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Privateer 2 Intro Pt1, or Clive Owen before he was famous

submitted by spoco2

1 decade 5 years 11 months 1 week ago

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This was how I was introduced to Clive Owen. I still think he's fantastic to watch in movies, Children of Men being a fine example.

Privateer 2 was a game released from Origin Systems in 1996 and fits into the Wing Commander universe. While it was a space trading and fighting game it also contained story elements as told via video sequences which starred other well known actors on top of Clive. Christopher Walken, John Hurt, Jurgen Prochnow, David Warner, Amanda Pays, Mathilda May, David McCallum and Brian Blessed all made appearances.

I've looked around for a few retro reviews of this game and they all seem to be pretty scathing. Funny, because I remember loving the game at the time.

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As I remember the reviews were scathing because the requirements were pretty high and it wasn't exactly Elite done in better graphics.

>> ^Farhad2000:
As I remember the reviews were scathing because the requirements were pretty high and it wasn't exactly Elite done in better graphics.

Well, yeah, they kinda touted it as being Elite, when it wasn't really that open, but the reviews I was referring to are recent ones, so no system requirements come into it these days.

youmakekittymad

drat! the sift knows my weaknesses! first hitchens, and now clive owen! cannot...control...impulse to...upvote

The privateer series was a blast. While not Elite by any means it was uniquely its own. I think I still have Privateer I stowed away. Not sure about Privateer II though. Probably not worth loading up, I'd probably be sorely disappointed these days

Elite was freaking awesome.

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I never knew there was a sequel. I couldn't get into the first game either.

The system requirements weren't high, it was a DOS game lol. Why a software company would code a major release title for DOS after win95 was released is beyond me. It received poor ratings because of dated technology and how buggy the game was occasionally. I remember playing this game back in my early teens, it was pretty memorable I enjoyed it despite it's flaws.

Oh I think they released a gold version of the game later that ran under windows.

enemycombatant says...

Wow the first few minutes of that made every Command and Conquer cut-scene look like Citizen Kane. For me, Clive will always be BMW's The Driver.

I was expecting a sequel to the original Privateer when I bought this game, and was sorely disappointed.

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