Between the Stars - Open World Customizable Sci Fi RPG

[@lhiannonshee]

"Made the mistake of playing Freelancer in 2005"... and been looking for another like it ever since - The hearts cry of literally everyone I have ever known who loved Freelancer. Still play it to this day.

[@LPaudaxviator]

Have you played Rebel Galaxy Outlaw? It's semi-similar.

[@xr8368]

Everspace 2 bro.

[@lhiannonshee]

Played them both, love them both...neither of them is something I can play with friends. :-(

[@firianblackproductions9693]

I played on Discovery Freelancer 24/7 RP server for a long while. RPing as the Kusari State Police was some of the most fun I've had in gaming. After Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen got announced the server slowly fell apart.

[@arkgaharandan5881]

closest thing to freelancer is darkstar one and galaxy on fire 2. For mp, there are ton of freelancer mods, crossfire mod is crazy then you got the x series. The starpoint gemini games are good too but play the last game if you want a small ship. Elite dangerous is great too.

[@ivangovorin3356]

Seeing splat miss the nuke not realising it's mouse tracked felt painful

[@Rollimbones]

Right?!? Never played this game before but even I figured that out after the first miss. Then he jerks his cursor up on the second shot and the nuke follows it and Splat yells, "He launched chaff" No, no he didn't Splat. This man kills me sometimes.

[@njburk]

same. in fact i came to comment on just that and saw that it had already been taken care of lol

[@unnamedenemy9]

I was about to post a comment to the same effect. Like, how did he not notice that the bright orange thing literally follows his cursor around -- especially after the second time?

[@martinaasandersen3775]

It also says to "direct the nuke" which kind of implies it being player controlled, but could be clearer.

[@badramarham9697]

same for me

[@JOhnDoe-nl4wj]

me: sees missile following mouse cursor Splat: "must have launched chaff or something" me: ...

[@Reoh0z]

Riker, "Tough little ship." Worf, "Little?"

[@marcst3199]

Btw Starsector had a new release recently, would fit Well in the "space theme"

[@a.k47-74]

Starsector is like digital crack. 😂

[@Mercento]

Oh? Thx it has been yrs

[@inciacci549]

No shit? I've been worried about it cause it felt like the only thing keeping it alive are the madlads over at the modding community. Glad it's getting some updates.

[@djinnzeratul1640]

Another Freelancer like game I played was: Darkstar One, loved it too :) your ship was kinda alive and you had to wander around the galaxy to find special artifacts that your ship would then absorb and evolve :)

[@KnightOwlSC]

"Am I high enough right now?" Yeah dude.. you're definitely high enough :D

[@senseeman]

X4 from egosoft is a distinct game.starts as space.dogfight.ends up as aspace empire management.

[@jeffjensen8]

Yep - X3 / X4 are amazing. Different beasts than Freelancer, and they have pretty big learning curves, but I absolutely love them/ can't recommend them enough!

[@Hippo_Hegemony]

I have X4, just don’t understand how to plY IT.

[@EvaShogouki01]

How is X4 now? I know Rebirth was...divisive to say the least and it sounded like X4 was pretty rocky early on.

[@jeffjensen8]

​@@EvaShogouki01 I've enjoyed X4 since launch and it has improved quite a bit since then. It's gone from a C- to a B+, I'd say. It's not and never will be perfect, but it's a lot of fun, and it now has a lot more 'story' content that give you some drive / goals beyond what you make for yourself. My biggest complaints are that it needs improved in-sector AI (IE: if you stand on deck of an AI-piloted miner and watch them mine, they will do so very inefficiently. If you fly away / teleport to another sector they will start filling their cargo bay with minerals while you're OoS (out of sector)). I'd also like to see ship / component rebalancing (IE: Why use a Falx over a Katana?) EgoSoft also just released a free DLC / expansion for X3 last week that's going to have me going back to check out X3 again

[@EvaShogouki01]

@@jeffjensen8 Is the in-system AI poor in combat as well or is it mostly mining?

