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I got this game on a high discount....probably around 2008 or so. It was nearly for free and I never found a similar captivating space game again. Still have my original copy running from time to time and it never gets old. Same goes for Mass Effect (1) btw. Got it for free on another purchase and fell in unbreakable love with it.
I remember this game from my childhood! I might pick it up from steam and play through it again! I remember how fun it was to sneak into the nazi outposts etc and plant a bomb and sneak out 😀
@@Warrandpeace Nice to hear that! I will definitely pick it up when I have a little more spare money. I hope the pc port is good 👍 I played the 360 version back when I was a kid
One of my favorite games all time. Being Irish I found it super unique to have a main character in a video game be from there. Must have completed it 10+ times on my 360, definitely a severely underrated game!
For sure is underrated! Was one of the best games ive covered on my channel and id go back and play it in a heartbeat! And thats a cool take, i never considered the uniqueness of an irish protag before and im glad you guys got a moment to shine lol!
I agree....but I think it's actually a masterpiece. I know it was Pandemic's swan song but, even so......this game is so damn good. It's just really good to play. Makes you fell like a bad ass in a way that GTA can't. I think it's because you are so much more able to interact with things. I don't know....GTA4 did this. In fact....This...GTA4 and Just Cause 2 came out at around the same time. My trio of best open world games.....before that it was Oblivion (Elder Scrolls). Before that it was True Crime: New York City.....before that it was APB. Before that it was SWAT. Before that it was HUNTER on the Amiga A500. Before that it was Back 2 Skool on the Spectrum 48k. There is no further before that. Other than Pong.
This was one of my favorite games ive reviewed so far on my channel! I still think back to it and hope i can find games just as good in the future. I spent so many hours just running around blowing up all the enemy bases and doing all the stunt jumps! The definition of a hidden gem
Great review! Glad to see more recognition for the Last Story. Was lucky enough to get an actual Wii copy way back. First jrpg I ever actually beat, really allowed me to get further into the genre
Same honestly! I figured i played so many western games in the channel that id give jrpgs a try for once and it turned out really great! Glad you enjoyed the review
One thing that has bugged me playing this game is that you can't over level yourself, which means you can't use end game equipment in the main story. Its only when you finish the story that you even get access to ships that can mount class 7 or higher equipment. I REALLY wish they had been a new game+ mode to let us do that!
yeah there were for sure aspects of the game that coulda been fleshed out more. What was there was amazing, but slight things like that coulda been improved. At least you got like a billion extra systems to explore after the game. I went and found some WILD ones with black holes and mega strong enemies.
Easily one of my all-time favorite games. I played this for many hours 20 years ago when it came out. Every space sim to ever come out since, I've measured against it, and has not held up to it, in my opinion of course. The awesome and beautiful atmosphere and music has just never been replicated. Some fun tips from an old player: before approaching large groups, you can fly straight up (compared to the horizontal plane of the system) before encountering packs of enemies, then fly at them, sometimes this will break up the packs a bit. Countermeasures work best when you burst 3-5 out real fast, not just one. In a first encounter with a group, you inevitably pass by them, drop mines right before you pass them. Torpedoes are slow, dumb, and expensive but do massive damage to unshielded bases, weapons/missile structures, and large ships. Last tip: before you run out of boost, turn off your engine and just coast! Most people don't know about that feature (z ore x button I think?) but the physics actually work. When you boost and turn them off, you'll coast at that speed and same direction and can rotate around and even face backwards and fire! It's a really fun maneuver :)
Yeah honestly one thing i think freelancer did way better than any other space sim ive played is make a world that feels truly epic! All the planets and ships are so unique and cool looking, and the story is movie esque! Ill have to give those manuevers a try as well. Some of those later fights were really tough due to how many enemies there were so these tricks may come in handy!
@@TheAngrySaxon1 idk im guessing phil spencer could make it happen if he really wanted. Maybe hes just trying to let studios make whatever they want right now like bethesda with starfield and obsidian with pentiment. Hopefully one day he comes to his senses though and makes a new freelancer and crimson skies.
Man I miss this era of games. I've just been going through my backlog the last few years mostly because gaming has been so mediocre these days. Feels like there was just more passion in older games. I'm playing through the saboteur rn it's a pretty cool game.
One thing I don't like about this game is how the story breaks work. It seems tied to either money or time, not sure which, but there's lots of time between story missions where there's not much to do except grind out missions or aimlessly wander around hoping to find a wreck or something.
Yeah you do have to grind out tons of missions eventually. I think a fix for that could just be them adding in a larger variety of side missions or improving them in some way. Thatd at least make grinding a bit better!
Like your calm reviews and voice. And the way you handled the baseball bat scene / level was well done ! I usually just run to the empty room and stock up on weapons lol.
Amazing game, but someone HAS to be able to do a Steam release where it isn't a total pain in the ass to install and play. Seriously, have fun with this one.
I remember enjoying this game for a time, but that its not very replayable. No choices in character creation, cliche story, and not a very interesting universe. Extremely boring cookie-cutter missions after a while.
Checkout Tachyon : The Fringe, it is a bit more wing commander than freelancer but it is absolutely fantastic and I really recommend it. Also it is worth mentioning that freelancer is technically a sequel to Starlancer.
I knew this was BioWare, and it'd received comparisons to Dragon Age before, so I thought I'd check out a video about it before grabbing it up on GOG... ya'know, cuz that $3.75 sale price is a real bank-breaker. 😄 Solid overview. 💯
