Star Citizen

[Mao]

It cannot really be Freelancer 2 due to the IP being owned completely by Microsoft. He'd have a lot of legal stuff up his ass, if he really calls it Freelancer 2 and reuses the lore. The only hope I see here is, if Microsoft would give him the complete rights in an act of mercy, but it's unlikely.

I am pretty sure it will be "only" a spiritual successor, which is still great. However, I will seriously miss the Freelancer lore.

On a side note, I am a little bit scared that this game will be too much of a dull simulation again instead of an action game. I actually loved Freelancer because it was not a die-hard simulation that needed a joystick. I liked the arcade-y controls and combat. I liked the Sci-Fi action movie staging and plot. Certainly, I do not wish for Call of Duty in space, but neither do I wish for yet another soulless, "hardcore" space sim that will face oblivion very fast. Actually, Freelancer 1 with more content (the countless mods fixed this problem flawlessly) and a newer engine would be perfect for me.

I just wanted to say that you took that out of my brain and put it here so I'll sue you for stealing my ideas directly from my brain.:DOnly one thing I'd like to point out. I won't miss the FL lore. I'm sick of it, actually. A new and controversial story (like Mass Effect had), new races of aliens (not just blue jelly things), new ship designs and more, I'm sure we'll get them. But I really want to see my ship from a 3rd person view and not from the cockpit.

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