Best free space combat sims?

Does anyone know of any good free space combat/trading sims with huge worlds and decent graphics? Preferably singleplayer and not MMO.

I've been meaning to download the trial of Evochron Legends, but I'm curious to see if anyone knows of anything with better graphics.

I had a look at the X2 and X3 and while they look decent in the screenshots the textures looks painfully low resolution close up.

So anyone know of any free ones with good graphics?

Freespace 2 is the greatest space combat sim of all time. It's also easily one of the top 5 or top 10 greatest games of all time.

It has an epic storyline with great voice acting, and absolutely massive battles with gigantic capital ships. The graphics also hold up, even though it came out in 1999 because they were years ahead of their time.

If you haven't played it, you need to drop everything and get a copy. It's that good.

the classics of all time are the wing commander games. i have the whole collection. and there is a new one called dark star one which is really good imo. it is not free but only costs $10.

the classics of all time are the wing commander games. i have the whole collection. and there is a new one called dark star one which is really good imo. it is not free but only costs $10.

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EDIT: Freespace 2 is also a masterpiece that anyone with a interest in space combat needs to try.

Hmm, alright I'll give Freespace 2 a try later. Thanks guys!

Still open for suggestions on any other free, open world space combat/trading sims with good graphics though!

Hmm, alright I'll give Freespace 2 a try later. Thanks guys!

Still open for suggestions on any other free, open world space combat/trading sims with good graphics though!

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When you're finished with it go back and play Freespace: The Great War. It makes some aspects of the storyline more clear. It's also good, but not on the same level as FS2.

FS1 has a very suspenseful ending though, which I won't spoil for you.

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Hmm, alright I'll give Freespace 2 a try later. Thanks guys!

Still open for suggestions on any other free, open world space combat/trading sims with good graphics though!

bigfootstew

When you're finished with it go back and play Freespace: The Great War. It makes some aspects of the storyline more clear. It's also good, but not on the same level as FS2.

FS1 has a very suspenseful ending though, which I won't spoil for you.