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In article <MPG.258c19158558e09898c3@news.individual.net>, 
no.one@this.address says...
> 
> In article <hfrgo3$7o0$1@rumours.uwaterloo.ca>, 
> rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca says...
> > 
> > Angus  <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > >As somebody knew to PC space sims, where would you say Freelancer, which 
> > >I'm currently playing and enjoying, fits into the genre?
> > 
> > I never played it, but my understanding is that Freelancer is different
> > enough from other space sim games that you might not necessarily like
> > other games in the genre.  Most other games work are designed to be
> > played with a joystick.
> > 
> > 					Ross Ridge
> 
> One thing that is most noticable: In Freelancer you're pretty much taken 
> by the hand and locked into a fairly narrow corridor of progression. It 
> looks fairly free and footloose to start with, but you soon realize that 
> to improve you have to cross certain T-s and dot certain I-s or a whole 
> lot of content won't get unlocked. Once you have finished the storyline, 
> at least in my personal experience, the game gets fairly pointless and 
> there's little or no replay value ( I am sure some people may violently 
> disagree with me on this point ). 
> 

Thanks guys. I've played space games on other platforms, but not the pc. 
I take your points about Freelancer, although I'm certainly enjoying the 
ride for the time being. From what I've seen of it, I think I would like 
I-War.