I absolutely love this game. It's just unfortunate that it relies on Gamespy for multiplayer (which no longer exists). There is a work-around with GameRanger, but in my experience, it's very sluggish and very hard to find servers with decent ping. Most of these servers kick players with ping over a certain limit, so your options are limited as far as multiplayer.

However, even when this game was in its prime, the multiplayer wasn't all that great anyway, unless you were playing on LAN. This is especially true in space battles. The netcode is really basic, buggy and there would be latency even if all players had great ping on the server.

Recently though, there is an issue with the latest Crimson drivers where there are extreme artifacts and discoloration, making the game almost negative colors and virtually unplayable.

I believe there is a time when a game finally has to die, and I believe that time is now. I'm not recommending this game for the sake that people on newer systems won't be able to experience the full gameplay experience as it was when it was in its prime.

I absolutely love this game. It's just unfortunate that it relies on Gamespy for multiplayer (which no longer exists). There is a work-around with GameRanger, but in my experience, it's very sluggish and very hard to find servers with decent ping. Most of these servers kick players with ping over a certain limit, so your options are limited as far as multiplayer. However, even when this game was in its prime, the multiplayer wasn't all that great anyway, unless you were playing on LAN. This is especially true in space battles. The netcode is really basic, buggy and there would be latency even if all players had great ping on the server. Recently though, there is an issue with the latest Crimson drivers where there are extreme artifacts and discoloration, making the game almost negative colors and virtually unplayable. I believe there is a time when a game finally has to die, and I believe that time is now. I'm not recommending this game for the sake that people on newer systems won't be able to experience the full gameplay experience as it was when it was in its prime.