Reddit reviews Freelancer - PC
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Open-Ended Universe - Play missions randomly or follow the storyline. The universe is open for exploration, and the game evolves based on the decisions you make. Demolish pirate bases or supply depots and watch the political fallout. Lane Hackers go after cargo vessels if you disable trade lanes. Support your local cop...or not. The choice is yours but the universe won't wait for you.Dynamic Reputation - Your choice in missions, your successes, your failures...they all change your reputation constantly. Play as a Naval Officer and everyone associated with the Navy will treat you better. Become a pirate and hunt down cargo vessels and youll soon have friends in low places. The missions youre offered and the technology you have access to all depend on who you become.Distinctive Styles of Play - Chase the almighty dollar, disrupt the corrupt government, enforce the law, chase human prey...every game is different. Want access to easy money? Become a Lane Hacker: take dowenemies blind. Politics and intrigue are everywhere in the universe. If you have what it takes to be a CEO here on Earth....Intuitive Interface - Master the intricacies of space combat via mouse. Don't have a joystick? Hate all those buttons anyway? A mouse and a keyboard puts you in the game.
Same here, but there isn't much. That's why so many people really want SC to be awesome.
Anyways, the old Wing Commander games (who were made by Chris Roberts) are available on www.gog.com, I just started playing WC3 a while ago and have to say, even though the graphics are pretty meh the game itself and the story are pretty great. Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker, The Joker in the Animated Series and the new Arkham games) is the main character, so that's awesome as well.
There is also the X series (available on steam), but it's more economy and exploration based from what I have been told.
If you're not bothered by older graphics then there are a bunch of games that would be worth trying. As I already mentioned WC (starting at 3 it has actual 3d graphics and this looks a lot better), Freespace 2 (great story), and possibly Freelancer, Wing Commander: Privateer and Freespace 1. (But I have not played those myself. Just read some reviews I guess.
ALSO: For the lazy, here are the links to all the games I have just talked about!
Star Citizen https://robertsspaceindustries.com/
Wing Commander 1+2 http://www.gog.com/gamecard/wing_commander_1_2
Wing Commander 3 http://www.gog.com/gamecard/wing_commander_3_heart_of_the_tiger
Wing Commander 4 http://www.gog.com/gamecard/wing_commander_4_the_price_of_freedom
Wing Commander Privateer http://www.gog.com/gamecard/wing_commander_privateer
X Series SuperBox (individual games can be purchased seperately as well) http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6330/ (The newest game in the series, X: Rebirth is a completely new game, pretty much everything will be reworked. Sadly, there is no release date yet. http://www.egosoft.com/games/x_rebirth/info_en.php for more info.)
Freespace http://www.gog.com/gamecard/freespace_expansion
Freespace 2 http://www.gog.com/gamecard/freespace_2
Freelancer http://www.amazon.com/Freelancer-Pc/dp/B000085AHJ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1373820093&sr=8-2&keywords=freelancer (No digital download available anywhere.)
YET ANOTHER ALSO:
There are some interesting other space games being worked on. These are work in progress Kickstarter projects:
Starlight Inception http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/732317316/starlight-inceptiontm http://www.unitedstarforce.com/
Elite: Dangerous http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1461411552/elite-dangerous http://elite.frontier.co.uk/
Limit Theory http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joshparnell/limit-theory-an-infinite-procedural-space-game http://ltheory.com/
Kinetic Void http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/seanpollman/kinetic-void http://badlandstudio.com/kinetic-void/ Also available via Steam Early-Access (It's very much alpha though. At the moment there is not much to do.) http://store.steampowered.com/app/227160/?snr=1_7_15__13
AND ON TOP OF THAT ANOTHER ALSO: If you're generally interested in space on top of just wanting to shoot some stuff from a space ship you might enjoy Kerbal Space Program! https://kerbalspaceprogram.com/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/220200/?snr=1_7_15__13
WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ALSOS YET, SO LET'S HAVE ANOTHER ONE! Make sure to check out some of the game-specific subreddits! /r/StarCitizen, /r/X3TC (X-series), /r/EliteDangerous
Now I'm done and my fingers hurt. Hope this assortment of games brings at least some of you some entertainment!
> Is a game like "Eve" the only good option?
This is actually very bad option. It's a MMO and you can dogfight, but it's more famous from its massive battles, when server chokes up. Sheeps are only visible from the outside, you control your ship using mouse, weapons work on cooldowns.
