I love Warpgate for my iPhone, but I think the playing style would be better on the PC. Are there any fairly new PC games out that emulate this style of heavy trader sim with a bit of combat? The most important feature for me would be the focus on a single ship in third person. If you know of any game that seems like this style, please let me know!
If you wanna go hardcore, I don't think it gets any better than X³ (or maybe X² depending on how good your PC is). Just the ship models alone are amazing, absolutely enormous game and massively in-depth trading, then a sprinkling of combat on top. Check out the screens: http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3tc/screenshots/x3tc_screen_050.jpg http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3tc/screenshots/x3tc_screen_027.jpg http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3tc/screenshots/x3_tc_screen_007.jpg http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3/screenshots/x3_screen_083.jpg http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3/screenshots/x3_screen_240.jpg http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3/screenshots/x3_screen_128.jpg
Thanks to all who responded! EVE Online sounds cool, and a couple of my friends play and like it, but I don't have the time to make an MMO hold value for me at the time. Freelancer I've heard good things about, as I have with EV Nova, but... those screenshots from X3 looked fantastic! PLUS, I can buy it on Steam. Just a couple more questions about it: Is it first-person? Is there a demo available? And are there any faction components (similar to Warpgate's)? P.S. If anyone has any more suggestions I'd love to hear them!
I couldn't honestly tell you, it's been years since I played and I didn't get too into it because it didn't perform well on my PC. They've got their own forum though so it shouldn't be too hard to find out. http://forum.egosoft.com/index.php?c=2
