I hope you enjoy the video. This game I played a lot when I was little. The game is awesome, with tons of things to do, good music and smooth gameplay. I remastered the game with a mod, an HD mod that I downloaded from the link in the description, which makes the game look better. The developer of the mod even has a discord and you can join there for more info, and maybe some multiplayer action. I left the music on because is a huge part of the game and because of that I had problems with copyright and I dont make any money from it so if you appreciate the work subscribe to the channel to see the latest games and you can support me at my paypal: in the description (My main Paypal which I use for multiple channels. Thank you very much)
This game was one of the key shining moments of my college youth; it was worth failing a class over and looking back - this game added more value to my life experience and shaped my future perspectives on far reaching things unrelated to space and aliens. It was a true masterpiece.
Loved this game back in the day. Me and my buddy used to set up a lan and play this at work for hours and hours. We battled the nomad aliens and stole their cannons by the hundreds. What a blast it was to build up our ships to near invincible and indestructible in the inner planetary systems. I miss those days gettting paid to play this game at work so long as our jobs got done. It was a dream come true for a true gamer.
If there Ever was a game to re-make, it is this one, the Great Grand Daddy of all Good Space Shooters. However but (and it's a big one, all puns intended), they Must do it correctly! Or else it will be like all other games nowadays which are "new and improved to death" to the point it ruins the original game, have a micro transaction shop to suck down the "whales" (PTP) money accounts with game breaking new monthly gear plus have CPU ramping new graphics requirements which this game Definitely Doesn't Need due to it's already iconic art style.
@@randalthor6872 Hence the Entire Reason why I have not one inclining to hear even a rumor about a Wing Commander re-make, both would be sacrilegious in my humble opinion.
My fondest memory about this game is the ending of the first part (leaving Liberty space). 0 visibility, unknown hostiles everywhere, each and every time the skirmish ended there were less allies around me and I jumped with no wings, no tail and I dunno how heavily duct-tape-fixed hull. Filled to the brim with adrenalin of course. I never could recreate this experience in any game since then. And the little favourite passtime of "Hey, I move my mouse and the guns look at that side! Hey, now they look the other side! I must play music in my head and turn the guns to the rhytm!". Man, it's such a comfy game.
This game shows the importance of polish in game design. The combat, flying, cutscenes and environments are all simple. When you focus on making your core elements smooth and streamlined the combination is greater than the sum.
And the game really gives a feeling of freedom. I can compare it only to my other very appreciated games: Uplink, Mount&Blade, Space Rangers 2. Those had a combination exceeding the sum as well
@@sarcasticstartrek7719 Chris Roberts has no sense when to stop adding "features". Chris Roberts being disappointed in "lack of features" is not the criticism you think it is.
I was so hyped when I managed to get to the very last system available in the game. No warpgates or hyperlanes for like two or three systems. And having to just explore the systems on ship engines. No place to land. And then entering the last system, and boom. Two planets. No hyperlanes still. But two planets. One with a population of robots. And the other, apes. That was the coolest easter egg I ever found as a teen.
Loved this game. The plot was so well thought-out and acted that I ran through the game within a week. It was like a book I couldn't put down and that's rare. Would love it if they made a movie out of it. No need to overly complicate it, just do the cut scenes the way they're done in this playthough and they'd be fine. Could even be done as a three part movie.
WOW, that brought back great memories. I played it for about 10 years straight, and loved every second of it. Thanks so much for streaming this!! RIBBIT!!!
I remember this well, fondly remember finding all the hidden systems, grinding to get the corsair Titan extremely heavy fighter, the best in the game and mounting it up with the best experimental level 10 weapons and gear I collected, drained the weapons power in 5 seconds but took out battleships in one volley so much beyond op you just breezed through every system. Sat the damn thing on a neutron star once, not much damage.
I never could beat the game. 😆 I think I made it to Japanese (?) space and just couldn't beat the (Yakuza?) forces there. I tried their various ships but couldn't make a good build. Although, IIRC, my favorite ship was the Dromedary, because I really just liked hauling freight from one location to another. I mean, I actually wanted a battleship, but I don't think those were available. Hopefully this weekend or next I'll be able to watch this entire video.
while everspace 1 is a bit to much of a looter shooter/rougelite, everspace 2 which is in paid beta is a decent successor to the open world exploration dogfighting genre. there is a crafting element and you wont be making much money when trading but its hitting the right notes.
