Going gold means that the development is finally over, and that the game is officially ready to ship and be marketed. Don't like what you see? wait for the demo.

Ummm sorry KimK your english is a bit hard to understand but I'll try from what I can make of it. There are a lot of screendumps taken from the game that you can see here. Going gold means that Freelancers code has been finalised, which means that the game is going into production and will be in US stores from March 6 and should be in Europe around April 18th.

As for the difficulty of the game (which I think you were referring to with the comment about Diablo II) I don't think you will find it tremendously difficult, after all EB completed it without to much trouble.

I don't really get where you're criticizing FL, so clarify a bit please? Except maybe the screenshots, digital camera shakycams tend to "blurr" things a bit making things look more rounded and such. The graphics aren't neccessarily Doom 3 quality or anything, but they're still excellant.

i wasn't looking 4 anything near doom 3 quality (whats that) and whats wrong wif my english ? if its the short forms, then u gonna have to liv with it, coz i'm used to this... besides that, i pride myself in my english skills... (j/k) by the way, i live in Malaysia now, (i'm korean) so when's it coming out here... what i meant was that Freelancer might be a bit too liberal in the sense that u can do everything and anything... kinda takes it off the RPG theme if it is so... if leans more towards Diablo II and GTA style, only its in space... i hope u get what i mean...

This war - is a game of chess - and i have a plan - and its my turn - to hit back.

Will I think it is more something like Morrowind, just a different theme.
And for some screenshots for Doom 3
http://www.gamershell.com/game/FPS_Doom_3.shtml

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No Sorrow, But vengeance.
Fight with valore,
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Freelancer was called freelancer because you can do alot of things. It's the reason alot of people are buying the game :p

I always thought GTA was a good example of a modern game that captured part of what Freelancer is going for. Diablo II not so much. But I wouldn't get caught up in the comparisons. Freelancer is very much its own game, and you'll lose sight of Freelancer's many aspects if you use "Freelancer = Game X" equations.

GTA3's freeformness (is that a word?) isnt as open as FL's. FL's random events are much more random and variable than GTA3's.

Ook, mb so... i'll wait 4 the release...

This war - is a game of chess - and i have a plan - and its my turn - to hit back.