Frontier: First Encounters (DOS)  Published by Developed by 100
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 :  Dec 09, 2003 Rating  :  3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5 Stars3.5
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more reviews for this game   Frustrating at times, but
occasionally brilliant  The Good  The graphics and physics are
definitely the two strongest points of Frontier: First
Encounters (FFE), I mean, for its time, the graphics of FFE are
simply excellent - with complex and detailed planetary bases,
surfaces, and ships. But the physics engine of FFE features
things amazingly rare in other simulators, namely inertia-
physics flight! Sure, the engine is nowhere as good as that of
Orbiter 2004 or I-War, but it's still quite good for its time -
impressive actually. The atmosphere of the game is good at most
times, when you occasionally are left a