[Hippo]

The port != FS1. If you think it does, than you must think that volvo's and subaru's are the same because they end in vowels.

[Killbot]

The port != FS1.

Well, the story's the same, so what?

[Flipside]

LOL Don't worry, Hippos a die-hard FS1 fan There's an atmosphere about FS1 that really is one of those 'you had to be there' type things

I played FS1 once, I borrowed it from a friend, gawked at the Glide accelerated graphics, completed it and had to give it back. In fact, when I bought Freespace 2 a couple of years later, I thought it WAS Freespace 1, imagine my surprise when I saw the Bellesarius get lanced.

[Snail]

FreeSpace 1 is better than the Port. The nebula's looked stupid, but they gave you this really cool atmosphere... The FS2 nebulae were okay, but they were a bit too cartoony for my taste (the Subach HL-7 was also a bit funny, I mean, pink guns that turn blue?*). Some of the FS1 musiuc had really nice 'spooky' themes that were very effective during Pandora's Box. But I can't remember hearing Darkside or Monoliths for some reason. Which mission were they used in?

I like Ambient factor as well. It gives you a spooky feeling when playing something. My desktop is currently a picture that DaBrain (IIRC) posted of an EA Titus freighter... Super spooky.

Anyway, back on the topic of FS1, I was making an FS1 campaign that was completely canonically wrong, as it has the Shivans returning in Altair and all this stuff that would never work in FS2's timeline. I gave up on it, as I did many other campaigns.

[ShivanSpS]

In fact, when I bought Freespace 2 a couple of years later, I thought it WAS Freespace 1, imagine my surprise when I saw the Bellesarius get lanced.

LOL?! you dint see the cutscenes or briefing or command briefings, no nothing? XD!

[Andreas]

I haven't played it in a quite a while, I'm sorry to say. I still love that game, but I just haven't had any incentive to play it lately.