Freelancer old trailer 1999 (early alpha) | AI-upscaled

[@annoyedn0mad]

Absolutely love seeing stuff like this. Always cool to see how far it came.

[@ZadakLeader]

Good, now do the rest of the bonus dvd videos next :D

[@MatrixSektor]

Maybe later. With rewatching of this video I regenerate my "old-freelancer-power"

[@Spiked_Energy_19]

I still wonder why they decided to cut the Black Hole in the final version because that would have been such a cool feature. I also noticed that most of the space systems showcased in the trailer never made it to the final game either. Such a shame. Thank goodness for mods :)

[@MatrixSektor]

They not "removed" it. They have not left time to reimplement it. Engine was rebuilt (and that's a reason why Chris sold the studio). Engine in this video is same with Conquest: Frontier Wars (where we did find old Drone). Engine in vanilla freelancer is hugely upgraded. First version of "new engine" was appeared in "2001 green gameplay presentation". "Universe" never exist until end of 2001. That's just a test videos. I know a reason, why Hatcher and governer Tenji appeared in test videos again and again. I'll show it in next video

[@Spiked_Energy_19]

Ah, so then these systems were placeholders.@@MatrixSektor

[@MatrixSektor]

that's main trategy in all of those alpha videos. Everything is placeholders. No story, no completed gameplay. Just experimental videos. You can find sindred's channel and watch some demo cutscenes. He was FL developer (cutscenes creator). Some videos removed from youtube, but I have full archive

[@Spiked_Energy_19]

Yeah, I definitely agree. I just wish that some of the placeholder features were implemented in the game. @@MatrixSektor

[@ItsJust2SXTs]

Imagine if FL in the alpha was the released, no body would play it anymore as much as now and still as today one of it's kind. Modded FL is better than some other games, sur it's still on DX8, no RT, no hardcore graphics. the alpha has kind of a starlancer vibe...