After some searching I have now at last found a replacement for my beloved, but something totgespieltes EOC. The specifications were clear: only play with keyboard, reasonably equal Story and free action, no kindergarten philosophy, neat but not resource guzzling graphics (Pentium 4, XP, 500 MB graphics card), observed at least a few laws of physics (small ships are more agile than large Speed like more than 120 km / h :-), and especially not a pure shooter game. After an attempt by Ubisoft version (from ebay, naturally broken and you do not install) I bought this Purple Hills version, DVD in, installed and off we went: Control with mouse and keyboard is a bit strange but no problem at all. Graphically everything done just fine, the game runs smoothly and for the most part clean. Every now and then my older system is just slightly overwhelmed, but after running it at all now. The story is not particularly original (Sohnemann revenge murdered Daddy and experienced various adventures with the mysterious ship), but consistent, partially correct enthralling (I'm not sooo sophisticated) and with nice, surprising twists. Upgrade is exciting and not yet exhausted after even the third pass, because the AI of the game very nastily-oriented to their own skills. In other words, be dieGegner more if you have a better ship itself. Or could have, because the appropriate upgrades are possible but are not yet installed (I am firmly convinced that!). Why 4 stars for an average of up canned game: variety (you must sometimes fly on the planet), freedom in the game and in the dialogues, dense with background history to the various aliens and very nice graphic details. Why 4 and not 5? The design of the systems is something similar, something limited the dialogues and I lack a "discovery feature" because the artifacts for the upgrades are exciting the first time and then business as usual. Overall, a great package: proposes Freespace 1 & 2 ("Fly lot, baller all away, come back movie watching ...) hands down, is more complex and elaborate made as a freelancer, although does not quite, but almost ran EOC
