Good space sim game

PLz can u guys reccomend me a space sim game to play cauz i'm totally bored during this holiday...... like x3 i want to get it but haven't got a chance yet i would like it to have quite good graphics(2000 onwards would be fine) and as far as if it's fun i would like it.
Thanks guys.

 

Freelancer! Less complicated than the X games, lots of combat and buying stuff, great story line too. Although it is quite old lol.

 

If you want like the most real you can get than get Orbiter

although that depends on your idea of fun.....

 

I concur with Freelancer. Also try DarkStar One and a couple freeware ones - Freespace 2 Open and the Battlestar Galactica mod Beyond the Red Line.

 

Freelancer is nice, but very lightweight in the "sim" category. It's more like a complex shoot em up than a space sim. The storyline is very linear that you have to follow if you want more areas of the game to open for you.
It's still a fun game, just don't expect anything as deep as X3.

 

OpenFreespace is decent too

 

I loved freelancer...

 

I'll give freelancer a shot cauz i t looks quite cool and i like Fps a lot! Thanks guys. i just saw something called a discovery mod for freelancer what is that?????

 

Not sure myself, but there are 10s and 100s of mods for freelancer...

 

I haven't tried it myself and I doubt it's graphically what you want, but there's an open source remake of Privateer called Privateer Gemini Gold that you can check out.

 

have a look at x3 visually for a game that old it still looks great, with the sole exception of ship's blowing up, think 2-d starburst lol

 

Not being offensive but i said that i didn't have a chance of getting it soo...... i'm looking for others.......

Btw i just downloaded freelancer demo and completed the story and it was a lot of fun well the gameplay made up for the graphics bit soo i'm difinitely getting it!

 

Call me crazy, but I've been enjoying Darkstar One. YOu can pick it up at most Wal-Marts or Targets for 10 bucks.

 

Free Lancer was very sweet though I never get to finish it. Darkstar One was sweet too, but I think I only played the demo. The best one I have ever played was Earth and Beyond made by Westwood, though they closed the servers because they couldn't get paid enough.

Now thinking about the new ones, maybe try Star Trek when it is out, it should be good.

 

Like a lot of people said already, Freelancer is an excellent game, although you won't get much in terms of simulation. It's more about exploring and action, but it does that amazingly well. Plus there are a ton of mods that make the game even more fun. The story is a bit thin, but it only serves to guide the player through the different star systems anyway.

 

Multiplayer was excellent, not sure if alot of people still play this online...

 

Tie Fighter is still the best.

 

Take a look at Nexus: The Jupiter Incident - Demo

Its a rather good game that several years old, good story, There is small-to-decent size group of dedicated fans,so there are mods out there and more that are being produced, check their forums.

 

Darkstar One
Freespace 2 Open
Beyond the Red Line

 

... Eve Online!!!

 

lol, that's no space sim

 

Orbiter!



Quite nice.