Open Play Space sim at its best.

User Rating: 9.7 | Freelancer PC
Freelancer, a space sim, story based, and then open play game that allows the player to be any type of character they would like to be; limited only by one’s willingness to engage NPCs to achieve their goals in play. The Freelancer game concept comes from its predecessor, StarLancer. The ideas, game storyline and characters pull from one game to the other. They are stand alone games, but are conceptually similar. Freelancer is simply a well balanced and interesting space sim game. For those that enjoy an environment that you can go about your merry way, in space, and live a sim-life, this is excellent. For those that want combat, and action, it may be a bit too easy. It really depends on you gaming abilities and what you find enjoyable in gaming. The game itself is also excellent in its form on how the ease in which to play, make a fortune, combat and trade is linked together for seamless play.

Created by Digital Anvil for Microsoft, this game is at its core, simple. It operates in an easy to understand format and by far, extremely easy to mod and edit. That ease has opened up an incredibly large and talented modding community for this game.