Freelancer in 2024... The Community still keeping it going!

[@adamseffect8604]

My first space game is ALIVE?!!

[@mdsf01]

You mean STILL alive. It just doesn't want to die, which is a good thing! Great game!

[@MrBigCookieCrumble]

"This is TheXPGamers channel, we dont run this place but we have an understanding with the people who do"

[@razalin]

There seriously needs to be a big marketing campaign to revitalize this game again! The core, diehard fans will always be there. 💪That's always amazing, but at the same time we need to get more people back into this amazing game. With the most recent mods, it literally looks like a game that could be released TODAY! It's wild, the game looks really great now.

[@MrMabloom]

What I wouldn't give for a sequel where Trent can come out of retirement.

[@Akehiko_Urabaya]

Just like Star Wars empire at war, a simple game that can fit in the back of your pocket in terms of memory still holds the core values of gaming and is loved to this day

[@Shugo5775]

Man, I thought this was a sequel trailer from the thumbnail. What a classic game. I absolutely love Freelancer. In my opinion it still stands as one of the best ship-based games out there. X3/X4 definitely do well to add extra depth, though. It's so great to see the Discovery mod is still ongoing, though, wow!

[@samuelmunluo9910]

Sequel packs will be available right? Next level story line for trent

[@Skulker42]

Discovery's been going for a solid 19 years now. Crazy stuff.

[@mrat0m316]

I spent years playing this game. I loved this game

[@groxo666]

This game was amazing for me , the big battles between faction blew mi head off , unique experience in early years of gaming !

[@artisen12]

Man freelancer was one of the best games, the modding community was amazing. I still remember FLCE, throwing newtonian physics in blew my mind way back then. Plus the great comradery "Well if you can dodge a nuke you can fight the covenant, anyways I just shot 4 at you good luck!"

[@Bneighbors85]

I had no idea it was kept alive by the Mods....Need to install now....

[@QuantumNova]

I haven't played Discovery since version 4.86. I can't imagine how much stuff they added since then.

[@kaywrennmemelord9218]

If you're interested in coming back, there's a "returning veteran" package that sets you up with a transport and some snubs so you can start making money and jump right back in without having to grind your way up with a starflea!

[@stephennasher9123]

WOO! Great to see Disco get the love it deserves!

[@ChristopherWheat-ig7fl]

Modder 's are gonna single handedly start another golden age of games. Well done and huzzah 💯🤟😎

[@YoLo-bb2vc]

you mean indipendent developers with no company to be controlled by? then yes, yes indeed because we gamers are sick of being controlled and told what we can and can not like!

[@ChristopherWheat-ig7fl]

Couldn't agree more. Think about how many game developers have recently been given pink slips from those game corporations. There's gonna be in the horizon a whole slew of new games and concepts for new ways to play those games. Very exciting indeed.

[@notwhatitwasbefore]

Considering how long its been since I did my one play through of this game its a testiment to how (almost) great this game was that I instantly remembered the bits in the trailer and some of the context around those moments with a flood of other memories about the game. Truely a game that deserved a sequel/further development of the concepts. Such a bit the space genre essentially died after this game. I suspect there is an alternitive universe out there where Freespace 3 and Freelancer 2 were the games of the late 2000's but sadly thats not our timeline

[@Corusame]

the nostalgia, the feels 🥲

[@CmdrBrannick]

I still freaking love this game! I play it every year or so. God I want a sequel so bad, and it's probably the right time too, what with Star Citizen takes ages to come out. Please! If not a sequel, then a reboot or even a remaster, and put it on consoles with cross play.

[@Obsidian456]

I've been wanting to replay this game, it's such a classic. Thanks for the video I didn't know it was still supported by modders. Now I need to try and find my disk.

[@TheShadowLumox]

Still one of the best space games you can play

[@Maximum_Bacon]

Looks like I need to dig out my old freelancer box and see if that CD is still readable.

[@Ikret]

Failing that, there are sites out there that can give... alternatives... to installing the game.

[@soulsmith792]

The game is abandonware now - actually totally legitimately free.

