Well... I like the game very much for its controls, graphics, feel, tech-tree of the upgrade system. I like also exploration in it, diplomacy, trading, mining, repairs, crafting. About combat, it is on/off when i'm out of homing missiles i'm pretty much dead. What I find very strang is that my first attempt out of the box lead me to sector 3 and well inside it. I'm at 10th life or so, but now ennemies kill me very quick. it looks like I'm stuck, sector 1, 2, restart etc. Instead of my better shields helping me, it looks like ennemies are way stronger now than on the first lives. The more I analyze the way I do in combat the more i realize than none of my shots are touching the ennemies, only homing missiles wich is frustrating. I've tried pulse laser, gatling, with no luck. There is a laser that seem to have an auto=aiming ability, but does very low damage. It's a shame because I would like to see the story mode develop, but the most travel i did was on the first run, and it worsen from there.