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Article #93476Freelancer review, good description of the game
From: FLY135
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 15:09
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 15:09
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http://www.computergames.ro/articole.php?optiune=show_review&review=178 After playing the full version for a few hours I find it to be pretty fun. The game is heavily dependent on the storyline. Looks ripe for storyline sequels (expansion packs, so to speak). Having seen the game for what it tries to be, I think one big shortcoming is a noticable lack of voice narration in places. If they had simply narrated a lot of the written text in the game (News and personal log), I think it would have gone a long way to make you feel immersed in the story. It would have probably uped the CD count from one to two, but I don't think that would have been unreasonable to expect from a title these days. The dialog does get better from what we saw in the demo. And there are game engine cutscenes to help advance the story. All in all it was worth the $35.
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