Wednesday, February 26, 2003

More Freelancer Demo Impressions -- 2:48 pm CST, Update by J.t.Qbe

A little while ago I finished the story part of the Freelancer demo--the demo only gives you the first mission of the game, and apparently I quit right before the end of the mission last night. Even after you finish the story mission, you can still explore the system and take side (non-story) missions.

I do like the demo a little more now that I've seen more of it. The combat is extremely fast-paced but is pretty fun. The keyboard & mouse controlled flight (no joystick support) is better than I expected it to be.

A lot will ride on the non-story part of the game, I expect. Just how much freedom do you have outside the story? Will the trading and exploration balance the scripted missions? I've read on Gone Gold that the game does reach points where you must continue the story in order to continue playing. That is unappealing, but not enough that I wouldn't try the game I suppose. Yeah, I think I'll get this when Best Buy has it on sale in a few weeks.

A.T. Hun comments: I just finished the story part myself. Combat is fun. It strikes me as being Wing Commanderish, which shouldn't be a big surprise. I've going to try some trading between systems and see how that goes. If that turns out to be cool (read: Elite enough), the game would be worth buying. I also have to decide if I want to get another Windows game or not.

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