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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Very realistic game with great graphics! In other reviews, people have said that you can't carry very many missiles. Well, that's true. But what they failed to mention is that you mostly use your guns instead of missiles. You never run out of ammo for your guns. This is because it is very hard to get a missile lock, so you won't run out of the small amount of missiles that you can carry.
In the missions so far,(I'm up to mission five), a lot of them involve escorting ships. When you fly next to a capital ship you feel very small - those kind of ships are huge!
Overall this is a great game with great graphics. I only had a little bit of trouble controlling the game with my joystick, but all you should have to do to fix this is unplug any other controllers that you have. Definetly a great buy.

Loved it, still love it, still playing it!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: March 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I fell in love with this game when it first came out years ago. And there aren't, or weren't, many Microsoft games I could easily say that about. Yeah... it's not the greatest space combat sim ever, but it's well worth the play and I have enjoyed it over and over again.

If you don't know much about the game, think Space: Above and Beyond. If you didn't watch that TV show from the mid-90's it's finally out on DVD so think about picking it up to watch it and you'll understand the allure of Starlancer to someone like myself.

I'm not a multiplayer kind of guy so I never used the multiplayer function. I preferred single player missions only.

I think the various fighters you get to pilot provide an excellent variety along with the plethora of different types of guns and missiles you can arm your fighter with. The only thing I would have loved was the option to trade out your fixed guns for different types of guns. That would have made an excellent game absolutely superb!

What more is there to say? If you are a fan of realistic space combat sims, then this game probably isn't for you. If you liked Space: Above and Beyond, you'll probably like this game too.

Not that fun...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: February 01, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I am a big fan of space sim games. I bought Wing Commander, Star wars, and other really good space sim games. Starlancer was a bit of a disapointment for me. I was expecting from the guys who created Wing commander (An Awesome game!) a better game. The graphics are compelling, and even if you run it on a 200mhz 2mb pci card the graphics do come out quite good and it isn't jerky. The plot is a okay, although it is getting harder and harder for those guys to make a compelling plot for a narrow genre. The interesting points are the missions and the people. the missions are varied and you never really know what's going to happen next, the mission objectives change often so that isntead of escorting that convoy, you go and take out a capital ship or spy on the enemy. there is also a rich experiance in the cockpit. your squad mates talk to you and make you feel part of the game. But the missions are hard, and after playing it for a while you get bored after failing to complete the fourth mission twenty times. you dont have many missiles and if you fire them the chances of their hitting the target are 1 in 100. Although this can be a good thing, if you don't have the right ship, you can, and will, be trying to shoot down some guy for twenty minutes before he blows up. Anyway, do what you want, but think twice before buying this game

A SpaceSim with few Limitations

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 02, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I felt Starlancer was and excellent take back to the old WingCommander on SegaCd. I found many of the mission action-packed and fuill of fun. Theres nothing like cussing out an enemy pilot before blowing his ship to pieces.

Even with all the excellent features to this game. It does have its problems, Several missions quickly became repetative when you are required to replay them.

I bought this game immediately after it came out and was well worth all the fun. And with multiple paths, this game is fun for sure.

Fun missions, but not very compelling...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: June 01, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I recently finished this game and I have to say that the single-player hasn't left me with a great aftertaste. Unlike the Wing Commander series, there isn't any plot in-between missions, hence no character development. We're limited to getting to know our so-called wingmen through in-game dialogue. Despite the lack of a compelling story, the gameplay is still pretty challenging for the seasoned gamer and the missions offer a good variety of objectives.

More alive than FS2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: May 18, 2000
Author: Amazon User

FS2 seems to be the one to compare it against. The graphics are better than FS2, the system requirements are less demanding than FS2. I played FS2, but never feeled part of the story. In Starlancer you feel more part of it. The ships are nice, dogfighting is cool. I am amazed at how good the graphics is, I only have a 333 with 64megs of ram, and I get no jumpiness (word?) like I got with FS2. It is also difficult on hard level. In summary, if you enjoyed Wingcommander and played FS1/FS2 and do not demand the right to modify the interface then GO FOR IT. The plot: Well, it may be Cold War, but it is cool. Time to fight that Cold War.

I'm gonna Have To Call This Game The Champion

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 7
Date: May 23, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I can't really describe this game, but oh it's good, it's really good so here i go... It has the same interface as the old Wing Commander games...but siginficantly improved though..and this game is from "THE" Chris Roberts, as you know (if you are a space combat lover) Chris Roberts is the best in the business.....i did like Wing Commander.....and Tachyon was Cool (though not especially fun) but this tops it all the graphics are the best in every game i've seen and actually I didn't know it was possible to make this kind of graphics. the sound is extremely great and man it's million times faster than Wing Commander/Tachyon.....or just any other Space Combat game....it's of course harder (because it's faster) but not that much plus you can choose the difficulty levels...and i DO really recommend this to ALL people that like Cool GRAPHICS, Like to HAVE FUN....and those who like GREAT GAMES....cause this one is IT even the Lucas Arts masters could never make this kind of a game unless they'd EMPLOY CHRIS ROBERTS...oh sorry but i can't stop .....this IS THE ULTIMATE SPACE COMBAT SIMULATOR THE INTERFACE IS SUPER THE SOUND IS SUPER......IT'S REALLY FUN IT'S NOT TO HARD...but it still gives you a little resistance...this is THE BEST GAME EVER even better than: Tachyon (though i didn't like it), Wing Commander IV, Monkey Island, Imperium Galactica, Quake 3, Unreal Tournament or any other good game AVALIBLE....i just hope their will be StarLancer 2,3,4,5.....and i would hope i could make one or be a part of the developement team.

THANKS FOR READING......please vote weather this review helped you.

Graphics and realistic views

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: June 29, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I've checked the reviews. I've ran the program and I like what I see, and I know this would be a great follow through for those who liked Desent Freespace,

Starlancer review

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 02, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Pros: fun, nice story line, many deferent planes,nice case,shipped by nws online combat gaming store very nice,
cons: crashes running on xp glitches needs updates but has none
Other: use the smaller install pack it takes out some of the glitches
and thank you nws online combat gaming store for good service.

This Game Kicks Some Serious ... !

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 8
Date: June 10, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game rocks! It has the BEST graphics I have ever seen! It has 25 missions too, with A LOT of ships to battle with. You can even battle online vs. other people!!

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