>>280070401
EVE

>>280070401
Any of the X3 games. X2 too

>>280070446
Oh yeah, I know EVE. That spreadsheet game? But seriously EVE is too complicated for me, are there may that involve actually flying?

>>280070604
Ok, I just looked into them, I'm assuming Terran Conflict is the way to go?

>>280070834
Either go for Terran or Albion. I personally prefer Albion but I never really gotten into Terran. Albion is the newer one so it has slightly more features

Frontier: Elite 2
Freelancer
Starlancer
X3
Evochron Mercenary

>>280070834
Oh, and don't forget to download some pit mods from Egosoft forums if no cockpits bother you

>>280070401
Wing Commander: Privateer.

In terms of playability by modern standards there's Ooolite, the X series and Freelancer. FreeSpace 1+2 in case you want mission based pure combat without the open world and trading. That's about all the interesting ones you should look at if you never played anything old.
X series died with Rebirth (do not play that) as they went towards a console gaming approach where X3 was still a solid attempt at universe simulation. X3 AP is the later one and has a few more features but the X3:TC plot is more easy to get into - it's not like anyone plays those games for story though, it's all about trading, upgrading ships and station building.

This lack of competition is ultimately why SC made over 70m US$ off promises alone. You can sell people a mystery box if only there is demand.

>>280071147
Is albion not an addon for Terran Conflict?

>>280071473
It's a standalone I think...Is it not?
I might be wrong here since I bought the entire pack

>>280071437
Yeah I understand how they made that much. As soon as I saw the SC trailers I went and bought an Aurora (do not buy the MR, I made that mistake). Yeah, so I think I will be getting X3. You get both TC and AP on steam for $20

>>280071632

http://store.steampowered.com/app/2820

Looks like it's DLC.

>>280071239
Oh so there's no first person cockpits?

>>280072024
Not by default, no. Although there's a bunch of mods that add them into the game. They're easy to add too.

>>280071843
Ah, I see. Sorry about that then