[@Spirit_Yoshino]

I remember playing this game years ago. There was a mod that added in pretty much every ship from every Sci-Fi show you can think of. Lol. Like I don't remember the name of it but I had some great memories from it.

[@Skulker42]

Nightstalkers Universe?

[@Spirit_Yoshino]

Yeah I do believe this was the one. Such a great mod at the time. :3

[@YoLo-bb2vc]

and here i was afraaid id never get to play this awesome game ever again!

[@kindasupersonic7114]

oh man, I have great memories playing this game, and playing online with it. my clan was -=R=- CLAW we used to like to fly around in the tier 9 mercenary ship.. I think the down graded version was the Barracuda , i was dorky and flew under the name Rick Hunter

[@reager90]

Well there's only one thing to say. Sweet babies. PSA: When installing and trying the unmodded version it didn't work but once the hd mod is installed it'll work without issue.

[@Zeithri]

The immortal game - Proto-Star Citizen.

[@greenwizard2000]

Dayum I played w4steds community server for a few hours but I didn't know how much there actually is to freelancer...

[@ATFaris]

What an absolute classic. No game really has come close to the excitement I felt when I played through this campaign.

[@doomstrike53]

This was no joke my favorite game on PC growing up. Thank you so much for sharing this

[@PhainOri]

I love to just jump on from time to time and play space trucker.

[@Hitman-zp5wi]

Man this game was my shit back in the early 2000's makes me think of my time on the North Quadrant server in the Colonial Fleet or the Void server in the Stargate clan

[@Primearch-GG]

They already finished the HD mode?! Last time I checked is was only at v0.5~... really need to reinstall Freelancer to play.🤩

[@chowchilla9501]

Now at 0.6 ha

[@StoneGlory]

I played Discovery a little bit on and off over the years. Great community! I haven't played a lot recently, but it's a SUPER great game and to this day, not a single space sim has ever topped Freelancer for me. It's still the best.

[@tjep2670]

This is my all time favorite game.

[@xzero001]

Downloaded and am playing now, thank you for this!!

[@disillusioned8686]

I was thinking about starting up this game again. Still can’t find another game to scratch that freelancer itch. Was thinking of trying X4 when the new story dlc comes out but in the meantime this looks fun to jump back into

[@LtData509]

This video makes me wanna drink one nice cool sidewinder fang....

[@Tilion462]

Yeah, that'd be nice, but sorry - we only have Liberty Ale, friend!

[@LtData509]

@@Tilion462 Fine...

[@Timmy51m]

All we have is Liberty Ale my friend.

[@colemanerik]

Oh, the memories are flowing just from this trailer!

[@DerCSR]

Freelancer for LIFE

[@mikemckinney1603]

I love the fact this is still around. I was really into the freeworlds 1.65 and 1.66 mods and was a faction leader there for a few years hope to give this a go soon!

[@primachpepe8597]

Freelancer Alpha 1-1, you are now cleared to land

[@DeepFriedDoom]

And to think, if Microsoft never stepped in and forced Chris Roberts to release it, it would still be in development hell today.

[@SplooshNoonley]

LMAO I hate when games take too long to come out!! Even if it means they're good games 2 decades later! I prefer cash-grab rushed development games that are forgotten about in 48 hours.

[@calderhall1794]

Ah you are one of the Star citizen cultists.

[@SplooshNoonley]

@@calderhall1794 go play fortnite

[@MrMutterbug]

@@calderhall1794 Ah you are one of the "Stop having fun!" name callers..

[@nestorgamer9746]

​@@MrMutterbug no one said anything about stop having fun In fact you can't stop having fun if the fun haven't started like with Star Citizen because the game never completed

[@primachpepe8597]

the damn nostalgia. gonna need to redownload this

[@Fhiach]

Between this and underspace things are looking good

[@Skulker42]

Freelancer in 2024 💪

[@lordmentat32]

Hope you make a series with Freelancer dude!

[@DiscoveryGC]

Thank you CaptainShack!

