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"Memnoch" <memnoch@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 22:54:01 GMT, "DocScorpio"
> <DocScorpio@strupra-spammeros.com> wrote:
>
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> This game is so much like Freelancer.  The way you pick up missions seems
> almost identical, including the way they all seem to scale to your 
> 'level'. I
> think this may be nothing more than a weeks diversion for me but I'll 
> probably
> get it anyway since what else is out there at the moment.

My major complaint so far is that the solar systems seem....really small, 
very similar, and not particularly interesting compared to FL.  I thought FL 
systems were pretty small, but they seem huge compared with those in DS1. 
Also, the FL systems are visually much more interesting (if not 
astronomically accurate) than those I've seen in DS1 so far.  All the DS1 
systems I've been in have the same planet, trade station, hollow asteroid or 
two, and asteroid field.  You enter on a kill mission, the pirates or 
whatever are right there, you fight them, dock at the trade station and auto 
repair.....then on to the next mission.

I note that the hollow asteroids all have gun turrets in their tunnels.  Are 
there going to be Descent-type missions in the full game where you have to 
fight your way to the artifacts?

Based on the demo, I earlier drew an analogy between DS1 and FL and 
Darkstone and Diablo.  I'm no longer sure that's the case.  So far, DS1 
strikes me as being both less and more than FL......and I'm not sure at this 
point that the "more" makes up for the "less."  I do like Eona, even if the 
info she provides in combat is not particularly useful (I think the sidekick 
in Darkstone was lots better).