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starlancer is very old, the newer Freelancer has a large community following

EVGATech_DaveB

I played Freelancers MP a year or two ago with some friends.  I actually liked the Discovery mod, it REALLY expanded the universe, both planet/systm wise, but also trade, ships and equipment.
Last I had checked, there were still servers up for it.  if nothign else, you can host your own open IP game and have your friends join, I have done it myself.  4 of us played once a week for a couple months like that, all on Discovery mod.

As for Starlancer, I haven't seen anything.  IIRC, gog.com has it as well, and I have rebought some games I had before from GOG because they have had mods done to them, and in general, are stable in modern OS's.

EVGATech_DaveB

I like X series, but Terran Conflict didnt have alot behind it unless you went through at least Reunion before.  I went all the way back to Beyond the Frontier, obviously VERY limitted graphics, but a great game. 
X series has a lot more empire building, Privateer was more about you being the loner in the middle of nothing, and in a generally hostile enviornment. 
I very much miss the space flight genre.  I didnt discover X until much later, and I missed Starlancer originally, due to funds at the time.  I miss the variety of Wingcommander, WC Privateer/RF, Tie Fighter, Freelancer, need to find Starlancer, but I really miss the whole genre.
I have been loving GOG.com for some of it, but I would love to see some new space flight games, give me a good single player/co-op cmapaign mode, then a multiplayer sandbox mode, and have koystick support as well as fully use my SLI, a space flight sm with some story and depth, but uses my hardware as well as a modern DX11 FPS game.

EVGATech_DaveB

@ Mlittrel
Starlancer was supposed to be the successor, but didnt pan out, Freelancer was the successor to Privateer.  That was originally goin g to be Privateer 3, but there was a HUGE falling out between origin and Chris Roberts, alot of hubbub I dont want to get into, but in the end, 2 entities locking horns, and the fans are the losers.
WC1, WC2, WC3, Privateer are all available from www.gog.com and play beautifully.  The DOSBox ports are tuned to a more mid level current system, and their forums are VERY active, and they help out with tuning it to your comp with some settings.  WC4/5/Prophecy are the live action ones, WC1 was a late gen 286 game, WC2 was high end 386-low end 486 game.  Tie fighter was between WC2 and 3 in graphics.
Very dated but VERY fun.
One thing if you play them IMO you will like, is there are lose conditions, if you fail at somehting you end up somewhere else, not just "You have lost.  Replay?"  This is the mission break down, with 2-4 missions per area.
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=Wingcommander+mission+tree&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&sa=N&biw=1186&bih=801&tbm=isch&tbnid=4N6GDolLLzzBpM:&imgrefurl=http://www.crius.net/zone/showthread.php%3Fp%3D378563&docid=0vinsXj6ZuFqUM&itg=1&imgurl=http://www5.picturepush.com/photo/a/2715518/img/2715518.jpg&w=1500&h=1000&ei=fqAdT_nkFIyGiQLms5XcCA&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=94&sig=104911665839223757843&page=1&tbnh=113&tbnw=169&start=0&ndsp=24&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=71&ty=56

EVGATech_DaveB

@Arctic Eagle
Sounds good, but I dont even know where to go to find a copy anymore.  Id magine Amazon marketplace or Fleabay.  Or is it Abandonwear now that they have released for free DL?

@ Im Hit!
Yeah, the game was good, could have been better.  I loved that they broadened their controls, but I remember a quote from Chris Roberts about it and specifically not having joysick support "I didn't want it to have that wing Cmmander feel"  REALLY?!?!  That was what  the game was really missing.  I can muddle through a mouse config, but a mouse does not feel natural for for a flight sim.  I know he was the brains behind WC series, but corporate BS between higher ups is the best way to screw up a product, and as always, the consumer has to take the aftermath.  Very sad......