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In article <hfvn2r$im5$1@adenine.netfront.net>, nstutt@homecall.co.uk 
says...
> 
> "Angus" <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> wrote in message 
> news:MPG.258b65a178f6f8a39896b1@news.demon.co.uk...
> > 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.
> 
> Theyre all different in small ways. Freelancer is similar to Privateer 
> except the latter was first person based, 

Well, I play Freelancer in first person, I hate playing games in third 
person generally, I mean, why wouldn't you want to BE THERE?!   :)


> 
> Of all of the above the best in my view, that stood out amongst the rest 
> were Frontier, Privateer, X Wing and Wing Commander. These all had me 
> playing for ages but Frontier/First Encounters had me playing for years. 


Thanks very much for the breakdown of the game types. I have a 
spacestation named after me in Frontier by the way.  :)