I;ve been 100% single player for years now - no online crap. It was great for a while, then very rapidly became.... extremely toxic. I stay offline since about 2006ish. I'm sure there are "nice" communities out there... but.. cant be arsed to explore to find them. If companies had ratings, and you could only access good rated players.... maybe. But most of the players I have encountered since 2000 have been a total pain in the butt. I "get" PvP etc... and banter is fine - even openly dissing someone for.... FUN.... but it often gets serious, fast. I just cant be bothered with it. So... for a couple of decades - offline only, single player only. Much happier.
Played it years ago. Modded it, played it online with others. It was (and still is) an amazing game. Algorythm did it's thing. Seems training it for years worked out. One of Roberts first games, he also didn't finished, after Microsoft took over and gave it an end. You see that the game lacks parts and was meant to go way longer, with more detail, Sectors etc. Like KOTORII in some instances. Empty Sectors left in the game and so on. But still, an awesome game with a good story. I loved it.
I love this game. The way how each system and region felt different. The isolation of space as you travel from region to region felt like you were journeying. When a ship blows up, don’t forget to press the beam button to collect the loot. When you get to Leeds, go back to space and get to the battleship York to buy the crusader.
Just thought I'd search for this game on UA-cam and I'm so glad I found this, bravo good man. I got so nostalgic watching this the music is so so good it brought back so many memories. I played it for ages and then modded it to bits, I'll never forget flying the Millennium Falcon for the first time.
The exploration part in this game is incredible. Some of the Edge Worlds even don't look like space half the time but they weirdly fit. (Tau-37, Omicron Major, hidden Nomad star systems)
@@Courtjester311 ditto! Love NMS and Everspace 2. My favorite right behind Freelancer, of course : ) Yall heard of a new indie game called "Underspace"? It's inspired by Freelancer and it looks like it might be amazing! It's on steam if you wanna check it out. Hopefully releasing this year.
Not doubting you, I played this when I was younger and enjoyed it, but I haven't played many space sims since. What makes this better then Elite Dangerous or more modern sims?
Oh man the nostalgia.... that was an anamazing time to be a gamer. Had a year to dedicate to FL, then WoW comes along and I had to try and get my e-heroin fix SFC3, Freelancer and WoW. Such good times, and such good games. Was back when you could count on games to be at the very least decent, instead of geting the coinflp we get now.
Woah, this was my child hood and shaped much of the way I see the world. Such a good game.. it wasn't completed to the extent Chris Roberts had wanted, but at least we have Star Citizen to look forward to now. Star Citizen is the game I imagined Freelancer was when I was a kid.
Chris Roberts can never complete a game to the extent Chris Roberts wanted. 😆 He had to be fired for the game to be released. Looking at Star Citizen's development, it's easy to see why.
@@gmitchell_tc if Chris Roberts wasn't fired, Freelancer would have probably come out a few years later and way over budget.. I love the Freelancer we have, .but don't you kinda wish we had version of Freelancer? I think Star citizen is that better/bigger version.
This game is a power fantasy - you rarely have a chance to die, you destroy tens of other ships, your maneuverability is high. Star Citizen is not about that at all, it will most likely balance things in a way that creates different emotional reaction. But I would love to play it for the first time after our properly releases
I started on Elite, on a 32K Acorn Electron.... believe me when I say we are living the dream!!!! The X series is great.... I'll need to upgrade my GFX for Star Citizen, I think - the base of a 5600X, 32GB DDR4 is.... OK... but the 1050ti 4GB? Probably problematic. Very limited funds so.... saving my pennies. Also - just like GTA, Hogwarts, Cyberpunk etc.... I'll wait for the re-release. They always do a massive patch that totally changes the game. I'll hang back for 6-8 months, then buy. Hopefully by then I can afford a decent graphics card...
Someone needs to make a mod to recreate the aesthetic of this game. I love old sci-fi aesthetic, the bright colors of space, blue UI, the scanning lines, etc
The travel lanes remind me of the gates in Cowboy Bebop... so cool lol I played this game hundreds of hours when it came out, even joined a group on a server and made some friends from around the world, probably my first foray into online gaming, at least extensively.
I still play this game, have my original disc and cardboard disc sleeve! Closest thing I could find to the OG Elite game I played on my C64...yeah I said C64 LoL!
for anyone reading this, you need to target the spinning red reticle when batteling ship to ship instead of trying to shoot the ship directly the reticle will place the shots where the ship WILL BE
I still rate every single space game compared to this. So far only Elite Dangerous comes close of all that I've played, and Freelancer still has it beat due to the story. Thank you for the nostalgia, TheBaldMan, and the smiles.
