Just a few nights ago I spent 8 hours playing this classic. A mix of Civilization and Strategy. I'd love to see this game redone, but even as it is it's still better then many of the newer strategies which are more reliant on the timing, then the over all decisions.
While I agree with many the posts on the faults of this game (only 1 ship), Limited upgrades, Almost no dynamics of the surrounding world, Systems that could be considered carbon copies. The mostly linear story line was enjoyable. I've played the game 2 times. The upgrades the the ship are cool. The game is challenging. Although I'd call it more a RPG, Space shooter. Then a simulation. I'd say the only game that advanced past freelancer would be X3. This one would be a few steps backward, with some graphical leaps forward.