Now, couple older (like last century) options:
https://www.gog.com/game/freespace_expansion
https://www.gog.com/game/freespace_2
https://www.gog.com/game/star_wars_xwing_alliance
https://www.gog.com/game/wing_commander_5_prophecy
https://www.gog.com/game/independence_war_2
http://store.steampowered.com/app/32760/
https://www.amazon.com/Starlancer-PC/dp/B00004R9AL
And few newer:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/396750/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/280200/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/288370/
https://www.evevalkyrie.com/ (if you have VR headset (last time I checked it was Oculus exclusive and coming out on PS4))
http://store.steampowered.com/app/200410/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/282620/
These two combine space sim with RTS:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/259660/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/283160/
Star Citizen does looks great, but it's still in very alpha state. You can get either Squadron 42 which will be single player portion of the game in the vein of pretty much everething I've posted above, or Star Citizen which will be MMO, with mission, trade etc. like:
https://www.gog.com/game/wing_commander_privateer
https://www.amazon.com/Freelancer-PC/dp/B000085AHJ (this one is also with view outside of the ship)
X series: https://www.gog.com/game/x3_terran_war_pack
http://store.steampowered.com/app/71000/
https://www.elitedangerous.com/
In the States you can get it on Amazon here or here. I'm not sure what's available in Europe, but maybe Amazon will ship to you.
Edit: They're physical copies, sure, but it's better (for CR, who deserves his cut) than torrenting.
http://www.amazon.com/Freelancer-PC/dp/B000085AHJ
Have you tried these ones?
https://www.amazon.com/Freelancer-PC/dp/B000085AHJ
http://www.bananzathon.com/mcrosftfreelncrpc.html
Freelancer will run on just about anything. It is a great space game, with a nice story. Sadly it is not on any online game store, so you need the actually game, and amazon has it, though the price, wow the price. Get it used :). Or find it elsewhere.
Independence War 2: EOC is my favorite space game bar none. Space cowboy up man.
I don't think microsoft is selling it digitally, but you can buy a hardcopy of it here
I will have to look up a site to purchase Freelancer. I played it back in the day and it wouldn't be that bad to go back and play it again.
I was gifted a copy of the DLC for Universal Combat. I have already tried it but am holding off on making a video until I have properly learned my new editing software and have some more footage to compare between the two for the supposed graphics upgrade.
I refuse to play BC3000AD. Mostly because it's going to just end up being a older, crappier version of Universal Combat. Nope. Not doing that. Even I have limits.
I plan to revisit LoD but will have to re-purchase the game to do so. Not really inclined to do that at this moment since I still have more of Universal Combat to do. I also never really intended to be that guy that takes punishment playing shit games, but hey...it's been fun. I just hope people appreciate my other videos I want to do as well!
Wifes surgery should go fine. Thanks for the boost of confidence!
I do appreciate any feedback on my videos and any suggestion for games to play in the future. I will look into getting a copy of Freelancer as well as LoD: Tactics after I finish the next video for UC:Lyrius whatever.
EDIT: http://www.amazon.com/Freelancer-PC/dp/B000085AHJ
That wasn't too hard. I will get around to that.
> I'm still slightly confused. So my understanding now is the game remains in alpha currently.
Calling what's out now alpha might be overstating it. They have a few playable modules, but if you want to be able to do anything other than look at your ship in the hangar, racing, or deathmatch style dogfights, you're going to have to wait. That being said, what's out now is pretty fun, and in six months to a year it should be amazing.
If you want to play something like this right now, Freelancer is a cult favorite, which some of the same people made. It's a little hard to get (you need to buy physical discs, since it's not for sale as a download anywhere), but it still has an active modding community. It's on nowhere near the same level, but if you like space fighters, it's a great game.
Freelancer was already mentioned, and is a tried-and-true classic of space exploration/trading. It's pretty much a perfect fit for what you describe.
Elite:Dangerous is coming out soon, although you may want to wait a few months for some more features and a bit more richness to the universe. It's definitely on the "difficult to learn" side of things.
If you want a game that is heavy on exploration (but without the trading), check out Ur-quan masters (aka Star Control 2). Happily it's free.
If you want a non-space trading/exploration game, try Sid Meier's Pirates!. Not traditional fantasy though.
I have a cdrom buried somewhere in a box of old software, but other than eBay or similar I don't know how to obtain it currently.
Amazon has it for an okay price.
http://www.amazon.com/Freelancer-PC/dp/B000085AHJ#
http://www.amazon.com/Freelancer-Pc/dp/B000085AHJ
Freelancer might interest you., though I'm not sure how well it's aged