SpaceBourne is the best space we got in 2020 imo. Even have better charm than Starfield and really impressive for a game that been made by 1-man developer. Looking forward to SpaceBourne 2 update
My dad was subscribed to PC Gamer the old magazine, They would send out demo disks with five or six game demos. And freelancer was my favorite i was instantly hooked. I'm glad to see people still remember this one it's a hidden gem. I played this, & KOTOR over and over again.
I played this state of the art game on a Tandy 1000TX computer, 640kb Ram, a 40mb hard card, CGA 16 color RGB 640x480 monitor and it rocked on my Harman Kardon desktop speakers. Hell yeah good times.
I would have liked to try discovery. But I didn't have access to the internet back then. I played Frontier Space Mod for days though....I will have it working on my PC
Didn't realise there was an HD mod for this game! Downloading it now! It's funny to me that the Mod is several times bigger than the actual original game, lol.
At 1:38:00, if you hide behind the jump gate after shooting the navy ships they will spend all their missles and you can kill them easily. Doing so will drop a unique laser repeater that has higher damage for the energy cost than any other gun in its class. A sneaky little easter egg.
Good memories, I played the story mission more then 20 times for sure. So good it was. There is just so more to love about the game, I remember being inlove with the way some systems looked, and the music at planet Malta felt so special to me, it felt like home. Thats where my nickname comes from :) It is a fantastic game, even thou it was incomplete for multiplayer and abandoned by microsoft, people still played it for more then 10 years, and often one was in game for hours just chatting. You always thought about something else to experiment with, like following nomad ships to see where they go lol, looking for the mytical Valalha research station, that's in the description of the alien system jumphole. Getting your trade lane disrupted by an outcast named Miguel Benitez, the same name of the leader of the Outcasts, and immediately you imagine he was looking for his missing son 🤣
Outcast represent! Both Corsairs and Outcasts were the best factions in the game, and I always ended my campaigns with a fully equipped Sabre (Diamondback, etc)
I loved this game SO much. When finally arrived to Omicron Alpha and saw the wrecks of the Hispania, I felt like if reaching the tallest mountain, the sesation of immersion was full and I understood why the Outcasts and Corsairs are like they were, forsaken. I felt symphatised for them, they were not just vulgar criminals for me anymore as the neutral net sold them to me.
5:30:48 - just in case, it's not a random number sequence, it's a FidoNET address. 2 means Europe and USSR, 463 is Kiev, and 531.105 is the ID of certain Valery Gorban (according to the 2003 public list).
Mmm yep this game was stunning at it's release. Even to this day it looks pretty amazing after 20 years. Imagine some remade version where you can land from space on the planet like some modern games and do some exploration on the surface :D
Its pretty crazy how much Star Field took from this game. I forgot how good this game really was. WAY ahead of its time I played this on a Toshiba labtop (Complete POS but state of the art at the time) and it was like experiencing the future.
Looking forward to watching this.... it didn't matter what "build" I did, I could never get past the "German" zone.... And I loved the game - I kept trying. Just... kept failing! So to see the whole story... yeah, I'll grab a few beers and watch ;)
We don't own this base, but we're in good with those that do .... The best part of this game was the radio chatter while you were drifting out in space .. I used to hear it in my sleep
This game and this engine of this game its so good. We dont have last 20 years game like this Freelancer. This game deserves to be on steam or other platforms for gameplay.
I was really surprised when a found nomad ships again =) In the system where you can buy titan ship. Was so much to investigate after the storyline is over. Thanks to the author.
Still one of the best, i love that this pearl is still playable on my modern computer. Some community patches, some mods and this beast is cleared for takeoff.
I will never understand - why didn't you purchase upgrades of the shields and trusters? And generally a heavy bretonian fighter in between Liberty and Bounty Hunters heavy fighters?
This game is so awesome! I've probably played at least a couple thousand hours ranking up my Corsair faction ranking to good enough levels to get their best ship. Truly a great game for back in the day and Yes you can literally explore almost forever however I've even landed on some planets where you can't even get a language translation to know what they are asking you! Yes, that is possible too.
@@TheBaldMan Yep.already have it but it didn't reel me in the way Freelancer did but it's kind of like your first love (speaking of games here peeps, games, gotta spell everything out nowadays, don't want somebody going on a rampage), there is only one you remember and tell stories about forever.
I'm torn, watching this. On one hand, I *loved* this game and I'm loving seeing this video of it. On the other....I kinda wanna play it again now and it has been so long that I've forgotten the story, and I don't wanna spoil myself.
