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Developed by Volition, Inc. and published by Interplay Entertainment Corp. in 1998, Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War is a mission-based space combat simulation set during the Terran-Vasudan conflict and the sudden arrival of the technologically superior Shivans. Players fly fighters and bombers through branching campaign missions built around interception, escort, strike, reconnaissance, and capital-ship engagements, with squadron commands, subsystem targeting, customizable loadouts, multiplayer missions, and the FRED mission editor expanding the tactical scope. This specific 1998 package is a bundled configuration that advertises the official Descent: FreeSpace – Silent Threat expansion as an added bonus, adding forty missions, two new starships, new weaponry, and a postwar Galactic Terran Intelligence storyline.
Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War (1998) refined the late-1990s space-combat simulation by combining large fleet engagements, capable wingman AI, cinematic mission presentation, branching campaign design, multiplayer, and user-created missions with fast-paced dogfighting. Its reputation was recognized at the time: it was nominated for PC Simulation Game of the Year at the 2nd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards and finished as runner-up for Computer Gaming World's Best Space Sim of 1998, while PC Gamer US nominated it for Best Action Game. It also established the FreeSpace series and led directly to the highly regarded FreeSpace 2 (1999).
Collectors interested in Descent: FreeSpace – The Great War (1998) may also want to explore Descent: FreeSpace – Silent Threat (1998), its official expansion; FreeSpace 2 (1999), the direct sequel; Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997), another cinematic mission-driven space combat simulation; Star Wars: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter (1997), with its strong emphasis on squad-based and multiplayer space combat; Independence War (1998), a contemporary space simulation emphasizing physics and capital-ship combat; and StarLancer (2000), a later military science-fiction space combat game built around structured squadron missions.
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