I like EVE, nice game with alot better graphics. But i not gonna pay for monthly subscription to play. But anyway that's how companies makes alot profits, on this way. -.-

And i do hate how they copy the things/ideas from FL.

Edited by - skycom132 on 10/24/2005 2:39:18 AM

Seriously, EVE Online is the sequel? I didn't even know Microsoft made EVE. And I hate EVE - its space strategy which is why I like Freelancer instead. And wouldn't a sequel be called something-lancer anyway?

Hello.

I'm from Germany and very interested in Freelancer.
I've got a question:
I've heard that microsoft will make a Freelancer 2.
Is that true?

hiya there Imhotep. as lyk many thousands off people i also enjoy freelancer, ive completed it multiple times with variating mods. tis a brillent game yet there are many things thay can improve upon and it is to my current understanding that microsoft has branded freelancer as finacial flop and therefore no sequel is to be realesed. if i am wrong in any of that info please correct me.
lyk u and many thousands, im wait hopfully that someone from mircosoft will stumble upon tis web site and find this forum. this may never happern and so either we all wait untill that day comes or we can capture their attension, there is a pertition on a different web site witha link to it on this in the forum " freelancer 2 online petition " it only takes 2 min of ur time and it could move towards a sequal.
is EVE really the sequal blackhole? does it have any conction to the freelancer story ? characters? places? groups? any at all? coz if there is not conection then it cant b the sequal it would need some sort of relationship to freelancer.
also i no this is off topic but, Wot is with companies makin us pay for mmo games that jus checky we buy the games why do we have to pay to pay? i can understand that there greedy pigs but cant they be happy that they make enough from the sales themselves?

It is not a sequal, people. It is in the liking of one. It is the continuation of the idea that spawned FL. The free world, space sim, i mean, jeez, theres tons of stuff i can see they took from FL. It may not be the sequal in terms of storyline, development, or anything like that, but it is the continuation of the FL idea nevertheless.

I still hate its guts, though.

Yeah. As said before Microsoft wont make another Freelancer. (but in a desperate plea, i might write to PC Gamer about this) What this is, is another lancer game. Not a Freelancer 2, as Microsoft will sue us to death if we do that. We're going to have to make another lancer game based on ideas of freelancer, as Blackhole said. We sadly probably can't continue with Trent, The Order etc. Here though modders MAY make a SIMILAR game, with interpreted ideas, created from the fans and modders ideas.

Isnt it a shame though? No Freelancer 2...

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there should be giant battles between capitalships and fighters involved. massive battles. the economy should be made more realistic. systems and planet shold be way bigger. large distances. large stations and each one should look different, not the same. ships more manuverable and lots of wars

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how about this then.
instead of useing the source code to make freelancer 2 how about make a new game from the ground up?

Would Microsoft release the title rights only? For a fee of cource, no software, just the right to use the universe and all within it.

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Doubtful. MS is a greedy basterd.

X3 Reunion came out in the UK this past friday and comed out this coming friday in the states. Its everything freelancer was and wasnt!

Hmm I dont know about that, love to try it though...

Anyways you guys probably already knew this but I didn't - one of the reasons they wont make Freelancer 2 (although they are making Freespace 3, whatever that is). Microsoft dont make most of the games, the developers do. And the Freelancer developers were Digital Anvil, owned by Chris Roberts, who basically made Freelancer, was boss etc. But in 2003 or something, Chris Roberts (also famed for Wing Commander) left Digital Anvil and sold the company to...guess?

Microsoft.

Thing is, would they want to create another without Chris Roberts? I doubt it. Its his game really. So it may not ALL be Microsofts fault. But still, it mostly is.

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Freespace 3 comes after Descent: Freespace 2, which comes after Descent: Freespace 1, which originated from Descent 3, which was a sequel to Descent 2, which was a sequel to Descent 1.

Thats quite a few sequels...but never mind that, will it be any good? X3 will probably the most like Freelancer.

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Descent 3 was, is, and will continue to be (in my opinion) the best game ever made. FS1 and FS2, while based off Descent 3, weren't quite as good.