Wing commander privateer remaker manual#
Wing commander privateer remaker plus#

The ability to walk around in a space station: In the X2 demo, I was disappointed that after docking on the space station I was still stuck on my ship. Personally I would like to see a 'Wing Commander' style hub where an image of the targeted ship (damages, shield, disatnce) would be displayed on the ship's screen.īetter targeting system: Personally I would like to see a hotkey button to select the nearest enemy instead of recycling though each target.

The ships were represented by a bunch of colour squares which is hard to tell apart. As the old design rules goes: Keep it simple!īetter HUD: The X2 flight HUB was somewhat cryptic to fight out. Most of the actions in Freelander could be access on their iconic menus on the top of the screen. The menu system in Freelancer was easy and intuitive to use. I like to see a streamline and mouse driven menu. The menus in X2 were very cumbersome to use with too many sub-menus to flip through. Simple and user friendly mouse drive menus: This is X2 largest drawback. I think the developers should take some ideas from games like Freelancer and Wing Commander Privateer. The ability own several different ships and stations.Īt the same time there are several improvements I would like to see with the upcoming X3: Reunion. Overall this is a solid remake with new features added to it.Ĭlick to expand.I played the X2 demo and there are some good ideas in the game. We can also hope for version 2.0 to improve on these flaws. I also find that the new nav map is chunky and difficult to read compared to the original. No intro, No docking, and No take off scene). Now there a few shortcomings with this remake, there are no cuts scenes like the original (E.g. Unlike the original Privateer where you ship just blew up when the ship received too many hits, you can now eject from an escape pod and limp back to a base. There are also new item like a cloaking device, which I haven’t tired yet.

Wing commander privateer remaker plus#

Plus I believe you can buy and pilot a Talon ship as well. So its possible to own a Centurion, Galaxy, Orion and Tarsus ship at the same time and switch between them. Along with the cargo runs, patrols, and mercenary missions, there are escort missions and wingman missions.Īs for ships, you can own more than one ship in this game. The missions are more varied compared to the original. The mission computer is packed with more information like the news, and your faction standings with other groups. The new commerce interface allows you to distinguish whether or not you will make a profit when you try and sell an item.

Wing commander privateer remaker manual#

It's different enough from the original you might have to read the new manual The game didn’t just get a face-lift but a total revamp of the system and interface. With the remake, the ships’ and planets graphics are now in 3D, but that’s not all. Luckily for all those Wing Commander fans that want to relive the experience of being a space privateer now have the Privateer Remake 1.0.

Sadly, the original Privateer doesn’t run very well on these newer systems even with the DOS emulator like DOSbox. In the Privateer game you could be anything you wanted: Pirate, Merchant, Mercenary, or Drug Runner. Privateer was one of the best space flight simulations I have played along with Wing Commander II. Wing Commander Privateer.I had a lot of great fond memories playing this game.