Epinions Recent Reviews for Freelancer for Windows

Freelancer for Windows: Freelancer - an Elite for the noughties!

Sat, 6 Oct 2007 09:47:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author captaind - Freelancer is a space combat / trading / exploration game developed by Microsoft Game Studios and now available as a budget re-release on the XPLOSIV label. It reminded me very much of Frontier (Elite 2), but of course with the modern graphics...

Freelancer for Windows: Friend of Foe

Thu, 1 Jun 2006 21:00:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author stargate2earth - Imagine being out in a galaxy far apart from but not unlike our own, starting out with a deal that could set you for life but being struck down in a blink of an eye by corrupt forces surrounding you........ .......This is only the beginning and the...

Freelancer for Windows: Freelancer-Okay It's Not That Great...

Thu, 24 Feb 2005 04:42:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author underdawg - Yeah, this game came out a few years ago. You can find it at some discount bin at some video game shop or order it online for really cheap. But how does it stack up today? The story is a typical conspiracy plot. You're Edison Trent, the...

Freelancer for Windows: Good luck out there.

Thu, 16 Sep 2004 22:06:27 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author elementalevil - I received "Freelancer" as a gift while a sophomore in college. I'm updating this review in '06, finally coming back and addressing some of the questions left behind. Graphics After years of adoring "Star Wars," I'm somewhat bemused to say...

Freelancer for Windows: Freelancer - Choose Your Own Space Adventure

Fri, 2 Jan 2004 19:04:19 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author madtheory - Gamers searching for that all-engrossing Wing Commander-type space shooter experience need look no further than Digital Anvil’s Freelancer. In this space odyssey set in the future in a distant part of space, the player assumes the...

Freelancer for Windows: Freelancer Alpha 1-1, you are cleared to land

Tue, 12 Aug 2003 18:03:35 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author tangoechoxray - Ive always loved flying games. Ive always loved science fiction. My all time favorite space/war game...

Freelancer for Windows: Freelancer: For that Little Vagabond Space Pilot in All of Us

Tue, 1 Jul 2003 03:06:47 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author c_squared_smm - Space flight simulators will always hold a special place in my heart, mainly because X-Wing,...

Freelancer for Windows: Sort of like Morrowind in space

Fri, 20 Jun 2003 15:09:55 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Action_Snark - Ho boy, been a long time since I've been around here. Well, new game, played a while, let's review,...

Freelancer for Windows: Freelancer, A Universe of Redundancy: Summer PC Game Frenzy # 1

Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:15:46 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author avepythagoras - Summer means one thing for avepythagoras: computer games and lots of them. This is the first of many...

Freelancer for Windows: Hey - I thought you said I could do whatever I wanted?

Mon, 26 May 2003 18:22:55 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author acpaulley -

I love open-ended, free-roaming, do-what-you-want games. There aren't many of them out there, so whenever one hits the market, I usually check it out.

The box for this title says, "Play the engaging storyline or pursue your own...

Freelancer for Windows: "BOGIE ON MY SIX!"

Sat, 17 May 2003 16:09:18 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author t-dot - A friend told me about Freelancer, but I looked at screenshots and wasn't REALLY interested. He told me that you get to be a bounty hunter, and I thought, niiiiiice! I tried the game, and it was an instant favorite of mine.

Although I never...

Freelancer for Windows: Pretty, Easy to Play Space Adventure

Fri, 16 May 2003 14:52:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author Turin - I have been a space flight fan since I first played TIE FIGHTER many, many, many years ago. Freelancer reminds me more of the Wing Commander series, primarily the game Privateer. I would go so far as to say that it is directly related, but I...

Freelancer for Windows: Space exploration at its finest

Sat, 26 Apr 2003 18:11:55 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author azjones - You are Edison Trent, one of a handful of survivors of the destruction of Freeport 7. Now you're stranded on Planet Manhattan and your only shot at getting a ship is to take on a job for the Liberty Security Force.

That's how the game begins...

Freelancer for Windows: Fun, vast, balanced; worthy sequel to Privateer

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 16:27:56 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author kfgecko - Freelancer is a worthy sequel to Privateer. If that statement doesn’t mean anything to you, then I welcome you to the world of the Space RPG (role playing games); a genre of freeform video game where you do usually take on some Han Solo like...

Freelancer for Windows: Graphics from Yesterday, but a Blockbuster Today

Mon, 14 Apr 2003 12:50:16 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author coderj - Long awaited and highly anticipated (although many games could claim this), Freelancer has been on the mind of most sci-fi game players, not satisfied with a spaceship flying game since the Descent series ended (including Descent: Freelancer). Freelancer...

Freelancer for Windows: Monumental, not Revolutionary

Tue, 8 Apr 2003 17:04:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author prae - Disclaimer

Chances are, because this is gonna be big, I won't be talking about graphics. You look at the screenshots and other reviews and decide for yourself. I DO apologize for not mentioning graphics, but I discuss more specific...

Freelancer for Windows: The game story line is...

Sat, 29 Mar 2003 01:35:51 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author mixmastag_dt3000 - The game story line is great, because you make it up as you go along! Great in-mission saving option...

Freelancer for Windows: Now that's big

Mon, 24 Mar 2003 02:52:00 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author ranma185 - Freelancer is a great concept that, with a bit more imagination, would have been excellent. The visuals of the game are excellent as was the sound when i finally got it to work right (i'll explain later). The gameplay was superb and the storyline...

Freelancer for Windows: Freelancer - A Space Opus All Should Experience

Fri, 21 Mar 2003 18:44:13 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author LaughingTarget - I have always been an explorer at heart. Unfortunately, the world itself is very small and I am aware of pretty much of everything that is out there without actually having to leave. So, the strong desire to travel has never come to me, not travel...

Freelancer for Windows: LOOK OUT!! "incoming missile"....

Thu, 13 Mar 2003 02:05:01 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author Trouto - Having played many trading games over my years in computers, I was excited to hear of the return of The Elite type game, in the form of FREELANCER.

I will start out by saying I love this game. When I first got it, I...

Freelancer for Windows: The Spirit of "Elite" Lives On!

Sat, 8 Mar 2003 11:55:10 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author mickp - No over 25 gamer worth their salt should not be familiar with Elite, David Braben's epic game of space trading, combat and exploration.

Elite broke the barriers of genre to create a truly unique and immersive gaming universe and...