I just installed it this evening with HD Mod - it looks awesome, vanilla but HD I love it. When it came up I never had the chance to finish it, now I'm on it 😂
Reminds me Privateer which I liked pretty much back then. With better graphics and better story. Well, Chris Roberts was producer for Privateer, so it's not a miracle (I hope his Star Citizen will be completed someday in this decade as I am way over 50 and hope to play it :) ). Maybe I should play this Freelancer instead. Thanks for the video.
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I hope you enjoy the video. This game I played a lot when I was little. The game is awesome, with tons of things to do, good music and smooth gameplay. I remastered the game with a mod, an HD mod that I downloaded from the link in the description, which makes the game look better. The developer of the mod even has a discord and you can join there for more info, and maybe some multiplayer action. I left the music on because is a huge part of the game and because of that I had problems with copyright and I dont make any money from it so if you appreciate the work subscribe to the channel to see the latest games and you can support me at my paypal: in the description (My main Paypal which I use for multiple channels. Thank you very much)
I listen to this video instead of listening to OST, it brings me back to my childhood when I played this game a lot as well.
Thank you for this video!
So many things
Free lancer
The game was open
You could go “off script”
And get lost in the black for hours
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In which stores the game is available now by the way?
@@alekbane6048just torrent it, bruh
Let's be honest, boys. None of us found this organically in our algorithm produced feed. We searched for it. Driven by nostalgia and fond memories.
yep you are 100% right i missed this game and wanted to see how someone else played it XD lots of fun when i was younger
Oh 1000% correct. Watched the starfield gameplay yesterday and it just made me want to play this again
@@benl4198 Same thing. Starfield brought me here.
Actuallyyy UA-cam brought me here…
So true. I was never able to make it to the end and after viewing it now I can't help but be a bit disappointed in it.
I worked on the cinematics for this game. Truly nostalgic watching this.
Very good job!
That's incredible! I loved this game so much as a kid, I remember it often with powerful nostalgia.
Wait, you were involved in this game's development?!
You did great with the cinematics. Thank you for what you have done
Thank you for your work! This was one of my favourite games growing up, and the cinematics were a great part of the experience.
this game was miles ahead of its time, and its universe was MASSIVE.
Agreed! Every space game that I've ever seen, I always compare it to Freelancer.
On a 2d plane though. This game seriously needs a remake/sequel!
@@penningtonknickernacker921 Its called Star Citizen bro wtf
@@tsetsoooo Star Citizen is a pile of cobbled together trash compared to Freelancer
@@PadaV4 okay boomer
This game was one of the key shining moments of my college youth; it was worth failing a class over and looking back - this game added more value to my life experience and shaped my future perspectives on far reaching things unrelated to space and aliens. It was a true masterpiece.
Loved this game back in the day. Me and my buddy used to set up a lan and play this at work for hours and hours. We battled the nomad aliens and stole their cannons by the hundreds. What a blast it was to build up our ships to near invincible and indestructible in the inner planetary systems. I miss those days gettting paid to play this game at work so long as our jobs got done. It was a dream come true for a true gamer.
I was never able to get the Lan to work so me and my friend could never play together. We did have internet back then on the farm I lived on.
If there was a game to remaster/remake this one would be ace!
And Freespace 1 & 2!
If there Ever was a game to re-make, it is this one, the Great Grand Daddy of all Good Space Shooters.
However but (and it's a big one, all puns intended), they Must do it correctly!
Or else it will be like all other games nowadays which are "new and improved to death" to the point it ruins the original game, have a micro transaction shop to suck down the "whales" (PTP) money accounts with game breaking new monthly gear plus have CPU ramping new graphics requirements which this game Definitely Doesn't Need due to it's already iconic art style.
Been playing Star Citizen for 3 days and pretty much aced it
@@randalthor6872 Hence the Entire Reason why I have not one inclining to hear even a rumor about a Wing Commander re-make, both would be sacrilegious in my humble opinion.
Star citizen is basically its predecessor. One day...
This game had a great atmosphere. I remember some solar system looking really foreboding and scary
The star systems at the edges of the sirius sector were really ominous.
@@Kizerlk07 Was that where the Hispania could be found? I remember searching for it for days and flying through some really scary and dangerous areas.
Omega 3. Big red sun that gave you literal cancer if you flew out of the asteroid field.
Yea, hiding a planet in a haze that you couldn't see until you almost crashed into it. I remember that too.
@@mugthemagpie3001you mean Omega 11
My fondest memory about this game is the ending of the first part (leaving Liberty space). 0 visibility, unknown hostiles everywhere, each and every time the skirmish ended there were less allies around me and I jumped with no wings, no tail and I dunno how heavily duct-tape-fixed hull. Filled to the brim with adrenalin of course.
