Sat Mar 08, 2003 9:49 pm
Speaking of Privateer like games Anyone Played Hard War?
Speaking of Privateer like games Anyone Played Hard War?
Hardwar is the closest game I've found that is most like the original Privateer.
It has the gritty feel, deep atmosphere and openendednes of the original privateer, but it takes place on one planet, (though it's huge) and all flight was interplanetary. It offered many different ways to make a living and included random missions as well as a scripted freeform story line. The game world was so big it would proably take an hour to fly from one end to the other at top speed.
Some of the cooler points to the game allowed you to own multiple ships and even buy buildings to keep them in. There were endless upgrades too! The world was so huge and devers, to find the best items you had to venture into dangerous areas. you could even call a taxi to come and pick you up and bring you areas, which was handy when buying new ships, you could leave your old one stored at your HOME BASE, letting you fly home from the dealership in the new ship.
I had bases located through out the world for quick repairs and storage of loot that I had pirated. Once you get enough loot stored at one location, you could open the base up for trading and make money on the base repairing other ships who stoped in to use the services. Everythng happened automatically so you didn't have to be there to micro manage.
After a while all you had to do is stop by your bases and pick up the money that was made while you were away doing other things.
Some of the Small details that this game incorperated would have been awsome in Freelancer!
Piçås0
Hardwar is the closest game I've found that is most like the original Privateer.
It has the gritty feel, deep atmosphere and openendednes of the original privateer, but it takes place on one planet, (though it's huge) and all flight was interplanetary. It offered many different ways to make a living and included random missions as well as a scripted freeform story line. The game world was so big it would proably take an hour to fly from one end to the other at top speed.
Some of the cooler points to the game allowed you to own multiple ships and even buy buildings to keep them in. There were endless upgrades too! The world was so huge and devers, to find the best items you had to venture into dangerous areas. you could even call a taxi to come and pick you up and bring you areas, which was handy when buying new ships, you could leave your old one stored at your HOME BASE, letting you fly home from the dealership in the new ship.
I had bases located through out the world for quick repairs and storage of loot that I had pirated. Once you get enough loot stored at one location, you could open the base up for trading and make money on the base repairing other ships who stoped in to use the services. Everythng happened automatically so you didn't have to be there to micro manage.
After a while all you had to do is stop by your bases and pick up the money that was made while you were away doing other things.
Some of the Small details that this game incorperated would have been awsome in Freelancer!
Piçås0
