Freelancer: What could have been?

Sun Mar 07, 2004 3:08 pm by Visconti

The story seems to end awkwardly. It looks like my English exam, when I realize that I don't have enough time to complete the composition. Which's: Pick a good point that's not actually the ending and stop the story there.

Additionally the developers said in one of their interviews that the game was designed, so that if your rush through the SP story campaign, you'd have difficulties later towards the end. This seems to suggest that the story should not have ended when it did. Coz even if you rush through the campaign you'd still end up well.

You also notice how the ending is so incomplete that you actually need to read your log to realize the game was over?

Also did you realize that trent said that manhattan was not a bad home? But then he changed his mind? Something seems amiss there, not quite right you know.

The planets in the unknown system. They're clearly made for something else, something more... just by looking up the info of those two planets you could tell.

I believe there're other features that realy show some sign of incompletion. Discuss what could Freelancer have been in the original design, if M$ had not rushed the developers.

Sun Mar 07, 2004 3:23 pm by Stinger

Here we go again.

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Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:17 pm by Bounty Hunter Jackson

I don't think it was incomplete. I think it was ideal. I liked it. That's just my opinion, though.

"If it aint on fire, you haven't shot it up bad enough yet" - my old teacher on Planet Housten.

Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:55 pm by Chips

lol - i cannot believe that this is open still. Dude - read old threads about this, its been over turned abuot 1000 times, and is up there with best ship threads for lockability.

However, to address a point:

First off, I assume your S button doesn't work, if not, lets hear your PERSONAL grievance against microsoft..........cause this childish "jump on the bandwagon of hatred for no reason" is tiring. Heck - what have they personally done to you now?

Okay - now that is out the way...............

They rushed the developers? This game took 6 or more years to make. now - i know they might have pushed forward the release - but we are playing it at least. If it took 5 years to here, for the rest it would have taken another 3 years. how much money do you really thing games companies can afford to splash out in development. You forget that the ONLY reason they make games is to make money, and if you have to keep on running a project for a few more years, its going to get to the point where it needs amazing sales to make any money at all!

If EVERY game took 5 years to make.........I wonder what it would be like - that would be so strange - oh well...........

So - we got a game to play at least, and also, imagine if it had taken an extra 2 years, the amount of expenditure would have been enormous - for a game

Mon Mar 08, 2004 1:36 pm by Macaan

Now thats a answer!, with this type of thread been ansewed so many times before then iam not supprised if people get it put like that

-Therefore i am

Mon Mar 08, 2004 2:28 pm by Wash

The SP story almost rushes you along in some places. One time I killed the Rheinland gunboats, docked at Willard and sold the H-fuel I had tractored in. That immediately shot me to the next level, and leaving Willard I got the call from Juni to meet her on Planet Manhattan.

"I'm bugging out. I don't like the idea of being MOWED DOWN."

Mon Mar 08, 2004 2:50 pm by Bounty Hunter Jackson

But you don't have to do as she says immediately, you can still go off and do your own thing, take independant missions etc and go to Juni whenever you feel like resuming the story.

"If it aint on fire, you haven't shot it up bad enough yet" - my old teacher on Planet Housten.

Mon Mar 08, 2004 11:54 pm by Heltak

Ahem this is ACT ONE of FIVE that was designed, the game was rushed so only this one was implemented.

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Tue Mar 09, 2004 5:38 am by Hengist

But you don't have to do as she says immediately, you can still go off and do your own thing

That's true, however only if you want to fly around in an underpowered space ship with crappy guns. Try exploring the Nomad system like that

Hengist.

Tue Mar 09, 2004 8:29 am by Sh|ft

That's true, however only if you want to fly around in an underpowered space ship with crappy guns. Try exploring the Nomad system like that

'Nuff said. You can't even go to the Nomad systems until the game is over because the crappy level 16 limit gives you such a crappy ship that it's nearly impossible.

Wed Mar 10, 2004 2:13 am by Cyaron

>>> Ahem this is ACT ONE of FIVE that was designed, the game was rushed so only this one was implemented. <<<

Really? Damn ... does anyone have a clue what the other 4 acts were supposed to be like?

I'd certainly like to see a FL2 if for no other reason than to get the rest of the story.

Cyaron

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that which cannot be seen
shall see the truth." -Golden Sun

Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:28 am by Hengist

Ahem this is ACT ONE of FIVE that was designed, the game was rushed so only this one was implemented.

I've heard this said before also. I believe that the early beta versions of Freelancer came on 2 CD's. Was there more acts in the beta's than the final release?

Perhaps one of the beta testers could comment?

Wed Mar 10, 2004 3:31 am by Hengist

P.S. Thank god we have Chips and his expansion packs

Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:52 am by Tai-Pan

Chips wrote:
So - we got a game to play at least, and also, imagine if it had taken an extra 2 years, the amount of expenditure would have been enormous - for a game

Well, actually we have two games, the original Freelancer and Evolutions

And as for visiting the nomads in a light fighter, it has been done many times. And right now we're about to have a race from Manhattan to Primus in stock Fliers, hmmm......and I hear that the nomads have cd's

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