I never could recreate this experience in any game since then. And the little favourite passtime of "Hey, I move my mouse and the guns look at that side! Hey, now they look the other side! I must play music in my head and turn the guns to the rhytm!". Man, it's such a comfy game.
In my opinion, this is one of the best space sim ever. Even today.
Its a average spacesim but great space arcade
The only game that reached this level was Everspace 2
It is, THE best.
This game shows the importance of polish in game design. The combat, flying, cutscenes and environments are all simple. When you focus on making your core elements smooth and streamlined the combination is greater than the sum.
And the game really gives a feeling of freedom.
I can compare it only to my other very appreciated games: Uplink, Mount&Blade, Space Rangers 2.
Those had a combination exceeding the sum as well
Except it was a rushed game and did not include what they wanted. Chris Roberts is famous as being disappointed in it.
@@sarcasticstartrek7719 Chris Roberts has no sense when to stop adding "features". Chris Roberts being disappointed in "lack of features" is not the criticism you think it is.
@@PadaV4 Best games are those than make you 'need' some improvements 😎
@@sarcasticstartrek7719Star Citizen is proof that if he had his way, Freelancer never would've been released.
I played this game so much as a little girl, it was my dad's! This is a wonderful memory, thank you for uploading.
I was so hyped when I managed to get to the very last system available in the game. No warpgates or hyperlanes for like two or three systems. And having to just explore the systems on ship engines. No place to land. And then entering the last system, and boom. Two planets. No hyperlanes still. But two planets. One with a population of robots. And the other, apes. That was the coolest easter egg I ever found as a teen.
Loved this game. The plot was so well thought-out and acted that I ran through the game within a week. It was like a book I couldn't put down and that's rare. Would love it if they made a movie out of it. No need to overly complicate it, just do the cut scenes the way they're done in this playthough and they'd be fine. Could even be done as a three part movie.
WOW, that brought back great memories. I played it for about 10 years straight, and loved every second of it. Thanks so much for streaming this!! RIBBIT!!!
2003: Fully traversable solar systems with seamless interstellar travel
2023: Click to go here
Apples to oranges comparison.
It didn't have to be 😢@skyriminspace
If they just glued this game to fallout 4 I would have been happy
I remember this well, fondly remember finding all the hidden systems, grinding to get the corsair Titan extremely heavy fighter, the best in the game and mounting it up with the best experimental level 10 weapons and gear I collected, drained the weapons power in 5 seconds but took out battleships in one volley so much beyond op you just breezed through every system. Sat the damn thing on a neutron star once, not much damage.
My god I can never forget that Neutron star system. High paying missions + constant HP drain when in space
Spent ungodly amounts of time playing this game, what a blast of nostalgia.
Same!
God, the story / pacing in this game still holds up after all these years, top notch
Well... those things don't age so kind of a given. It's graphics and such that age in games.
One has not truly played this campaign until you've flown and beaten the entire thing in a Rhino.
I never could beat the game. 😆 I think I made it to Japanese (?) space and just couldn't beat the (Yakuza?) forces there. I tried their various ships but couldn't make a good build. Although, IIRC, my favorite ship was the Dromedary, because I really just liked hauling freight from one location to another. I mean, I actually wanted a battleship, but I don't think those were available.
Hopefully this weekend or next I'll be able to watch this entire video.
This was my childhood. Why this never got a sequel is beyond me.
Oh, man! Hundreds, if not thousands, of hours went into this one back in the day! One of my all time favourites ^_^
1 of the most underrated & overlooked game of all time. Totally deserved a sequel but we never got it.
Wasn't Star Citizen going to be that sequel for a while?
There's a game called *Underspace* coming that is pretty much a homage remake of Freelancer.
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Loved this game. I wish they would do Games like this today - without all this MMO-BS.
well it was suppost to be a mmo of sorts until microsoft got its hands on it, and yes this is a chris roberts game.
A new Wing commander please!
while everspace 1 is a bit to much of a looter shooter/rougelite, everspace 2 which is in paid beta is a decent successor to the open world exploration dogfighting genre. there is a crafting element and you wont be making much money when trading but its hitting the right notes.
Star citizen in fact....
I;ve been 100% single player for years now - no online crap. It was great for a while, then very rapidly became.... extremely toxic. I stay offline since about 2006ish. I'm sure there are "nice" communities out there... but.. cant be arsed to explore to find them. If companies had ratings, and you could only access good rated players.... maybe. But most of the players I have encountered since 2000 have been a total pain in the butt. I "get" PvP etc... and banter is fine - even openly dissing someone for.... FUN.... but it often gets serious, fast. I just cant be bothered with it. So... for a couple of decades - offline only, single player only. Much happier.
