Quoted:
Anybody have a good space flight, fighter game?
Not interested in flying the shuttle, nor in flying any airplanes.
I want to have a good star fighter simulation, perhaps with merchanting and pirating involved.
Who has something?
X3
X3 Terran Conflict (adds marines/boarding parties, more guns)
The 'X' series is 'Super Privateer'....
Same concept - a 'sandbox' game where you have a storyline to follow but can do whatever you want as you go through it....
However, unlike Privateer you're not limited to little ships, or a list of only 14-or-so weapons...
You can fly anything from a little F-16 sized fighter (the game calls them M-5s) to a gigantic starship... Build your own space stations, etc...
Weapons range from Star-wars style lasers, to Gatling guns (yes, you have to carry ammo for them, unlike all the other weapons that are energy based), to beam weapons (pulsed-beam emitter... Think a laser-minigun).... And of course, all different varieties of missiles...
Also, unlike Privateer, there are aliens... Aliens loosely based on the Star Trek races (Think 'Ferrengi, Romulans, and Klingons' - but different names and different-enough everything else to make them recognizable-but-unique....)