' Wrote:Freelancer Alpha wasn't cancelled due to budget cuts. It was because Microsoft bought Digital Anvil and decided to rush its release, leaving most of the Alpha content out.
Yep. FL was originally slated to have 4k online seamless multiplayer, a completely dynamic economy, almost realistic (nor orbiter level of course) physics, ramming damage (if you hit a roid your wing would get smashed and ripped off, and if your engines were there you would find yourself flying in circles).