Played it years ago. Modded it, played it online with others. It was (and still is) an amazing game. Algorythm did it's thing. Seems training it for years worked out.
One of Roberts first games, he also didn't finished, after Microsoft took over and gave it an end.
You see that the game lacks parts and was meant to go way longer, with more detail, Sectors etc.
Like KOTORII in some instances. Empty Sectors left in the game and so on.
But still, an awesome game with a good story. I loved it.
This is what a nostalgic game looks like. Soooo many fond memories ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I love this game. The way how each system and region felt different. The isolation of space as you travel from region to region felt like you were journeying.
When a ship blows up, don’t forget to press the beam button to collect the loot.
When you get to Leeds, go back to space and get to the battleship York to buy the crusader.
Holy smokes I was obsessed with this game when it came out! Thanks for uploading this to UA-cam.
The real Starfield
The cinematics, soundtrack, storyline, ambience and sense of tension was unheard of at the time
Watched three seconds of it, and the menu sounds already took me back. Oh what good times were those.
Man I loved that game. To find out there is a HD version that will work on my rig now. Oh man. Thanks for sharing.
No problem, glad I can help
Just thought I'd search for this game on UA-cam and I'm so glad I found this, bravo good man. I got so nostalgic watching this the music is so so good it brought back so many memories. I played it for ages and then modded it to bits, I'll never forget flying the Millennium Falcon for the first time.
I just did the same haha! Hi fellow Freelancer nostalgist!
The exploration part in this game is incredible. Some of the Edge Worlds even don't look like space half the time but they weirdly fit. (Tau-37, Omicron Major, hidden Nomad star systems)
I played this on day of release, always loved it. Now I am playing No Man's Sky for 7 years and can see the parallels between the two games.
I was thinking the same. Moreso with Everspace 2. Lots of good vibes here.
@@Courtjester311 ditto! Love NMS and Everspace 2. My favorite right behind Freelancer, of course : )
Yall heard of a new indie game called "Underspace"? It's inspired by Freelancer and it looks like it might be amazing!
It's on steam if you wanna check it out. Hopefully releasing this year.
I feel like ever since playing Freelancer I've been searching for space combat as tight and satisfying in ANY other game. Searching... And failing.
Everspace 2, Is the closest
One of the best space sims out there. Still unsurpassed in many aspects.
Not doubting you, I played this when I was younger and enjoyed it, but I haven't played many space sims since. What makes this better then Elite Dangerous or more modern sims?
@@Swarm509 it is more simple in many ways, but remains decently complex on the other things. kinda unique expirience, actually
Ib wouldn't really call this a space Sim tbh. Since the simulation elements are light
Oh man the nostalgia.... that was an anamazing time to be a gamer. Had a year to dedicate to FL, then WoW comes along and I had to try and get my e-heroin fix SFC3, Freelancer and WoW. Such good times, and such good games. Was back when you could count on games to be at the very least decent, instead of geting the coinflp we get now.
One of my all time favorites. Can't even imagine how a remake would look
Woah, this was my child hood and shaped much of the way I see the world. Such a good game.. it wasn't completed to the extent Chris Roberts had wanted, but at least we have Star Citizen to look forward to now. Star Citizen is the game I imagined Freelancer was when I was a kid.
Chris Roberts can never complete a game to the extent Chris Roberts wanted. 😆 He had to be fired for the game to be released. Looking at Star Citizen's development, it's easy to see why.
@@gmitchell_tc if Chris Roberts wasn't fired, Freelancer would have probably come out a few years later and way over budget.. I love the Freelancer we have, .but don't you kinda wish we had version of Freelancer? I think Star citizen is that better/bigger version.
This game is a power fantasy - you rarely have a chance to die, you destroy tens of other ships, your maneuverability is high.
Star Citizen is not about that at all, it will most likely balance things in a way that creates different emotional reaction. But I would love to play it for the first time after our properly releases
I started on Elite, on a 32K Acorn Electron.... believe me when I say we are living the dream!!!! The X series is great.... I'll need to upgrade my GFX for Star Citizen, I think - the base of a 5600X, 32GB DDR4 is.... OK... but the 1050ti 4GB? Probably problematic. Very limited funds so.... saving my pennies. Also - just like GTA, Hogwarts, Cyberpunk etc.... I'll wait for the re-release. They always do a massive patch that totally changes the game. I'll hang back for 6-8 months, then buy. Hopefully by then I can afford a decent graphics card...
