If you fancy something different there's always the old classic Independence War series.
If i remember correctly it was one of the first games to use proper Newtonian Physics meaning people complained it didn't fly like other "Sims". Dumbasses.
They are mission based with a narrative thread and can be bastard hard at times if i remember correctly. That I-War intro movie was something else at the time though.
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A guerilla war has been raging in space for centuries. Human colonies are breaking away f
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Independence War™ II: Edge of Chaos
The Badlands cluster, 100 years after the first Independence War. Your father was killed
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If i remember correctly it was one of the first games to use proper Newtonian Physics meaning people complained it didn't fly like other "Sims". Dumbasses.
They are mission based with a narrative thread and can be bastard hard at times if i remember correctly. That I-War intro movie was something else at the time though.