Tachyon: The Fringe

Falsly accused of mass murder, contract pilot Jake Logan (you) are exiled from the sol system to the fringe of civilized space where corrupt corporations (most notably The Galactic Spanning Corporation AKA Galspan) fight for corporate control. However, the colonists of the fringe have banded together into the Bora Mining Guild (the Bora) to fight off the spanner agenda.

You play as contract pilot Jake Logan who is very quickly thrust into this conflict and forced to choose one side or another.

This game is simply awesome. Not only are you able to customize your ship and its armaments, but the missions are adaptive so that what you do beyond the mission objectives in Mission A could dictate wether or not Mission B becomes available or is replaced by Mission C.

Each side (Bora and Galspan) have a fully playable campaign under their flags as well as quite a few independent third party missions (which for the most part are available regardless of which side you play)

Complimenting this are two distinct (but similar) endings to the game dependent on which side you choose.

Great plot, great flight simulator Well worth the money!

hey are you a Bruce Campbell fan? A Wing Commander/Freelancer /Freespace fan. Then this game is for you. I have been playing this game on my system since it came out.. This is so much fun. I am an advocate for cheats. And this has some great ones, you will want to use them, cuz Bruce has some great jabs at ya if you do.. lol The controls are awesome, the graphics the same. Other than Vice City, this is my favorite shooter/space sim. the weapons are top notch. The voice acting is great, you ethier love the characters or hate them. The designs are top notch, the ships are huge. In Short this is the bomb of space flight sims. 10/10

The greatest space ship simulator / shooter / adventure game. Why is there no sequel, after all these years? I guess the original was a flop... but it makes me wonder why, because it is one of the greatest games made.

that game still rocks , and is only matched in it's qualities by softs like the old wing commander series or starlancer . if you like space sims , you will love this one , there are different types of objectives and the game is totaly open-ended , it anything but linear , you can even choose the order in with you complete the missions ( you got a problem with escorting missions , then do another type and you might get the upgrade for your ship that might give you the edge )

freelancer might have newer graphic technology , but it doesn't support at all any form of joystick ( they should do a patch for that ) so if you are like me and need a good space shooter fix , take a look at the underrated "tachyon : the fringe" , you can't go wrong 9 out of 10 ( only because too many escort missions for my taste )

Tachyon: The Fringe I think is the best the simulator game of all time. The plot of the video game is that you play the experienced fighter pilot named Jake Logan (voice by Bruce Campbell). Suddenly when a medical facility is blown up you are the unlucky person who gets blamed for it. You are then exiled to the Fringe of Colonized Space where all the criminals and low lives are. You are then given to choice to either side with Galspan (almost like the big business of the future) or Bora (the rebels who seek and freedom from the big corporations.) This game got me hooked from the start. There is danger everywhere and you must defeat it. One of the best parts in playing the game is when you go into a gladitorial like fight but it is with ships shooting each other to death. This game is fun and has a storyline and even if you don't like space simulators, you'll still like it. Trust me, I did.

10/10