Rebel Galaxy

this is a great and unique space shooter first played this game severel years ago and i love playing it today.

It's all about grinding toward better equipment. Space is two-dimensional. It's an attempt at sail ship broadside-based combat but it's horrible at it. I you enjoy it, try Sea Dogs series instead. By the time you reach bigger ships, they have so many turrets that lining up/avoiding those broadsides doesn't really matter that much; a much bigger ship can wreck your smaller and nimble one one even if you stay behind it (out of the broadside angle). Using space to your advantage is punished: you can fail mission due to trying to outmanoeuvre opponent you are tasked to destroy. Why? Because there are invisible limits on where you can go during a mission. Manoeuvre in a smart way and it's mission fail. (By the way, you can have two mission targets spaced almost on top of each other, good luck trying to save someone). What other guys wrote: it's made for console controllers. Not worth even the discounted price.

Ships can fly in an flat space only. There is no 'Z' axis. From the game description it was ufortunately not clear. But I find the the graphic good :)

Awesome game! I read about it today at work on a website and how it was getting rave review all over. What they all say is true. It is a vibrant game with great music, fun combat and tons of personality. You're hearing this from someone who played EVE for years, Homeworld 1 & 2 ( the originals ), Freelance, Freespace 2, SoaSE, and currently deep into powerplay in Elite: Dangerous. Top 5 reasons why: 1) For the price it is a great game. 2) Tons of room to grow. So many possibilities for adding ships, weapons and content. 3) Combat is challenging as you have to aim your turrets while moving your ship around. 4) Well written and interesting factions. 5) Controls are easy to pick up. Works great with a controller and mouse/keyboard. Who is it good for: People who like space operas. People who watched Firefly. People who liked Star Trek, Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica for the space battles. Who it is not good for: People who just are not into science fiction. People who like six-degrees of movement. 'Nuff said.

I wasn't sure what to expect from this game but I'm glad I picked it up. Very straight forward story line, with good looking space visuals. My only gripe with this game is that it's single player.