The horrific Zoe Quinn worked on this so no thank you.
Lately I've run into a lot of bad luck. Bought Red Dead 2; it turned out to be a buggy mess. I shelved it. Bought Cthulu. It holds your hand so much it's boring. Shelved it. Now I got Warlock, and you can't even save during levels, only after levels like a flight simulator. Also which key to hit to level up is a total mystery; it's not even listed in the keyboard commands in options. Uninstalling. Wasted a lot of money this weekend.
Most people only rate the game; they don't also write reviews. That's why there can be only two reviews, both one star, and yet the average rating can be four stars.
This is one of the very best space sims and Elite inspired games of all time. The acting is well above the quality of voice acting in games of the time, which should not be surprising given the actors in it. I found the gameplay to be much better than Privateer, much smoother and AI more sophisticated. The taunts so much better. The cinematography and style put into the video and various interfaces blows Privateer's interiors and interfaces out of the water. I only wish cockpits had not been removed. Wing Commander cannot compare to the freedom of the Privateer games, and while The Darkening did not provide the same sandbox size as Privateer 1, but it did provide a great deal of freedom and the high quality acting and story, and improved gameplay were worth the tradeoff in universe size that this required.
