Yeah, I do occasionally drag it out. I messed around with it a lot (made my own mods) as well as played around with other's mods. Namely the Victors mod.
Problem is:
1. The fanbase has died and now, basically, nobody cares about it.
2. The game is really underdeveloped, in that it doesn't have a whole lot to do (trading and fighting, and niether are very sohpisticated).
3. As a result of the above 2 points, Eve has superceded freelancer in all areas save for the fun ship-combat which kills some time at lan parties.
The upsides are that it's easily modified and messed about with, and that it's graphically attractive. The atmospheres, sounds, etc. are very good. Overall the game is a great basis for a whole new game, using the basic engine and game programme but changing various aspects.
Sadly there is a lack of interest in it which means that there's not enough people on the scene to make such big mods/new games using the engine very likely.
Last edited by Dino; 02-21-2006 at 02:35 AM..
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