Hallo There

I just thought I’d say hey, since I’m about to fire up Freelancer for the first time. I’m old enough that I was an adult when it hit shelves, when I picked up the box and thought, “Hey, this sounds like Privateer.”

Privateer was my fantasy game when I was transitioning from console to PC as a kid, but at the time the various hardware I had available was always behind the times. Instead I got Wing Commander for SNES, which never quite scratched the itch.

My interest in the Elite-style sandbox space genre has apparently been rekindled due to a few Kickstarter projects, namely Kinetic Void and Drifter, both of which seem quite promising.

Anyway, looking forward to checking out the mod section once I see how this thing plays. Thanks for existing, Starport.

Wow. Underrated indeed. Only a few missions in, but I don’t think I could be more pleased.

Thanks.

Last night I was planning to just check out a couple missions and go back to Minecraft, but I wound up playing until dawn, screwing any chance of accomplishing anything outside today. I don’t think I’ve gotten this wrapped up in a space-themed game since Homeworld. The controls… my god, the controls. They’re so effing good.