So, I'm assuming some of you here have played it, considering 1) it's a space sim and 2) the people who made it. I know it's been out for like three years already, but I never managed to find a copy until last week at EB for four dollars. I played the hell out of it, it was really damn fun; easily one of the best of its genre in recent years (of the ones I've played, at least), and it also made me very nostalgic of the Wing Commander series (no surprise there).
I know it has a sequel in Freelancer, but I haven't gotten that yet--I'm not very interested in it, to be honest, mostly because it makes me think of Privateer, which I never really got into. I would have much preferred to see a direct sequel to Starlancer about the rest of the war and the fight for the inner planets (even though I know what happens to the solar system according to Freelancer). I heard rumors that the Robertses had originally planned for Starlancer to be the first in a trilogy that took place prior to Freelancer, but I don't know if that was true or not. If it was, what happened? Did Starlancer not sell well enough to get the next game greenlit, or something?
And I have to say, dogfighting over Saturn was damn fun. I wish it hadn't taken me three years to play this game.
I know it has a sequel in Freelancer, but I haven't gotten that yet--I'm not very interested in it, to be honest, mostly because it makes me think of Privateer, which I never really got into. I would have much preferred to see a direct sequel to Starlancer about the rest of the war and the fight for the inner planets (even though I know what happens to the solar system according to Freelancer). I heard rumors that the Robertses had originally planned for Starlancer to be the first in a trilogy that took place prior to Freelancer, but I don't know if that was true or not. If it was, what happened? Did Starlancer not sell well enough to get the next game greenlit, or something?
And I have to say, dogfighting over Saturn was damn fun. I wish it hadn't taken me three years to play this game.