The war between the Coalition and the Alliance depicted in Starlancer had raged on and the Alliance forces were losing. A final plan was organized to punch through the Coalition attackers and send eight colony ships across space to the Sirius Sector. 900 years have passed since then and the Sirius sector has been colonized by the surviving ships, dividing the area between four major nations: Liberty, Rheinland, Kusari and Bretonia . In the spacelanes between these nations borders and outside of any specific jurisdiction lie undeveloped solar systems, pirate bases, corporate outposts and the neutral Freeports. One of these Freeports has come under attack and been destroyed by an unknown enemy attack. Survivors of the attack, including a freelancer Edison Trent and his business associate, Lonnigan, are evacuated to Planet Manhattan, capital city of the "Liberty" nation. Once there Edison hears rumors about military buildups and friction between the Sirius nations. It will be up to Trent to seek employment, rebuild his lost assets and discover the meaning behind these rumors.

FreeLancer is a third person or first person space simulator and trading game, much like Elite or Wing Commander: Privateer. Players, taking the role of Edison Trent, will need to visit several locations on each planet in order to trade cargo, buy and repair equipment as well as obtain information. In space, Trent controls his spacecraft from either a first person or third person perspective and is able to use primary and secondary weapons. Destroyed enemy spacecraft often leave behind cargo which can be tractor beamed into the cargo hold.

Freelancer is an plot-driven game that slowly becomes completely open-ended. As such the player (eventually) has the freedom to fly around 150 planets across 40 solar systems looking for profit. As Trent trades cargo and undertakes missions (following an expanding story arc) he will affect the faction status status of over 50 different groups (comprising of 3000 NPCs). Faction Status will affect their attitudes towards Trent, including interaction planetside and in space.

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Alternate Titles

"自由枪骑兵" -- Chinese Title (Simplified)
"星際遊俠" -- Chinese Title (Traditional)

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	FreeLancer
	Freelancer	Windows	$11.50
	Freelancer - jc	Windows	$9.99
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User Reviews

Good game, Just wish they could have done more	William Shawn McDonie (1174)
A pretty decent space-shooter	ex_navynuke! (51)	unrated
Great game, but too linear and too short...	Riamus (8157)
Not all the free-lancing one would expect...	tbuteler (3049)
Some Freespace, Wing Commander, and secret spice all mixed together!	Josh Miller (7)
If you "loved" Wing Commander: Privateer, you will "Like" Freelancer.	uttergentile (13)
Good graphics and plot, but not enough real "Freelancing."	Jester236 (39)
Such a long wait for this game and all in waste....	Marina Shoykhet (7)

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The Press Says

Netjak	Apr 03, 2003	9.2 out of 10	92
Gamesdog	Dec 15, 2003	9 out of 10	90
GamePro	Mar 04, 2003	4.5 out of 5	90
Boomtown	Apr 09, 2003	9 out of 10	90
PC Action	Apr 10, 2003	88 out of 100	88
Jeuxvideo.com	May 26, 2003	17 out of 20	85
GameSpy	Mar 05, 2003	83 out of 100	83
Game Informer Magazine	May, 2003	8 out of 10	80
Withingames	Mar 30, 2003	4 out of 5	80
JeuxVideoPC.com	Sep 10, 2003	12 out of 20	60