Before I begin, I know there's already a thread on this, but it's been dead for 7 months and I don't want to necro it.So yeah,
Evochron Mercenary. Does anyone else have this nifty little gem? I've not played it all that much (time constraints) but what I've seen I would say it's similar to Mount and Blade in space. Get ship, fly around, do whatever you want. Piracy, trading, bounty hunting, etc.
On of the more interesting (and downright awesome) features is the completely seamless travel. Once you get into the game, there are
no loading screens. No solar systems separated by jump gates (though there are gates just to speed up travel) and a loading screen. See that planet? Want to land on it? Set up a descent path (and this is important, or you can burn up in the atmosphere) and land. On planets there are hidden objects and places to find, cities and spaceports to dock at, and some pretty sweet looking landscapes to admire.
There is also ship customisation; you choose a frame (hull type) and put things on it like engines, fuel tanks, cargo bays, shields, and wings for atmospheric flight. You can choose the positioning and x/y/z proportions of each part to your liking, too.
Finally, there's a pretty massive content update coming at some point this year, which looks to make it even more awesome.
Also, I'm not that great at writing OPs. Discuss!