So, I liked the old syndicate figured I'd give this a try. Boy was I disappointed. The tutorial alone was not nearly intuitive enough, as I couldn't shoot who they wanted me to shoot based on what they said to do in it. What a crock! I had to look around online for the answer. The UI in general is attrocious, a different key for up to a couple dozen different things? The original syndicate wasn't anywhere near as cumbersome. The next problem was getting a multiplayer game going. There needs to be an option to search for a game to join, my friend tried to host and it was a sea of games. True we figured out directly connecting later but seriously? Overall it had potential, and I'll try to go through read through's online and see if that'll make it easier, try again, but there's no reason a game should have to be that clunky, especially when it's trying to be just like the original syndicate, why make it that much more clunky? Overall I'm disappointed. I'll try it again after a little reading and maybe upgrade my rating, but as it stands now the only reason I'm not requesting a refund is that I got Rebel Galaxy free with it and it was only on sale for 4 dollars.
Where to begin. Let's see... When I bought it it was on a whim. I was dead set against it at first because I knew it wouldn't be proper multiplayer. So already a strike against it, but so many people said good things, and it looked shiny, and the other plusses that were promised I figured sure, why not and bought a pre-order with a few hours to spare. That being said, I wish I hadn't. It's a very beautiful game.. on the surface. But that luster soon fades. Ship combat, while not as bad as many proclaim, is still not great, and doesn't even support joysticks it seems (least not mine or my friend who has it). Really? Who makes a game like that? Next big thing, navigation. Would it really be that hard to make a damn map? Is the future somehow devoid of being able to map something properly? If it's not bad enough on a planet, in the star map? Yeah trying to go back and find previous systems is abysmal. It's complete rubbish. Perhaps the worst of all, the biggest kick in the genitals would be the leaked ending. I normally hate spoilers, and won't discuss it here in case, but you can look it up if you like, and it's.. shallow and such a let down... completely devoid of thought or care. It's like the developer assumed with so many quadrillion stars no one would get to the end to call bullshit. Well people have. And if I could get a refund I would, and buy another game that wasn't so.. half assed in my opinion. It's a great half a game. For that money though you shouldn't have half a game, you should have a /full/ game. and this just isn't it. Take the money and go try Elite Dangerous (far cheaper in price) Or any of the other games out there like this. I for one will tinker on off hours perhaps just to say I beat it when I eventually do, but more out of punishing myself for getting suckered, maybe with false hope of them fixing things. It's not worth buying. To the Dev... liar liar, pants on fire. You're a con man.
