Currently at Version 1.9, there’s a looming ‘V2.0′ release planned which will conclude the new storyline, and officially change the title to ‘ Freelancer 2: Crossfire‘. Considering that the game itself is only around 800mb when fully installed, that’s a rather mindboggling figure. Unpacked, it weighs in at over 4gb of new content. Addictive stuff for many.Ĭrossfireis almost certainly the largest Freelancer mod to date. At first glance, it looks more like Elite than anything, but any in-depth play reveals that it had more than a little in common with action-RPGs such as Diablo, with simple mouse-friendly combat, plentiful loot and shield/hull restoration ‘potions’ to chug your way through in every fight. For those who never played the original game, it billed itself as a space-combat sandbox with a hefty single-player campaign. Released in 2003, it was loved by critics, by fans and by a still-enduring modding scene, but it didn’t sell well enough to keep the studio afloat. Freelancerwas one of those cult hits that never really went anywhere.
