Best Space Sim IMHO

weggy · 11 months

Freelancer, Alpha one dash one. Mind if I take a peek in your cargo hold?

AlyoshaV · 11 months

FREELANCER
ALPHA
ONE
DASH
ONE

You are cleared to land.

marshallw · 11 months

I loved Independence Wars 2. It lacked trading, but had some cool piracy aspects to the game as well the usual missions. Plus, Newtonian Physics. No fighter jets in space kind of games, or biplane style dogfights.

Drag00nfire123 · 11 months

Freelancer gave me exactly what I wanted. An awesome story line paired with awesome graphics and incredibly easy controls. I mean honestly, in space it's pretty much from point A to point B, and give me a boost to get there faster. No need to complicate things. Oh, and let me kill those damn pirates that dared disrupt the trade lane...those fuckers...they deserved to die. I heart freelancer so much

Coffeetraveler · 11 months

Privateer anyone?

nation15 · 11 months

I submit that Tachyon: The Fringe is the best space game ever. I spent so much damn time in that game.

wrongcards · 11 months

Freelancer was ok.. but Frontier: elite 2 let you land on planets.
I always liked to land on planets.

tehroar · 11 months

This was my favorite Space Sim ever. Great controls and amazing storyline.

Ser_RoboTRoN · 11 months

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/escapevelocity/ev-11.jpg

Goran_ · 11 months

Wing Commander anyone?

Sryden42 · 11 months

Ok, but only because the cover reminds me of Firefly.

Chosokabe · 11 months

I actually really enjoyed the multiplayer in Freelancer. Running trade routes on PvP servers wasn't just going from point A to point B. My trade routes were winding ordeals through exploding gas clouds and mine fields, suns' coronas, and around neutron stars.

God, it was such a good game. =[

davedgd · 11 months

Ahem...Freespace 2, TIE Fighter, and Privateer

ouTPhaze · 11 months

You should try X3. I love Freelancer, but X3 is pretty much Freelancer... 5.0. It's incredible!

Definitely very hardcore, though, get used to dying in the beginning while you figure out the standings mechanics and whatnot.

BurnQuack · 11 months

We don't run this place, but we have an understanding with the people who do.

y2jeff · 11 months

See you in space, Trent.

happyCuddleTime · 11 months

For me the level of immersion in this game was fantastic. I wish they would do a sequel or a remake.

Prockzed · 11 months

I've never even played the game, but i swear i've seen this exact post at least a dozen times in the past month.

Aside from that, I am curious to try it some time.

Jepuliz1 · 11 months

Space Rangers is a contender.

CMDBob · 11 months

I remember this game when it was called Wing Commander Privateer.

ThatGuyNamedKal · 11 months

Just because you liked Freelancer I highly recommend you check out Starlancer, it's the prequel but it's a combat space sim, no trading etc.

Recently however I picked up Eve Online. Enjoying it so far, highly recommend you pick up a trial.

MrWendal · 11 months

The best thing about Freelancer was the sound. The sound of the cruise engines just humming along, the whoosh from the trade lanes, the FREELANCER-ALPHA-ONE-DASH-ONE radio chatter, and the subtle blade-runner music.

It hooked me so bad, I'd never 100 percented a game before (or since). And that was before I even had the internet and walkthroughs. I even found the planet with all the monkeys like the planet of the apes and the other weird one too.

Globalpigeon · 11 months

Freespace 2

manole100 · 11 months

Oh, space sims... The last good all-rounded one was Elite 3. When was that, '93, '94? I'm not actually that old, i've played it in the 21st century. But it had features newer space sims had since abandoned. Like controlling turning the ship with the mouse, instead of clumsy atmosphere-inspired joystick control. It had expansive solar systems; you could actually go around all the planets, acquire an orbit, or dive to the planet. It had newtonian movement and no concept of "maximum speed".