[@fendelphi]

Splat loves playing Orc. Splat also concerned about his small ship looking like it is perpetual on fire. But, those things almost goes hand in hand.

[@LunarTaco00]

"It's funny how much chaos you can cause with a bomb in the right spot" -Splattercat 2021

[@Nostradevus1]

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK....FBI OPEN UP!

[@rszakats]

Everspace 2 gave me Freelancer vibes. I can't wait to play the full game.

[@jamesbeleau3178]

That Bait and Switch! start "here is your great ship!" 14 min in. "sorry, you get a pinto."

[@gamingtonight1526]

The nuclear weapon hits but Splatter, you're not patient or observant enough!

[@milanstevic8424]

hello! you must be new to the channel

[@bytemeah]

You and me, Splat. We're both looking to scratch that Freelancer itch

[@stuarteastman5623]

Did you play Rebel Galaxy Outlaw or the Starpoint Gemini games? They scratch that Freelancer itch.

[@acevaver5425]

@@stuarteastman5623 They don't scratch the itch. It doesn't have that Freelancer nuance.

[@Nostradevus1]

Same here buddy. One day we will get a space sim that is worthy.....

[@jeffjensen8]

The first Rebel Galaxy gets maybe 50-75% of Freelancer - you can mine, trade, do missions for money, etc, but it falls short (2D space - lacks depth in quite a few areas, etc.) Worth a look if you've never tried it. It was a budget game, so it's hard to expect a lot from it. I enjoyed the story of it, I think it has a wonderful aesthetic, and the soundtrack is awesome. Rebel Galaxy: Outlaw was really shallow compared to the original game. There only a handful of ships to fly, and you could only pilot fighters when we had been used to piloting capital ships. I had fun with it (for the ~10 hours of gameplay) but was also really disappointed (how short it was, the story, not many ships, etc.). Starpoint Gemini I think attempts to be its own thing - a capital spaceship / RPG. It has a lot in common with Freelancer, but also feels like it strays away quite a bit too. You can land on planets, trade, run missions for factions, etc. But it's also clunky and most things are not easy to grasp. The stories (in the ones I've played) are also very threadbare and just generic attempts to get you to do things. Keep in mind I love all of these games (with the exception of Rebel Galaxy Outlaw). Nothing really comes close to having the elegance and apparent simplicity of Freelancer (the game is by no means "simple" - I mean that most things are intuitive and easy to grasp). I'll keep hoping, but the way I see it, the only way you'll really scratch your Freelance itch is... by re-installing Freelancer. Which I'm doing right now.

[@DrBunnyMedicinal]

Freelancer never did it for me. I was ALL about that Descent: Freespace and Freespace II back in the day. Still the best space sims of all time.

[@IHIavok96]

NOw could you picture a game like this, but set in 40k? OMG Splat would never stop playing it! Hell neither would I though! WAAAGH!

[@current9300]

This kind of games usually just make me play them for a while and then just fire up StarSector for 20 hours straight again.

[@davestall4026]

Is StarSector that good? I have been thinking about that being my next game.

[@current9300]

@@davestall4026 It's quite barren when it goes to narrative since after tutorial it's "do what you will" the game and there isn't much exposition outside lore written about planets and stations, but yes, it's very good and has great atmosphere of somber scifi. It also has great modding community doesn't even cost much, it's just 15$.

[@Jankyito]

@@davestall4026 great game with a huge modding community.

[@tomduke1297]

@@davestall4026 guess ill pile on ;) yes its great. sandbox scifi at its finest!

[@tarsis6123]

@@davestall4026 Full on recommend it.

[@darthvegan]

It appears the nukes follow your cursor...I could be wrong. Thanks for showcasing this!

[@kevlar5150]

I was cringing each time the nuke was about to hit, and he would move his cursor at the last second! Lol.

[@AntonioRogar]

Yeah bro you are right!

