Video

I love this game when if first came out. My computer at the time could barely keep up with it. I would love to play again but I need to find a way to make it work with Windows 10.

The music is INSANE

worked just fine for me on win 10 from steam i did nothing and it just run

almost every real time tactics game runs in a queue you can use alt to force order should've been other way around. always force but queue on shift. but still no need to press c

This is the best game in my life

Protip - use your right mouse button to sell all the commodities of the same type with one click ;) you can use this for buying also. For asteroids you should slow down to 250kps. And the game came out on 6 floppies not one.

best space sim ever. when i got hold of a floppy with a mission editor, Man i had some good times

You balanced the power in this review nicely 😉 I enjoyed the writing and authentic delivery. Thank you

6:53 If I'm remembering correctly you can also win by being allied with all other surviving species. But the AI almost always prefers the war route so it hardly ever happens.

5:27 You can 100% pause the game during combat, at least in single player (not sure about multiplayer). F12 key is AFAIK the only way to do it.

Thanks for the review! Good video.

The trick with asteroid fields is that you need to reduce your speed, especially with the centurion. You shouldn't be going faster than 300-350.

Privateer is the best game ever. I think the lack of tooltips and a tutorial is good - I played this without a manual and I figured it all out on my own - I knew almost nothing about the game, never played Wing Commander 1 or 2 - and it was all new to me - and I loved every second of this game and best of all - I didn't eve know it had a story - I just randomly went to a place on the star map - and then bam - I just stumbled upon the game story - I think this is the best way to start the main quest - not expecting it, just randomly being there - I played a lot of time, not knowing there was a story, and suddenly - there was a guy in the bar and he had this artifact - it was awesome, it's even better that you are not told what to do next - you meat two new character and you seem to be progressing the story, but suddenly one betrays you and he is gone - and now what ? Again you have to think and travel on your own - by that time, I knew I need to find a new place on the map and analyzed it and found where I needed to go on my own - I was so proud of myself with figuring this out - and I think this is the best way - no hand holding, no arrow pointing to go there - just read your map on your own and figure it out. Now, I never finished Privateer - back in the day - I didn't know where to go after getting the artifact and I thought you had to fight the alien pod on your own - and boy, did I try, but I only managed to slighly weaken it's shields... and I gave up. Years later I returned armed with knowledge and knew I had to go to a station that I visited earlier and was not allowed to enter to meet with the fleet admiral - but I made a huge blunder - I overrote my main save at a moment when I had no weapons and upgrades on my ship - I sold them because I didn't know where the alien weapon would be installed - it's a long story, but then you are not allowed to dock to a station again or you fail the quest - so I was unprepared for the final fight and again I couldn't beat the game. Still, I don't regret it. It's funny, Privateer and Resident Evil: Code Veronice are two games that I overrote my save just before the boss fight and had to fight the boss with no ammo - and couldn't win - it was impossible to go back I basically had to start all over again....

simply best game ever

Nice review! Personal ship preference was topic of heated discussions at school :-) I loved righteous fire but i think it was super tough and I think I was cheating at some point to be able to finish the story line

My favorite thing in this game was to go into a mission with just one guy giving im an AR or automatic shotgun and luring aliens one by one around the corner just to obliterate them with burst fire :D

Good review. The game is a childhood classic for me, even tho i never finished it. I might make a video on it myself, as there seem to be almost no reviews on it. Also, i never dragged alien body.I just paralyzed all enemies in the area and mission accomplished! XD

Nostalgic game experience in 2022. I like it.

My favorite game of ALL TIME too!!

Oh dude, I wasted so much time playing this game back in the day. Absolutely loved it, Just found it on Origin for $4.99 download lol

Suck a great game. I have spent so many hours playing this

I remember that there is an option to sell all your stock of an item or buy all you can. Holding down ALT or similar while pressing BUY or SELL? No sure anymore. My fingers would surely remember if I was back in the game... flesh memories! ;-)

I have a soft spot for this game. I liked the atmosphere especially (much more serious than Xcom) That theme is so haunting.

By the way Privateer 3 actually had a full script written and the game was going into pre-production after Wing Commander Prophecy. Sadly EA saw the FMV budget (Privateer 3 was again going with live action actors) and cancelled the project.

I liked Blockading Worm Holes back then LOL

beautiful review! You did so well! loved this game

I loved this game playing it when first released as a more modern xcom. The graphics for their time were decent and you got a variety of different enemies to fight even if some them were just cannon fodder. I liked the use of real world weapons with some invented ones. The game maps inside UFOs were atrocious and the voice acting abysmal. Other areas it let itself down were the ability to train soldiers in everything and not have a level cap as by the end you had a team of super soldiers

Great review! Very eloquent, informative, and well-written.

So chris robert only made 1 game in his life and updated it over and over and over and over. Now we know star Citizen have been developed for 30 years! I know he have not made only 1 game, he did king king and ultima and some other i dont know but you get my point.

Good review. I loved this game back in the day, and I still loved it when I played it again a couple years ago. If you are looking for a good modern spiritual successor to this game, it has to be Rebel Galaxy Outlaw. I have been playing that game as of late and it brings back so many memories of Privateer.

This is a hidden gem! Thank you! Will you also try chromosome evil when it comes out?

Yea.. the game becomes stupidly easy once you get a fleet filled with fighters to swarm enemys defenses. As for the review, i gotta say its pretty spot-on :p

Love this game for the atmosphere, world building and the music. It is amazing.

never played this before but damn this sounds fun thanks for the review this is a must buy for me now :).

Finally a real review of this game! Thank you this was so helpful! Subbed :).

You can right click to sell all. Great video!

This game is extremely near and dear to my heart. My dad would play this game while I watched for hours. I would then play it when I was able to as a little kid and it was amazing. And scary! WHen the AI would have a giant ass battalion and you just see their ships speeding into your zone and coming right at your planet your like what the hell!! and you scramble to move your ship to the planet they are attacking. It was so exciting. I actually really like the ship design for the most part, I had a certain fear asociated with each design and always wanted to look like the scariest one in space. The research was so interesting, I havent seen anything like it since. Hoenstly, many many things in this game just dont exist in many modern games - save for sword of the stars which doesnt compare since its turn based. I prefer the frantic 4x gameplay with so much to do at all times. I think I am blinded by my nostalgia so I forgive just about all the points you mention lol. Specifically, I really LOVED the graphics. The pre rendered spins of tons and tons of objects I think is higher quality than many things even today. This game will always be dear to my heart. Unfortunately the GOG version crashes very often when I get into combat :( So I just have the memories close to me and I cant wait to share them with my own kid.

I remember seeing the trailer on the Warcraft2 cd and was excited. Glad thq picked up the title. Edit: I recommend the multiplayer experience.

I remember Pax Imperia. I was impressed by the intro sequence, the music and the possibilities in ship construction. I was really disappointed with the diplomatic and intelligence possibilities. Later in other games (Total War f.i.) I detected, that I don't like real-time strategy game because of its hectic and stress. But "Pax Imperia" and "Imperium Galactica" stayed in my memory.

CLARIFICATION: At 1:51, I say "[the planets' backgrounds] never change based on your actions." This is not entirely correct. What I meant was that they do change based on the buildings you construct, but regardless of your species' characteristics, they will always look the same (eg. if you are controlling a subterranean species you're not supposed to see buildings on the surface, etc.).

On the same guy, now that's just gud

lol