[@cv368]

Wow, i did not know this was still out there. This brings some good memories back out

[@thedatatreader]

Such a great experience. The closest thing we ever got to a Cowboy Bebop game.

[@jacobktan]

Still the best game I've ever played.

[@Revener666]

oh yeah always wanted this game....

[@Skulker42]

It's effectively abandonware. Never a better price than free - there's install instructions in the description.

[@Baron-Ortega]

Absolutely amazing

[@mbe102]

Beautiful stuff.

[@FogHorn1911]

What is 20 years old? I remember playing this on an online modded server, had all the star wars ships.

[@Sigma0283]

Great game. It so deserves a remaster and rerelease. I would also use a Star Wars mod of the Moldy Crow and fly it in the game.

[@Dethmeister]

Those screen wipes in space really show off the difference the HD Edition makes. So Discovery isn't compatible with the HD Edition mod? It looks good too though. I suppose they did some graphical upgrades too. I have played Discovery mod long ago.

[@Timmy51m]

It is, just install it first. It's mostly just textures.

[@Ikret]

It isn't compatible, no, since HD edition does modify a few meshes and cause file conflicts which might trigger the anticheat. You can try to take some bits out of it, like the starspheres (system backgrounds) or some textures which are fine.

[@Cantina_34]

I was like what is this I have never heard of it before probably because I came out in 2003 when I was 3 years old.

[@Dethmeister]

You came out when you were 3 years old?

[@Timmy51m]

@@Dethmeister 20 years ago that would sound odd, but some people identify as a cat, will only be treated by a vet, and go to the toilet in a litter tray these days, so maybe not lol.

[@Arindam_Gaming]

The Best There is, The Best There was, The Best There will be.

[@kithsakhai]

A classic, I need to reinstall and try it again!

[@rhysmcgreal8786]

Got me started again. I like to keep it vanilla on hd mod online just spent first 4hr straight 😅. Love it

[@dr.fusion2489]

Loved this game. Absolute masterpiece.

[@tymilam7549]

So Armco is gonna roll up in a fleet!?!?

[@mikewhitaker2880]

i liked playing Freelancer way back when, though admittedly was not my first space game, sry but Wing Commander filled that spot... but i thought Freelancer was still good, despite the campaign being very limited in choice sometimes "specially if you wanted to win the race mission"... and a shame the campaign covered ONLY a tiny handful of the systems you could visit in game...

[@Wolf_Rayet]

my first game ever and still the best game ever

[@alejandrotaudil3689]

Awesome!

[@kylemurphy6153]

This reminds me I need to do another playthrough

[@BallisticSollution]

Holy smokes, this is incredible. One of my favourite games ever.... looks fantastic!!

[@Ikret]

Is that a Rheinland cruiser?

[@LtData509]

Keep your distance.

[@Skulker42]

Schultzky is a traitor!

[@michaelmacdonell4834]

(nods in understanding) "Good to Know"

[@Quecojo]

Yessssssss. I love this game!

[@bluthammer1442]

memories.

[@micketm3]

🤔 Isn't Freelancer abandonware ? The mod...😮 amazing !! Could GOG bring it back ? OG and with this mod 😊

[@Ikret]

Yeah it's not sold anywhere anymore, its already among the highest on GOG requests atm

[@simonsilence]

Fuck Yeah

[@MichaelSephiroth]

Always been a fan of the CROSSFIRE mod instead, but Freelancer 4ever !

[@R4ZORLIGHT]

Guess i need to play this Gem after so many years. Just like Empire at War, Freelancer would have deserved a proper successor but we never got one :( There is also the Crossfire 2.0 mod.

[@FOertel]

Such a great game, played it activly for over 10 years... xD

[@jonadamson1201]

This and the XWA Upgrade project, keeping two of the greatest Starfighter sims going, its wonderful. Does anyone know if theres similar a similar glow up project for Tacyhon The Fringe?

[@Nashfanfl13]

Does that mean we can expect a full playthrough eh eh??

[@briancoleman9330]

omg the nostalgia!

[@Venemon]

Freelancer

[@matttactics8275]

I know what Im doing tonight!

