Freelancer Related Games & Large Mod Projects List

There are 5 replies in this Thread. The last Post () by ExxoRush.

    Hey guys!


    I'm looking to engage the various Freelancer communities to help me build an ever improving list of Freelancer related games out there.


    Long story short, in 2014 I created a Freelancer section on my oldschool retro website paying tribute to the original Freelancer games along with the great many successful & sadly unsuccessful Freelancer related fan projects out there to make sure that they are never forgotten and can inspire talented Freelancer fans to create new Freelancer projects in the future. For that list I collected pics, vids, demos, and information for as many of the projects as possible. I could use some help from the community with this list as I'm sure there's more I don't know about. This is my latest summary of the website list below.


    Website:
    Blake's Sanctum - Freelancer Legacy Games
    (Note: Originally built in 2001 this website is still deliberately very late 90s early 2000s retro in design. So if you’re not nostalgic for old retro websites with music, animating gifs & left click browsing then you probably won’t like it)


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    Freelancer related game projects list (Updated 01/01/2017) :
    Large scale mod projects that expand the story
    - Crossfire Mod - Huge MPlayer & SPlayer expansion to Freelancer

    - Discovery Mod - Huge MPlayer expansion to Freelancer

    - The Void Mod - Huge MPlayer expansion to Freelancer

    - Shadow of Fear Mod - Huge MPlayer & SPlayer expansion to Freelancer
    - Rebirth Mod - Huge MPlayer expansion to Freelancer
    - Freelancer 2: Continuum - A standalone fan sequel being created by the Crossfire Team


    Very Similar Games
    - Star Citizen - Chris Roberts next big Freelancer style game
    - Wing Commander Privateer Series - Chris Roberts original series that inspired Freelancer
    - X Series - One of the greatest space combat & exploration series out there
    - DarkStar One - Space shooter very similar to Freelancer
    - Everspace - Very similar gameplay & graphics to Freelancer (made by Galaxy On Fire team)


    Similar Games
    - Eve Online - Massive online multiplayer space shooter similar to Freelancer
    - Galaxy On Fire Series - Space shooter similar to Freelancer
    - Rebel Galaxy - Space shooter similar to Freelancer
    - Starpoint Gemini Series - Space shooter similar to Freelancer
    - SpaceForce: Rogue Universe - Space shooter similar to Freelancer
    - Zigfrak - Space shooter similar to Freelancer


    Sort of Similar Games
    - Elite Series - The original space combat & exploration series that inspired them all!
    - Starflight Series - If Freelancer was a top down 2D game with planetary mining & more aliens then it would be Starflight! An awesome classic space exploration, combat & trading series.


    If you know of a game series I've missed that's very similar to Freelancer, a fan game based on Freelancer, or a large scale mod project related to Freelancer please let me know! :)

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    Blake's Sanctum:
    - Total Conversion mods: Star Trek Doom 2, Quest for Glory IV-3D Hexen, & Star Wars Civilization 2
    - Game Shrines: Age of Wonders, Babylon 5 Games, Command & Conquer, Elder Scrolls, Dune Games, Final Fantasy, Freelancer , Heroes of Might & Magic, Master of Magic, Quest for Glory Series, Starflight, & Star Trek Games

    Edited 3 times, last by Blake00 ().

    Hello,
    here are a few games that could be considered similar to Freelancer:


    Ad Astra - Ad Astra
    Evochron Mercenary - Freeform Space Combat / Trader and Exploration Simulator (PC Space-Sim) - Evochron Mercenary
    Independence War series, e.g. https://www.gog.com/game/independence_war_2
    Freespace series, e.g. https://www.gog.com/game/freespace_2
    Privateer series, e.g. https://www.gog.com/game/privateer_2_the_darkening
    The Tomorrow War - http://store.steampowered.com/app/289480/The_Tomorrow_War/
    Tarr Chronicles and Dark Horizon - Tarr Chronicles Windows game - Indie DB


    Some "space shooters":
    Descent series, e.g. https://www.gog.com/game/descent_underground, and their successor Overload Overload - A New Adventure from the Creators of Descent : Overload
    Strike Suit Zero & Infinity - http://strikesuitzero.com/ and Strike Suit Infinity
    Everspace - EVERSPACE | is a single player rogue-like space shooter
    Strike Vector EX - http://store.steampowered.com/app/476360/Strike_Vector_EX/
    Star Wars games? (Rogue Squadron, Starfighter, X-Wing and TIE fighter series)


    And some "space shooters with big ships":
    Battlecruiser Millennium - Battlecruiser Millenium Gold | 3000AD
    Fractured Space - Fractured Space
    Dreadnought - Home - Dreadnought
    Nexus: The Jupiter Incident (contains RTS elements) - http://store.steampowered.com/…us__The_Jupiter_Incident/



    Hope this helps!

    That's a brilliant list! Thanks Wanderer! Looks like my next update to the site and list will be a big one lol! :)

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    Blake's Sanctum:
    - Total Conversion mods: Star Trek Doom 2, Quest for Glory IV-3D Hexen, & Star Wars Civilization 2
    - Game Shrines: Age of Wonders, Babylon 5 Games, Command & Conquer, Elder Scrolls, Dune Games, Final Fantasy, Freelancer , Heroes of Might & Magic, Master of Magic, Quest for Glory Series, Starflight, & Star Trek Games

    there was an old TC mod called Freelancer: Combat Evolved. It removed the arcady feel of space flight and added inertia and newtonian physics. space fights became games of chicken with magnetically accelerated cannons at 500+meters per second and all the ships were modeled from Halo until about Halo 3. Its a defunct community and some of my oldest fan-fic is archived there. Worked my way up to commanding a Marathon-class heavy cruiser in the UNSC and i was only 16. It wasn't long after i joined CF


    Was a very well done mod i think. I also think Starpoint Gemini should be in the "very similar" category. I played a dozen or so hours of SPG2 and i was really impressed with how much it felt ripped off lol. I liked there was more grind mission variety such as taxing and shipping goods (vs the standard FL Kill ships, assassinate target, destroy station, retrieve bounty mission types)

    There is one more series, not so related to Freelancer, but a space-based RTS : Homeworld Series :)