one word:masterpiece
over 30 ships and like the ads say you can in fact choose your destiny,whether it be a smuggler of drugs,police,army,freedom fighter,terrorist,trader,escort,even get a job in insurance!almost every thing in freelancer is spot on.
the ships engines sound great,there seems to be endless weapons to buy,each planet is unique and the gameplay while easy,is still quite solid.the reason it getsa 9 and not a 10 is because the bar missions do get reaaly repititious and trading the same route gets a bit mind numbing.its best just to explore,find bases and wrecks and just go with the flow.my other lone issue is the outside campaign voice acting.no matter where you are,everyone sounds like john wayne.but these things aside i wouldnt change a thing.it takes a min. of win.98 to run and works best on xp so go out and experience it.