I want a space sim with a return to those ideas, somewhat updated graphics (not that important in a space sim - clarity is better than realism here), and a more populated universe. Of course, time compression is essential for this, so it would have to be single player only. So no, i don't hold much hope. Unless Bethesda wants to get on it :)

gravballe · 11 months

NOOOO Elite Final Frontier is the best space sim!

now when is elite 4 comming :(

Bradley364 · 11 months

Still want to play it? Try out Discovery Mod, its got it own server with a very sizable playerbase. Warning, it is roleplay enforced.

http://discoveryfl.com/

andyertai · 11 months

No Starlancer love?

Gnarwhalrus · 11 months

At first: "WTF, there's a Firefly game?!?"

Kyizen · 11 months

My friend and I used to play this...I'd be a freighter and he'd escort my ship on trade runs, to the base where the goods would sell for the most. Of course these routes had the hardest enemies. I also remember when we discovered alien ships, and could get there guns and mount them on our ships it would do crazy damage!

paindoc · 11 months

My grandfather sent me this when I lived in Ohio, as part of a large box of video games. (prey, oblivion, fallout, mass effect, the orange box, and a bunch more). One of the best games I ever played. R.I.P Colonel (USAF) John Lee, I miss ya

heathengray · 11 months

Scumbag Redditor. Declares Freelancer the bets Space Sim. No Newtonian physics model.

Kidding. But Freelance was pretty cool. I preferred Terminus and Elite 2. Yes even 10 years after they were made I still consider them king.

JustFinishedBSG · 11 months

Freespace beat the shit out of Freelancer

panzershrek · 11 months

I would say Independence War 2 was better than Freelancer.

Keksus_ · 11 months

Someone who hasn't played Freespace?

ifixsans · 11 months

YOU LOOKIN FOR A JOB PILOT?

Yup.

Generic42 · 11 months

Yeah! Man I loved that game. It's what made me try Eve. Thanks a lot, freelancer.

wangatangs · 11 months

One of the few space flight/combat action games that was easy for me to understand. I still believe Freelancer has an excellent space combat system. I'm still waiting for the ultimate MMORPG:

The universe, dialog system and lore of Mass Effect, the space combat/galaxy exploration of Freelancer, planet exploration that features both minor strategy elements and FPS elements and the somewhat player-controlled and evolving economy of Eve Online.

Meoow · 11 months

Friend's story. He was new and the first thing he did when he started the game to attack some badass big ship. Of course the guy didn't even notice it + there was a newbie protection law of some kind. So friend decides to .. you know ... kamikazee the stuff. So he flies into the big badass ship, explodes and now comes the interesting part. Big badass ship guy got banned because of killing a newbie :D

Sagron · 11 months

It would be more accurate to say that Freelancer is the best Space First Person Piloting Sim.

The best space Sim is Eve Online. It is by far the most realistic and vibrant representation of what a space civilization might look like, if dominated by human beings.

Agressive_Napkin · 11 months

Freelancer was ok. Holds your hand too much and enemies feel more like drones then anything.

Privateer for DOS was the shit. No hand holding, true sandbox.

Sarstan · 11 months

You might enjoy X3: terran Conflict. You might not (it's much more complicated and arguably very boring).

Anyway, I loved Freelancer, but I really which the trading/economy was more fleshed out. Then again, it's not like that damned DarkStar One that waves trading in your face, then demands you play as a fighter.

double-a · 11 months

Umm...I-WAR?

JackassPenguinass · 11 months

Wing Commander: Privateer. Between this and WCP it is a tough choice. -Also: NEXUS was a lot of fun.

Forbizzle · 11 months

That's not Tie-Fighter.

gordonz88 · 11 months

Captain Jack Harkness?

kotorp · 11 months

I have always wanted them to make a squeal of the game based on the same gameplay but with a new multiplayer and updated to what computers can handle these days.

yoreel · 11 months

Malcolm Reynolds?

[deleted] · 11 months

Freelancer was/is awesome because it has no DRM and there are still plenty of multiplayer servers up and active with a pretty big modding community. That being said, I still prefer playing X3 with my giant fleet of Normandy SR-2.

AlmightyTurtleman · 11 months

Watch this. http://youtu.be/pi8n6uN091E

p1nkfl0yd1an · 11 months

Oh wow. That takes me back. Had a buddy who gave everyone in my group of friends a cd/r with a pirated version of the beta a few weeks before Freelancer released to the general public.

