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> Privateer is the basis of EVE online, Star Citizen and countless other modern titles. In terms of influence it is up there with SimCity and Civilization. Sur
by leoc 6y ago
> Privateer is the basis of EVE online, Star Citizen and countless other modern titles. In terms of influence it is up there with SimCity and Civilization.
Surely Elite and Elite II deserve more of the credit there?
- Shivetya 6y agoElite and Elite II, played them both, however I give the nod to the Wing Commander series and specifically Privateer for one simple reason. They did not making flying difficult let alone everyone's badge of honor in Elite in making your first successful docking with the rotating stations. Still my favorite space game ever had to be Starflight though Starflight II came close. Not the same play style but early games on computers during that time were such a marvel for how much they did with so little
- CountSessine 6y agoStarflight Starflight! Probably the first video game I ever got day-and-night absorbed by. Still one of my all-time favorite games. Not even Star Control 2 had a universe that felt as large as Starflight - and it came on 2 360k floppy disks!