This was my childhood! I couldn’t believe how they could cramp the whole universe in one game and other games were level per level
Installed the HD mod and it's amazing. The install options are beautiful. Playing at 4K with font upscaling. Looks like this playthrough.
Still one of my favorite games. The modding community has done amazing things to keep this alive!
Someone needs to make a mod to recreate the aesthetic of this game. I love old sci-fi aesthetic, the bright colors of space, blue UI, the scanning lines, etc
There's a game called Underspace which is a pretty faithful take on Freelancer
I remember absolutely loving this game, and apparently nothing else about it. Thanks for the video.
The travel lanes remind me of the gates in Cowboy Bebop... so cool lol
I played this game hundreds of hours when it came out, even joined a group on a server and made some friends from around the world, probably my first foray into online gaming, at least extensively.
You know how long I was trying to find this again I just could not member the name of it😁 thanks alot.
I still play this game, have my original disc and cardboard disc sleeve! Closest thing I could find to the OG Elite game I played on my C64...yeah I said C64 LoL!
Always nice when Freelancer just pops up on my page. Played it so much! And then even more with some of the large mods.
for anyone reading this, you need to target the spinning red reticle when batteling ship to ship instead of trying to shoot the ship directly the reticle will place the shots where the ship WILL BE
Another pro tip: you can damage the other ships with your guns.
I still rate every single space game compared to this. So far only Elite Dangerous comes close of all that I've played, and Freelancer still has it beat due to the story. Thank you for the nostalgia, TheBaldMan, and the smiles.
What do you think about Everspace 2?
@@TheBaldManIt's good, but I still put it below ED.
SpaceBourne is the best space we got in 2020 imo. Even have better charm than Starfield and really impressive for a game that been made by 1-man developer. Looking forward to SpaceBourne 2 update
And 20 years later Starfield is way behind on many things
My dad was subscribed to PC Gamer the old magazine, They would send out demo disks with five or six game demos. And freelancer was my favorite i was instantly hooked. I'm glad to see people still remember this one it's a hidden gem. I played this, & KOTOR over and over again.
I played this state of the art game on a Tandy 1000TX computer, 640kb Ram, a 40mb hard card, CGA 16 color RGB 640x480 monitor and it rocked on my Harman Kardon desktop speakers. Hell yeah good times.
1:36:14 - there's a pretty big spoiler in the bottom right.
I played this game so much as a kid - thank you for posting!
Ahh, the memories. One of the best games I´ve played.
Freelancer Discovery mod and online server were where Freelancer truly shined for me :)
I would have liked to try discovery. But I didn't have access to the internet back then. I played Frontier Space Mod for days though....I will have it working on my PC
Man... Discovery. That brings back memories. I used to mod for that server. Good times running with the IMG...
Nothing is forever I suppose.
@@aeternusdoleo4531 I was in RHA :)
What was it like? I never played multiplayer
Didn't realise there was an HD mod for this game! Downloading it now! It's funny to me that the Mod is several times bigger than the actual original game, lol.
I always admired the game's story and how much it was influenced by the Star Trek TNG episode "Conspiracy". What a timeless classic.
This is true nostalgia for me. I used to love this game and I totally forgot about it! But what I can't forget was the awesome soundtrack.
At 1:38:00, if you hide behind the jump gate after shooting the navy ships they will spend all their missles and you can kill them easily. Doing so will drop a unique laser repeater that has higher damage for the energy cost than any other gun in its class. A sneaky little easter egg.
Rowlettes revenge it was called.
Good memories, I played the story mission more then 20 times for sure. So good it was. There is just so more to love about the game, I remember being inlove with the way some systems looked, and the music at planet Malta felt so special to me, it felt like home. Thats where my nickname comes from :) It is a fantastic game, even thou it was incomplete for multiplayer and abandoned by microsoft, people still played it for more then 10 years, and often one was in game for hours just chatting. You always thought about something else to experiment with, like following nomad ships to see where they go lol, looking for the mytical Valalha research station, that's in the description of the alien system jumphole. Getting your trade lane disrupted by an outcast named Miguel Benitez, the same name of the leader of the Outcasts, and immediately you imagine he was looking for his missing son 🤣
Outcast represent! Both Corsairs and Outcasts were the best factions in the game, and I always ended my campaigns with a fully equipped Sabre (Diamondback, etc)
I loved this game SO much. When finally arrived to Omicron Alpha and saw the wrecks of the Hispania, I felt like if reaching the tallest mountain, the sesation of immersion was full and I understood why the Outcasts and Corsairs are like they were, forsaken. I felt symphatised for them, they were not just vulgar criminals for me anymore as the neutral net sold them to me.