[@IRrandom12321]

*solat post space game* Me:*sigh* Credit card: “here we go again”

[@InhalingWeasel]

3:40 Actually the very first space sim game (to my knowledge) that gave you control over subsystems like that was Freespace 2.

[@lilaredden]

"It's funny how much chaos can be caused by a bomb in the right spot", congratulations, you're on a watch list :P

[@bartsqautchdude8010]

Splatt Buddy, this video is a great example of why i love your channel. Love your work Mate

[@Reoh0z]

When the triumphant General Splat returned to New Rome station, he ordered a Chat to whisper into his ear, "You're still just a noob."

[@yrm1594]

Seeing you miss the nukes was so painful lol

[@genericytprofile852]

Let's play the game, *"How long until Splatt figures it out."*

[@thecanadianclassroom3188]

This game could work well on console. Also, the starting ship makes me think of the Prometheus from Stargate SG1.

[@pepperelijah]

Holy shizzz a FREELANCER fan? I thought we were 11, now we are many! We are 12!

[@devman133]

make that a bakers dozen, i love that game

[@lancearn7332]

Better make that 14

[@pymekpymkowski3657]

15 for me

[@epicstyle1000]

16

[@danfish300]

17

[@zwilnik]

Corvette, frigate, cruiser. "BIG SHIPS!" Um, no, those are all little ships.

[@shatara42]

Hey now, cruisers are rightly medium-sized.

[@Demortom]

Need to see more of this Splat. Really.

[@Riecheck]

This game looks great! I added to my wishlist and might pick it up. I wish the after battle looting was more immersive. Like you mark the ships you want to loot and scavenger crews detached to go search and collect while your main ship worked on repairs.

[@mrdewarion]

If you don't already have it - it's included in the next humble choice package for January.

[@kitmountaincat6102]

What splattercat forgot is when you at war and have problems with pirates keeping a whole sector becomes harder to maintain such is why they needed his help.

[@Sebastianmaz615]

That's one big-a-- hurricane! 1:00 Down on Earth, that is. Graphics are unbelievable!

[@joshuamidgette4846]

Missed this video until today. Been a bit since I played the game but prioritize the ships shooting at you first as they are in range. Guns are situated in mounts around your ship so outgoing fire varies depending on your ships orientation compared to your target.

[@Zulda7231]

That's what you get for having a ship shaped like a rhombus!

[@karsonkammerzell6955]

Starfleet Command did the shield facings and power distribution on a similar gameplay plane. Fun game, too. I recall locking a tractor beam onto one of the big bad ships in a campaign mission and ramming it into an asteroid, lol.

[@admiralhalo7293]

Funny thing I had this game in my wishlist for a while now and now I see him playing I now know what I'm getting paid day

[@ThePalatineHill]

Freelance definitely had that unique space game feel to it

[@Malvoi]

Man, that comment you had about Freelancer is 100% how I've felt since playing it.

[@opoleboy]

Can you shoot while flying at those enemy ships or just in s static position?

[@jackofall2305]

Splats you give us great creed solos, that what i appreciates about you

[@davidbass6780]

There does appear to be a lock on but it seems buggy. One time for me it randomly activated for awhile. Then disappeared when I started playing again. Not sure if there's a setting for it but there definitely some kind of automatic targeting system that can be enabled.

[@ElderonAnalas]

so, i wonder if Splat ever realizes that the nuke trajectory follows the aiming reticle

[@RuneKatashima]

I mean ships having a lot of resources on them makes sense. Unless they create a very big explosion all ships are just flying frigates of resources. The ship's parts themselves would be easily salvageable and quite valuable.

[@derylberglund4295]

were you scanning for weakpoint that helps with taking down ships faster

[@DoomedPaladin]

I wish there was more (or at least more obvious) effects to indicate the speed of the ship. Like light trails, some particle effects, or a long "flame" from the engine. Having the ship turn transparent when mousing over it would help a lot with both flight and combat too. It felt like 50% of the ship combat was Splat trying to see around his own ship.

