Most of the Capital ships come with massive beam weapons, they are mostly used to battle it out with other Capital ships during the game, but there are also smaller beam weapons to fight it out with the smaller ships. Capital ships also come with a number of flak cannons which make bombing from a distance very difficult. The game can be run in either 640x480 or 1024x768 modes, both can also be run in 32-Bit color. There is no 800x600 option so some Voodoo owners may be a bit disappointed, but I doubt that the card would have been able to handle it anyway. The game also comes with the best explosions seen in any space sim so far, capital ships explode in a ball of flame similar to those explosions seen in Wing Commander Prophecy, but pieces of debris fly off out into space.
Explosion sounds are excellent, most impressive of all are the pounding flak cannons.
Speech is also well spoken throughout the game. I didn't take too much notice, but during some battles the music did manage to increase some of the tension. It doesn't quite over take it, but it does come pretty close with far better graphical effects, excellent sound effects and some very exciting gameplay. The only doubters I have are that the missions can be a little similar and some of the enemy AI isn't as good as it maybe should have been, but other than that Freespace 2 is a great purchase. This site is not related to the Microsoft Corporation in any way.