Darkstar One

I am a huge fan of a dead genre. Darkstar is good enough to satisfy some of those old school space sim cravings, plenty of solid action and a large variety of mission types to take part in. The dogfighting is genuinely fun, the controls and interface comfortable. If you want, you can be knee deep in combat with a cool looking, powerful ship in no time at all. Just so you know, I was a huge fan of series like Freespace, Colony Wars, G-Police and the original pc release of Crimson Skies. These were story based, action intensive dogfighting sims on both consoles and pc's. Most of them were also military and team based shooters, so I'm less into the mercenary approach. In addition I'm not so into the super specialized, economic oriented sims that trickle out of developers these days. Unfortunately I got into the genre too late for Wing Commander and X-Wing, but if anyone made a sequel to any of those series, I'd be more than a little excited. Given my tastes, the relative lack of competition, and the GOG pricetag Darkstar one is a very good game of a style I sincerely want to see more of. It might suffer in comparison to one of my old time favorites, but as things stand its an exciting and fun game to play.

If I have one complaint about this game, it's that there's nothing to complain about, lol. Every aspect I can think of in this game is great. If you don't own this game yet, I strongly recommend it, it's got great gameplay and graphics.

I love Freespace series, but Darkstare one is much more colourful and less strategy dependend. A good mixture of action and strategy space simulation/shooter. Runs very smooth on my 64 Bit Linux in 1600x1200. Superb!

ok so its not freelancer.....but it has its own story and style. it does have its cheesy moments yes but, it has alot to do and unique in that you ship gets upgraded and the dog fights are good and there is tons to do in missions and side quests. ive played all of the "cliche" games and then some yet this one i found myself coming back to:)

An excellent game for those who like space trading/simulation/adventure type games. This title has its limitations, however, as you cannot change ships or buy a new one, instead, you are forced into upgrading the one ship you get to start with. Still, even with this limitation, it's still a fun game, and worth buying and playing.