We all spent the next 3 months playing on pirate servers. I think everyone lost interest sometime around the point we leveled up enough to be able to survive more than 2 minutes in the "asian" themed part of space.

MPostle · 11 months

I loved this. After playing through, I lent it to a friend to try out. A year later I said "You know what, consider it a birthday present..."

furtogdogwater · 11 months

i so agree, and for the mods too, I even still play discovery freelancer now and again.

tinyBuildGAMES · 11 months

So many hours....

tobiov · 11 months

SOOOO good. Where is a sequel god damn it

neptyr · 11 months

God YES!

I spent countless hours in Freelancer!

lancypancy · 11 months

OMG I loved this game. Tried to replay it recently but I've been spoilt with modern graphics. This is up there with Mechwarrior 2 Mercs IMO

Roocypher · 11 months

For everyone wishing they would make a new sim like this check out Sol: Exodus.

It's a work in progress but looking gorgeous and spot on. Spread the word!

Sol Exodus

Kalahan6 · 11 months

Elite 2 bitches!

It's increadibly what kind of gameplay was possible in 1993. Complete freedom, working economy, intergalactic wars, bounty hunting...

Best of all: you can even land on the planets! Can you go that in Frontier? No! Can you do that in any space sim of the last 5 years? No!

e-fiend · 11 months

I didn't regard it as a 'sim' but damn was it a fun game.

[deleted] · 11 months

While I loved freelancer, I can't help but constantly hope for a similar, yet much more complex game.

TrollorT · 11 months

We should set up our own server for freelancer

Quipster99 · 11 months

Pfft. X3. End of story.

Jarmer · 11 months

In recent memory: Sins of a Solar Empire.

jntwn · 11 months

I remember the first time I found the crippled Hispania in deep space, and finally completed the back story of both the corsairs and hessians. Irreplaceable gaming experience.

EndersCraft · 11 months

Still waiting on the next big space sim... As mentioned earlier in the thread, it's been 8 years since Freelancer's release. I think it's about damn time we get an expansive space sim like freelancer a decade later... But nope, every company now wants to work on generic FPS. Or?... FPS... :(

RIP space sim. And if anyone has any news on a company who is developing the "next big space sim" please let me know because I've been itching to play one...

[deleted] · 11 months

tachyon the fringe was my fav...pretty sure Bruce Campbell did the voice work on that one too.

future_self_n_me · 11 months

Freelancer, Alpha one dash one you re clear for launch, good luck out there.

richmomz · 11 months

I prefer X3 - it's basically everything Freelancer was originally intended to be.

General_Stobo · 11 months

For those who loved Freelancer, have you seen this game? I dont know how much like Freelancer their first project is going to be, but it sounds like future games will be expanding the genre.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/119/1191023p1.html

http://www.youaresol.com/

Jeembo · 11 months

This game is absolutely amazing. The controls, the story, the accessibility, the RPG elements..

I spent SO many hours on the base game. Then I discovered the Rebalance mod. My God. The rebalance mod must've added hundreds of hours to this already unbelievable game. I'm sad that my GPU crashes the game during a mission right when I enter one of the Asian systems.

If I could choose ONE game to get a sequel, this would be it.

horseyhorseyhorsey · 11 months

I am generally not a fan of space sims, but i played this one on release (an impluse-buy), and again not so long ago.

The easy arcade-style control system made it instantly playable. I Recommend this to anyone who's never played a space-sim type game.

lysis_ · 11 months

nah, freespace 2

Kaavian · 11 months

I'll just leave this here.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing_Commander_2

I got addicted on flight sims cause of this game.

Freelancer was good. It wraped up the Starlancer story (another great game by Chris Roberts), but the WC games are still my favorites.

SuperBearJew · 11 months

Honestly thought this was Firefly fan art...

symbolminded · 11 months

It's not a sim if it doesn't have a Newtonian flight model.

greentexteverywhere · 11 months

Fully fledged Star Wars mod coming out for it in December too.

http://www.freeworlds-tow.net/ or check the page at modDB

tychobrahesmoose · 11 months

I've actually been looking for a modern game that plays like this... anyone know of a good one?

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