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Freelancer (PC CD)
ReviewsSolid Space Combat Game Review date: 2008-06-12 Rating: 8 out of 10 In many ways this is the spiritual successor to the earlier Privateer games, set in the famous Wing Commander universe. Although the back story and locations in Freelancer are different, there are plenty of references through ship and weapon names and the gameplay follows a similar structure. Actually this is a fairly familiar pattern, also seen in the X games and Frontier (Elite II). You start with a small ship and next to nothing and must make progress by either trading (not much money) or accepting random missions, flying to waypoints and defeating enemies (a bit more money). Very closely woven with the freeplay element is the main campaign or story of the game, in fact this is kept much tighter than (say) X3 where you can just go off and play the sandbox pretty much as long as you like. The story is reasonably interesting with plenty of cut scenes. Graphics and sound are reasonable (even by current standards), though I have seen some criticism as regards the scale of planets and objects. Newtonian physics are not featured nor do orbital mechanics play much of a part in the systems you visit. You will find yourself having to "level up" quite frequently, the skill of the enemies you face changes very quickly even in the early stages. As this is controlled to some extent by the story missions, you will find yourself being dragged back to these more frequently than you might wish. Before starting a story mission, it's essential you have the best kitted out ship you can afford and enough reserve credits to pay for repairs along the way. Of course once you've finished the main story, as with similar titles, it is a little hard to return to free trading and combat with no real objective. The one downer with Freelancer (and why I gave it 4 rather than 5 stars) is Microsoft's strange choice of mouse control for space flight - there is no joystick or gamepad option. Now given that just about every space game before or since has offered a variety of control options...go figure. You do get used to it, but that doesn't mean it feels right. As an older game, you may have to fiddle with your hardware settings to make it run correctly - in particular widescreen monitor owners may need to change the graphics card scaling to display a true 4:3 image (the game resolutions don't support w/s) so the mouse control works properly. To sum up, a classic game, which has aged well and a bit of a shame that Microsoft never botered with a sequel. Freelancer Review date: 2008-04-06 Rating: 10 out of 10 You have to speak as you find and I found this game to be excellent. No pathway laid out, it's down to your choice. Some minor problems with graphics card but that was overcome (due to game being 5 years old). Probabably not for the heavy gamer, but we can not all game permenantly but it will make you game a lot. Elite memories Review date: 2008-03-20 Rating: 10 out of 10 What can i say if you liked elite you will love this. Instantly you get straight into the game easy to use controls no hassle and a load of missions to keep you happy. Great game and for the price what more can you ask for. not to mention you can go wherever you want togo no limit's become a pirate a trader or bounty hunter. And if you goto http://flzonehome.freeforums.org you can download a free demo to see if you like the game. Hope this help's you buy the game it's well worth it........... STRUGGLING A BIT? Review date: 2007-12-18 Rating: 8 out of 10 GOOD GAME (APOLIGIES TO BRUCE} BUT KAVE GOT STUCK AT MOMENT EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY? WILL MOVE ON EVENTUALLY BUT DONT HOLD YOUR BREATH? GEREATRIC GEORGE, SPACE CADET HAVE A NICE DAY Product Details/SpecificationsRecording label: Empire Manufacturer: Empire EAN: 5017783017663 Binding: Video Game Number of items: 1 Release date: 2005-03-04 Manfacturer maximum age: 216 Manfacturer minimum age: 132 months Platform: Windows MeWindows XPWindows 2000 Brand: Empire
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