[@Jedibiscuit2]

@TheXPGamers are you going to play starship simulator? The demo just released... keep up the great work ❤💯💯💯💯

[@mirrorflame1988]

ahahahah this brings back so many good memories!!

[@MaroonDragoon]

Now for star wars adaptation using the base game. Disney should be all over this with a checkbook in hand. Lol

[@MichaelCh1990]

There was a freelancer mod called freeworld: tides of war, but it's mainly MP, iirc

[@CaptainShack]

@@MichaelCh1990 and sadly I don't think its actually around these days.

[@jaypaterson9617]

Unfortunately I dont think it's around anymore, and any of the cool info they had on their understanding of how the game works went with them to wherever

[@blackburn1489]

I never played freelancer. Where should I start?

[@_karidon]

The Singelplayer campaign with the Freelancer HD mod is definitely still a great experience, then you can decide to hop on the Discovery Freelancer Mod Roleplay server.

[@linkinparkroxx]

The goat

[@samuelmunluo9910]

🎉🎉🎉

[@randomclown5724]

Norton flagged a Trojan2 on in the HD version

[@samuelmunluo9910]

Good idea

[@MrMabloom]

What I wouldn't give for a sequel where Trent can come out of retirement.

[@alexandergreer5141]

The Discovery link is broken, just an FYI

[@Skulker42]

Looks like they were migrating their forum / site to a new host. Should be back again.

[@Creophagous]

I forgot it was to save the Sirius system. Heh :) I played this when it was released. I have the game here :P

[@VeritechCEO]

@TheXPGamers, Do we need both links to play discovery, or just the one?

[@Skulker42]

You only need the Discovery link. Both HDE and Discovery install over the vanilla game and create their own directory.

[@kylestyle1471]

So is the MP a sudo MMO?

[@Henry-350]

Yes

[@Skulker42]

The Discovery mod is, yes. There is a 24/7 hosted server.

[@CaptainShack]

Yeah Freelancer as a game was capable of a surprisingly impressive stuff. It had quite a few 24/hr servers that used to run with dedicated communities in a very MMO like style.

[@baldherobrine]

when was the last time captainshack done a space engineers video?

[@st.john_one]

IT WAS AWSOME GAME!!!!!! I STILL LOVE IT

[@Magnisus]

This game really needs a remake or a real remaster.

[@talorandadellewetere744]

HEY! This was the first game I properly got into as a young kid. But I cant find anywhere to buy it. Does anyone know how to get the game now? Have found some downloads, but just the base game, they don't allow playing online. PLEASE HELP! would love to get my mates playing this! Nothing compares 😁😁

[@rickykneebone2623]

when will you play space engineers again ?

[@veiga1000]

Its time to go back home

[@LunkvanTrunk]

People tend to view it a bit through rose-colored glasses, reflecting on past disappointments when it was more arcade-like than a simulation. As Wing Commander enthusiasts, many expected a blend of Elite and Wing Commander but ended up with more of an action space shooter. Despite this, it remains a good game, though Chris Roberts might have promised more than was delivered. Nevertheless, Wing Commander Privateer is still my favorite.

[@deathlytree434]

Is there mining?

[@Dethmeister]

Yes. In the vanilla game there are asteroid fields indicated on the map. You can't mine the large asteroids but there's an infinite number of small ones floating around. Shoot them, it just takes one shot, and they may drop some ore. Then tractor beam that in. There are different types of asteroid fields with different ores of varying value. That's about it. The Discovery Mod makes it more complicated with licenses and dedicate mining lasers and ships but it's basically the same (from what I've read).

[@Skulker42]

​@Dethmeister Discovery is implementing new mining mechanics soon too. Large asteroids you have to crack open with explosives, then mine the ore nodes inside.

[@Ikret]

Yup. Mining and trading. In the current Discovery version, you mine ore to convert it into a refined product that sells for a better price to trade with. But there's going to be a mining rework in the next version - which isnt out yet - where you have to crack open asteroids with explosives to mine the ore vein inside it.

[@BOBMARLEYY007]

I played that on 2003 now im 43 years old. 😂