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Independence War™ II: Edge of Chaos

The Badlands cluster, 100 years after the first Independence War. Your father was killed by the Corporations for a bad debt and you have spent 5 years rotting in jail for trying to get justice. Now it's time for vengeance. Now it's time to turn back the Corporations before they corrupt the entire Universe. Now it's time to take control of the universe's most advanced interstellar hardware and wage war in the greatest space-sim ever conceived. Command four space vessels and a band of revolutionary pirates into an all-consuming battle against impossible odds, because there just isn't enough Spac

Release date
July 6, 2010
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Particle Systems Ltd.
Publisher
Atari
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The Badlands cluster, 100 years after the first Independence War. Your father was killed by the Corporations for a bad debt and you have spent 5 years rotting in jail for trying to get justice. Now it's time for vengeance. Now it's time to turn back the Corporations before they corrupt the entire Universe.

Now it's time to take control of the universe's most advanced interstellar hardware and wage war in the greatest space-sim ever conceived. Command four space vessels and a band of revolutionary pirates into an all-consuming battle against impossible odds, because there just isn't enough Space for everyone! Non-linear gameplay featuring dynamically created space trafficA realistic flight system, working in accordance with Newton's laws of motionFour pilotable ships and over 100 weapons and upgrades Non-linear gameplay featuring dynamically created space trafficA realistic flight system, working in accordance with Newton's laws of motionFour pilotable ships and over 100 weapons and upgrades

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★ 8.2/10GOG · 725 ratings
GOGLast checked November 5, 2026

Most helpful8

★ 3 / 5
If you have a computer with NO optical drive or emulated drive then you will NOT be able to play single player campaign, because this…
★ 4 / 5
Independence War II is one hell of an ambitious game; it's part space combat simulator, part space trader, set in an enormous universe with a…
★ 4 / 5
Great game, I still own my original disks. In fact, my original disks still install and play on Win XP 32 when patched. The reason…
★ 2 / 5
The game looks neat, but GOG's packaging of it is poor. It doesn't mention it in the system requirements, but if you don't have an…
★ 1 / 5
Multi-layer menus don't belong in a space sim. While the technical aspects of the game and flight engine are very good. They forgot the most…
★ 1 / 5
I'd love to play it, but it doesn't work properly on modern hardware. CD Projekt shouldn't sell it in this condition.
★ 1 / 5
Just like I-War 1, this game could had been a 4 or even 5 star from me - but the totally and utterly ridiculous unfair…

Most recent8

★ 4 / 5
Game is awesome, good story, bit steep learning curve -- biggest issue is it's -old- and you need to do a ton of 3rd party…
★ 1 / 5
I'd love to wax lyrical about this game. I played it to death when it came out and looked forward to coming back to it…
★ 3 / 5
This was one of the first games purchased on GoG and I can't say I'm very impressed with the distribution effort by GoG. Just to…
★ 2 / 5
Absolutely loved this game back in the day, so I was excited to see it on GOG. Unfortunately, after installing, it prompted for the game…
★ 1 / 5
I-War 1 was a take on the Freespace formula of linear, scripted missions to form a narrative space combat campaign. The difference being you were…

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