I loved wing commander, freelancer, and X3 (according to steam I have over 400 hours logged playing X3:TC). If they can pull this game off I might pull a chinese gamer and die from playing too much.
http://www.pcgamer.com/previews/star-citizen-preview-the-open-world-space-sim-of-our-dreams/
On your deathbed, you will not wish you played more video games.