Till now they only remade Bioware games...

Personally I think the guys who are here and the ones who have passed by here have done much more for this game by modding it so well, with little or no information or guidance, than any remake might be expected to do.

Because a remake may incorporate some of the cleverest stuff, but probably not all, and probably will not add much new impressive stuff that will outshine the mods.

So it may well be disappointing, even as Freelancer II.

What do you think?

I think kinda the same way as StarTrader does.

FL will be 10 years old next year.
Baldurs Gate and other "classic" games all get remakes.
A FL remake in a newer, fancier or "better" engine would be freakin awesome, but then its just a remake or the same thing just a little bit newer. (+ everyone wants maybe other features) Even with a build in mod support/api/etc. The communities will split because everyone likes other features and modding becomes so easy & handy.
(and for impressing a game studio or publisher we need a wastly huge fanbase + ads + hype)

If you have one main server the devs need to manage all wishes and similar stuff. You cant get it right for everybody.
(just like the community wars @ BP devs forum^^)

I think one of the biggest problem is simply content & the ever lasting comparing with the "old innovative games".
In FL you have Sirius (which by itself is incredible detailed (in my opinion) ). Once its explored there are guys who create their own systems, ships, maxing out their vanilla play style, etc.
And of course balance and handling of the game is very important. You must make it interesting for a lot of people not just for so called hardcore fans or stuff like that.

And a very modern problem is this:
You put put a game with kick ass features and in the next three years nobody talks about it anymore cause the people want innovation. (+ everything before BF3 looks ugly
)
Just throwing out FL2 with a new story/universe wouldnt be enough.
I think it needs to be kinda like GW2/EvE. Alot of dynamic, huge worlds & a working concept.

Hope i didnt write too much & its kinda understandle but i think this is a very intresting topic which on the one hand includes alot of stuff already said a gazillion times and doesnt change anything, yet ... but on the other hand all the different opionions are very interesting.

now i need some sleep im still suffering jetlag^^

Yeah, get a unity and go to work

I dont see anyone else haveing any ideas, apart from just sitting there and let freelancer fade away. Good job guys, good job!

If you think you're so much better, why don't you work on something? Those people you say are just "sitting there" have done a lot for the game, and you should be ashamed to insult them in this way.

Sure, you and every other indy development group that's tried to make a successful space sim in the past decade.