- Experience a vast, open-ended universe filled with an infinite number of adventures
- Experience endless action as you make your way through 48 known star systems and 38 different levels.
- Money makes the world go round. Mining planets churn out valuable minerals, agriculture planets cultivate grain. Secure the best trade routes and reap the profit.
- Greed, morality, compassion, anger… whatever motivates you, the dynamic universe will respond. Take the first step. The universe is waiting.
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Freelancer knows how to rule the Universe! Freelancer delivers the exact combination of addictive and accessible gameplay that the genre has needed for a long time. Gamespot… More >>
I played and finished this game when it came out a number of years ago. I really liked it then. Only one of its kind. Since then, I gave it away and went on to other things. I recenlty bought it again for the same reason. AS far as I can tell, it’s the only one of its kind. The only thing out there that’s close is EVEonline, which is a MMO. But even that, I’m not quite as happy w/ as this. The two main reasons, this has no monthly fee to play, and fighting is in realtime. I’m not totally crazy about the game b/c it does get pretty redundant. Also, I would’ve liked to have had more things to do at the various bases, and have more things to do w/ my money besides buy bigger ships and more weapons. I think if they could ever work on those areas and make a Freelancer2, it would be a fantastic game. Some things I do like about it: Pretty easy learning curve, lots of systems to explore, little hidden things here and there in the systems that make it fun to fly around and see what I can find. I’m hoping someday someone will make the game w/ all the components I want in it.
Rating: 3 / 5
When I was a kid one of my favorite games was Wing Commander: Privateer. It was the best of the Wing Commander series and I played it several times over until it no longer worked on whatever computer I owned, but I haven’t been able to find a game since to replace it. Until now.
Freelancer it a great space adventure game without all the muck of being a flight simulator, which I am not very fond of. The only reason I didn’t give the game five stars is because it has some long cut scenes of you attacking bases on foot, but doesn’t actually let you go into FPS mode to fight the bad guys yourself.
That aside, I love this game.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is the best space trader game ever. Not because of the original game but because of all the mods available. Blaster universe mod, Discovery mod and crossfire mod. Using freelancer mod manager. There are many more mods too, even starwars mods. No game is beter. And some mod continue the story. I bought this years ago but lost it. I need to buy a new copy. I lost or traded probably. If I had all the mods back then I would still have it. The mods give the game 100% replay value due to the fact some are xml and I gave my rino freighter in the demo 100,000 cargo capacity and got 2 billion credits. New worlds to explore and galaxies and new merchandise to trade and new enimie. Mods realy help this game but most all require the original version.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve played through the game twice, and then another 3 or 4 times with different 3rd party mods. I truly enjoy the game play, can play for hours and not get tired of it. And the online play opens it up even more!
Some Pros to consider:
Fully customizable; you can get a huge assortment of ships and weapons, there are even weapons not part of the game play that are rare and powerful!
You don’t have to make money legally. You can pirate off of the infinite supply of NPC ships.
You can make money from cargo, or from fighting/missions.
Online play is great and allows for some fun times.
Combat is intuitive and easy to learn.
A few cons:
Unlike what the adds say, you CANNOT be EITHER good or evil! You can do evil things, and have people hate you, but the main story line is based only in the good.
There are some situations and items that one would have to “cheat” to know exist, such as the type 10 weapons.
Overall i do love to play, online and off. The single player takes over a day of in game time, and that’s if you rush it, knowing what to do, where to go, and how to get there.
Rating: 3 / 5
Wow, I got great service on this game, exactly how the seller, kdrummer, sold it to me for! I love this game, even though it is about 10 years old. I would play this game until I was 80 if I am still into games at that age!
Rating: 5 / 5