Freelancer

swinghi's Freelancer (PC) review

Great Introduction to Space Sims

So I hadn't played a Space Sim since Wing Commander and I really enjoyed that but I never really wanted to get a joystick and get crazy into it.  So when I saw that this game could be controlled completely well with a mouse and a keyboard I decided to give it a try.  I really like the open feel of the game and that you don't really have to follow the main story if you don't want to.  I also like that you are rewarded for searching the systems by being given weapons that are way more powerful that anything you can buy, thus saving you money.    The acting and story are well done and I would love to see a new version of this game sometime in the future.

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Epic but flawed. 0
Freelancer(PC) by xaus on April 17, 2009
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Freelancer(PC) by kmv_007 on May 16, 2010
I got into the space combat/exploration genre pretty late - I had the interest, but didn't have my own computer until 2000.  Because of this, I missed all the X-Wing/ TIE Fighter and  Wing Commander games.  When this was released in 2003, it quickly piqued my interest - the exploration possibilities of an RPG, without the wizardry baggage that most of them came with.   Freelancer did not disappoint.   Granted, I wouldn't say exploration is an important thing to do in Freelancer - you...
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