "Howling Mad" Wilson to more than one team-mate.
Hear that thunder rolling till it seems to split the sky?
That's every ship in Grayson's Navy taking up the cry-
NO QUARTER!!!
-- "No Quarter", by Echo's Children

[Shepherd]

Steve Jackson Games is running tests on their Ultracorps game. You can try a solo minigame to see if you want to be in the next open test.
ultracorps.sjgames.com/"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM ofthe Rings XXXV
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"Anyone can be a winner if their definition of victory is flexible enough." - The DM of the Rings XXXV

[ECSNorway]

Can anyone recommend one for the Mac? My father just switched over to Macs recently and has been wanting a flight sim game for them.
ETA: He prefers historical over sci-fi.--
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DOROTHY!
WAYNERIGHT!
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[jpub]

X-Plane is probably your best bet.
www.x-plane.com/

[The Hunterminator]

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Independance War 2: The Edge of Chaos: Good luck finding this one, but if you do you won't be disappointed. Best damn space game I've ever played.

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My brother had bought it quite a while ago, but I had never tried.
Now that I have, I feel stupid because you are absolutely right, this is an awesome space sim.

[jpub]

THere's a fansite for IWar 2 that can get you a lot of good mods. There's a *great* one that replaces that crappy cargo skiff with a full freighter.--
Christopher Angel, aka JPublic
The Works of Christopher Angel
"Camaraderie, adventure, and steel on steel. The stuff of legend! Right, Boo?"

[The Hunterminator]

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THere's a fansite for IWar 2 that can get you a lot of good mods. There's a *great* one that replaces that crappy cargo skiff with a full freighter.

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Looks like my Google-Fu is weak, because I can't find it. Link please?

[jpub]

www.i-war2.com/ is the site
www.i-war2.com/downloads.htm