Man, so many memories with this game... Thanks a lot for uploading! 🥰
Graphics for that years was really unbelievable
thank you for that wonderful wideo, will definitely watch it later. Such a touch of nostalgia... I wish they do games like that now.
5:30:48 - just in case, it's not a random number sequence, it's a FidoNET address. 2 means Europe and USSR, 463 is Kiev, and 531.105 is the ID of certain Valery Gorban (according to the 2003 public list).
Freelancer was awesome back in the day; Freespace 1 & 2 by Volition were also great.
Mmm yep this game was stunning at it's release. Even to this day it looks pretty amazing after 20 years.
Imagine some remade version where you can land from space on the planet like some modern games and do some exploration on the surface :D
Its pretty crazy how much Star Field took from this game. I forgot how good this game really was. WAY ahead of its time I played this on a Toshiba labtop (Complete POS but state of the art at the time) and it was like experiencing the future.
Looking forward to watching this.... it didn't matter what "build" I did, I could never get past the "German" zone.... And I loved the game - I kept trying. Just... kept failing! So to see the whole story... yeah, I'll grab a few beers and watch ;)
Probably best space game ever. So many good memories
This is such a masterpiece my God.
"Shield failed" - oof, that sound brings back some memories...
We don't own this base, but we're in good with those that do .... The best part of this game was the radio chatter while you were drifting out in space .. I used to hear it in my sleep
the story, atmosphere, scripts, voice acting even the graphic are all the best in those year, there's no such AAA games these days can compitied.
Downloaded this game today and the HD pack thank you for the video this is what I needed to play again it has been years since my last playthrough.
Thanks man! Needed that nostalgia! Keep up the good work! You are awesome!
This game and this engine of this game its so good. We dont have last 20 years game like this Freelancer. This game deserves to be on steam or other platforms for gameplay.
There is a game called everspace 2, I think it is the closest to the way you fly in this game
Still one of my most beloved games. It was so good.
I was really surprised when a found nomad ships again =) In the system where you can buy titan ship. Was so much to investigate after the storyline is over. Thanks to the author.
Wow this brings me back, I know its been a year since upload but i loved this game
Still one of the best, i love that this pearl is still playable on my modern computer. Some community patches, some mods and this beast is cleared for takeoff.
forgot about this game, was a gem
I finished this game a few times back in the day. Once I've completed it in a day as you have.
Thank you for this! I remember my Humpback, shifting diamonds through Rogue space!
Better than Star Citizen + Starfield combined
I loved this game so much! First open-universe game I played and the first MMO I got into! I had a blast on some of those servers!
Thanks for this video!... FREELANCER is one of my favorite game of all time!
I will never understand - why didn't you purchase upgrades of the shields and trusters? And generally a heavy bretonian fighter in between Liberty and Bounty Hunters heavy fighters?
This game is so awesome! I've probably played at least a couple thousand hours ranking up my Corsair faction ranking to good enough levels to get their best ship.
Truly a great game for back in the day and Yes you can literally explore almost forever however I've even landed on some planets where you can't even get a language translation to know what they are asking you!
Yes, that is possible too.
Yes awesome game, I had lots of fun when I was young, a very close game to freelancer is everspace 2. You might lile that aswell
@@TheBaldMan Yep.already have it but it didn't reel me in the way Freelancer did but it's kind of like your first love (speaking of games here peeps, games, gotta spell everything out nowadays, don't want somebody going on a rampage), there is only one you remember and tell stories about forever.
My uncle also loved X3 series of games, but I didn't enjoy them.
He was a big fan of freelancer as well
One of my favorite games to this date. Also had a lot of fun later on with LAN Multiplayer with a friend back in the day.
Are the panels for enemy ship targetting and your ship part of the HD remake?
I'm torn, watching this. On one hand, I *loved* this game and I'm loving seeing this video of it. On the other....I kinda wanna play it again now and it has been so long that I've forgotten the story, and I don't wanna spoil myself.
We need more games like this, simple easy to play. but with modern graphics and a physics engine to rival AAA developers.
Love this game. Best story based space sim ever made.
I just installed it this evening with HD Mod - it looks awesome, vanilla but HD I love it. When it came up I never had the chance to finish it, now I'm on it 😂
Reminds me Privateer which I liked pretty much back then. With better graphics and better story. Well, Chris Roberts was producer for Privateer, so it's not a miracle (I hope his Star Citizen will be completed someday in this decade as I am way over 50 and hope to play it :) ). Maybe I should play this Freelancer instead. Thanks for the video.
Loved this game. Classic! 👍
Game still looks great!!!
oh man this game is freakin amazing