[@datonkallandor8687]

For some weird reason devs making capital ship games keep making the guns direct-player control. That's incredibly stupid. When you have tons of guns, a very slow ship, restrictive turret arcs and slow 6-axis maneuvering - guns need to be automated.

[@pbsixgun6]

Ansible is basically a technological adaptation of 'psionic' communication with unlimited range....which is achieved with Quantum computers.

[@GTDScala]

Love your combat commentary.

[@DamsdelDrennon]

This game just looks amazing man, that was really really cool.

[@danfish300]

That Freelancer comment got me right in the feels......

[@copelandbowen7766]

1:57 is when the video starts

[@justsean8337]

Star Citizen moves power supplies around shields, weapons and engines, also.

[@kasper7203]

First instance of the power distribution game mechanic I encounter was in Xwing vs Tie Fighter. Think the game is like from pre 2000. So it is a pretty old mechanic

[@marcst3199]

the earlier parts of the series "X-Wing" and "Tie Fighter" have it too

[@oneboltshortofreason]

"Big Badass Ship like a corvette" where a corvette is one of the smallest ships...

[@bluthammer1442]

"after two years its still in early access' - *closes tab, ends video*

[@onerimeuse]

Yo, freelancer is literally one of the best games ever made. Been searching for a new one ever since.

[@ScottForrest420]

Freelancer was the BEST game. Loved that.

[@chrismeyers5963]

Elite Dangerous is such an awesome game, I have it on both PC and PS4 haha love that game

[@halbouma6720]

Thanks for the video splattercat!

[@jasonscherf2536]

If you were looking to scratch the Freelancer itch...try its predecessor, StarLancer. Or... maybe Rebel Galaxy Outlaw.

[@jamesr6268]

I miss freelancer! I put so much time in that game back in the day!

[@GryphonDes]

This was a really fun one! Thanks for sharing it!

[@gilgoofthegrove5072]

i like the ship models in this game! i might have to play =)

[@christiaanbotha3767]

Freelancer!!! YEAH BABY!!! Best space experience EVER

[@MrVovansim]

Splat: 9:25 I think beets are terrible. Me: I'm sorry, we can no longer be friends.

[@arcburn6340]

If beets are a deal breaker, you gonna be lonely.

[@koukaakiva]

I love me some space games. Keep it up, please.

[@lackoftime1449]

I'm a loving touching squeezing captain "yeah can I get the number for space HR"

[@rickytempleton4181]

Lmao friggy boys. Killing me with your elite word play. You're awesome!

[@coreymunroe8073]

I still have Freelancer installed and play it today. Love that game.

[@TheCrimson173]

It was almost immediately noticeable that the nuke was following the aim cursor

[@BTTFF]

Power management dates back from the old x-wing games! Love that.

[@RobSandman]

yep yep yep! damn those games were awesome!

[@Fransens]

5 minutes in and splatty already prooves he is not an imposter by directing all nukes away from the targets and complaining about targeting on the nukes... in true Splattercat fashion. Dear lord.

[@MrGrimsmith]

I'm grabbing the demo to have a look, it does appear to have some Privateer/Freelancer vibes here. I have Elite Dangerous for my marginally more physics accurate space fix, been missing the Freelancer run and gun (admittedly mostly in non-RCS mode - makes combat more interesting when you go past backwards and sideways still shooting!) Definitely worth the time to view :)

[@biaggiopietro9739]

hi thanx for video.Is multiplayer one server?

[@amzarnacht6710]

Rebel Galaxy was pretty good. It was quite shallow, but the promise it had was quite decent.

[@ArchaicSEAL.ST3]

What’s up with the blue tinge? Space is black.. not friggin blue or orange or red.. BLACK. I hope you can turn that “filter” off... otherwise it would drive me crazy. I prob wouldn’t be able to play it through. It would just annoy me that much.

