You're right about the holocaust thing, I forgot about reading that months ago...
Anyway. The point I am trying to make is that people can see things as evil, which in other countries (or cultures) are seen as good. Case in point, the Crusades. Yes, I oversimplified, but I figured you'd get the concept. Apparently you'd rather nitpick than see that a major war(or set of wars, rather) were sparked off, because the Pope... heck, I never really paid that much attention. I forget the exact reasons... but I'm pretty sure slaughtering people for the sake of a religion that clearly states "Thou shalt not kill" is pretty much considered "evil," by most standards.
Oh, and " just some gay"... was that what you intended to say? If so, piss off. Whether you intended it as "you are gay, Manic," or as "That's gay omg" internet-babble, it's still a quite crappy comment, and, as far as I know(and I would), untrue.
As for "poorly assembled slander" why, thank you. You find one thing wrong out of a few examples, and decide to print a tirade on the matter.
"That's like saying the french worship napoleon..."
No, it's not. People pray to said saints SPECIFICALLY. They write to them as if they would cure them of some sort of disease. I watched a 1-hour documentary on it last week.(yeah, history channel isn't known for the most precise information, but when you interview a priest stating these things, you tend to believe it.)
Oh, and "Democracy" did not cause the US to go to germany and kill people. The US went to Germany to kill people... suprise... because it was the "good" thing to do. I'm fairly sure the average German soldier didn't think GI Joe was a good guy. Turns out it fits into my own belief system of "right and wrong things to do to get along with the world in general", so yeah. I broke one of those fundimental rules, and now I have to deal with it... I opened my mouth on the internet.
"for the sake of democracy"... allow me to elaborate on that, for a moment. The US, post WWII, was in a cold war with the USSR. I'm sure you're familiar with it. They backed certain people for dictatorships, and whatnot, to counter the spread of communism. This would be called "Noble," and "Good," by some, while the residents of said countries wound up not liking us very much for it, eventually.
Anyway, it's all pointless BS. There's no point in arguing on it further, as those who do see my point, and agree(probably none, but I'm used to that), aren't going to respond, and those who don't, aren't bringing anything to the table to disprove my point. They'd rather call me gay or, worse, liberal.
I'm opting out of the discussion, count yourselves victors if you want... it's irrelevant, in the grand scheme of things.
NOW, BACK ON SUBJECT:
Starlancer- I enjoyed the game, to an extent, though I found the Torpedo hunts tedious at times... I did like how they didn't involve alien races, at all, it was a rare treat in the universe of sci-fi shooters. I liked the game's concept of high-speed travel, it didn't involve wormholes, gravity anomalies, or any such thing... it felt closer to home. Somehow, it was more believable. I liked the immersion of the out-of-combat interface. I found it was a good balance of immersion and ease-of-use. however...
Freelancer- I enjoyed for a week. That was it. Once you beat the single-player campaign, there wasn't much point in continuing. The multiplayer was semi-enjoyable, if it weren't for the control scheme's limiting a player's control of his craft(I found myself yearning for a simple barrel roll or Shelton slide on more than one occasion). By simplyfing the control scheme, they took away more than they added.
The storyline, and voice acting was horrible, I found myself using the time taken by it to use the bathroom, smoke a ciggarette, etc.
overall grading of freelancer...
The graphics(4/5) ok, those were well done. The sprites could have used some work, but that's ok. The only reason I don't give this a 5 is the sprites, and a few minor graphical glitches here and there.
Sound (3/5) abysmal voice acting, a dire lack of variance in conversations, and sound effects that didn't feel quite right were one of the plagues of this game.
Control (3/5) another middle-of-the-road grade... while the control scheme made it incredibly easy to get into, it also detracted from the possibilites. I missed my joystick severely on this one.
Gameplay (4/5) I had fun on this one, for a while. the replay value is nil, however.