[@igorthelight]

Imagine that you are inside of a gas cloud - there are a lot of them in space ;-)

[@CrunkCmdrCottonz]

You can see the poor color design choices in the main menu where EVERYTHING is tinged yellow.

[@marcuswilliams3714]

3:25 Nah, nah. That ship is just a really big shoot. You were right.

[@MrSoiree]

This gamed was so fun, and I'm highly amused by the story. Found this originally on TheXPGamers with Captain Shack. Glad it's getting shown here too.

[@josiaengelbrecht5806]

Freelancer ! Was great one and I agree, ever since !

[@ironwar1863]

Splat: Nooo I don't want to be at arms. My ship is tiny. Me, an intellectual: If you will not serve on the front lines you will serve on the Firing lines. NOW FIGHT FOR THE EMPEROR!!!!!

[@udirt]

If Freelancer got you hooked: be glad to be young so you didn't experience WC:Privateer when those graphics and story were still jawdropping. 'Lancer was 'nice', you luckily skipped the hard drugs.

[@IonoTheFanatics]

that mechanic with power distribution where you manage the power to shield, weapon, engine with the arrow key (or similar shortcuts) ? been there in pretty much most space sim that came out since the days of x wing all the way back in 1993 (so yeah, it's been around for a LONG time... elite dangerous is like late to the game) and all the other games in the series (Tie Fighter, X wing vs Tie Fighter, X wing alliance) used the same system... I mean it worked... and at one point back when space sim games were still common, most copied the system either in form, or wholesale.

[@bio2020]

It's basically FTL : Faster Than Light with 3d space battles, but the text stuff is all the same

[@halerankin1752]

Noobtastic! 11/10 Thanks for the morning entertainment, Splat.

[@newbiegaming6090]

8:00 "I'm like like a loving, touching, squizing kinda captain..." That's a sexual harrasment prossecution waiting to be filed, Splat. Just don't... XD

[@sksaddrakk5183]

Nobody hears you sue in space...

[@gualdim]

OMFG I feel the same about Freelancer. I'm not saying that it was the best space game ever: but it's like you said, it scratched a particular itch although I can't tell exactly what was it.

[@Autistic_Pixel]

somewhere deep in space a nuke is traveling at 13,953 lightyears per second.

[@drlaackenstein]

At least two of the ships look like ones from Star Traders: Frontiers. Nearly identical. I wonder if they shared resources, or were they open source?

[@ka0z699]

U can lock on to guys by zooming in on them long enough that way the rockets and missles hit

[@SYL3NZR]

feels like a polished version of star sector

[@exemida]

Side guns looked like flares to distract missiles.

[@Christian_Crusader]

Accelerate with mouse wheel up then to decelerate mouse wheel down? That's the DEFAULT controls? Man, can't wait to try this game out and change the settings.

[@dolbz]

"Made the mistake of playing Freespace 2 in 1999" there fixed for you!! You Literally can't call yourself spacesim player untill you played that game. one of best games ever made to this day..

[@fallenswan1670]

How was that Monty Python's song...? "...He is n00b and he is okay..." or something like that?

[@BlackViperMWG]

I am too space game lover! Did you play Wing Commander Saga? Or Freespace 2 and mods with it's Open Source Project?

[@barramaccannes6374]

True words Splat. Freelancer was the best. Newer games like Elite dangerous and eve just dosent have that "itch" lol

[@josephhunt1297]

This one needs a part two!

[@thisiscompletelyreta]

Huh, the combat really reminds me of space pirates and zombies 2

[@terencepaul7475]

oh wow this looks like Rebel Galaxy but with more maneuverability

[@pata6129]

I subscribed off the freelancer statement alone.

[@krawgs]

Am I mistaken or is that the Normandy from Mass Effect?

[@bravepart]

Looks cool! You gotta check out Nebulous Fleet Command!

[@hajkie]

Yours were freelancer. Mine was Elite: Frontier and Frontier: first encounter.