Most of this games assets look and sound good, making it easy to get immersed at the start. The game quickly becomes back though, with the difficulty spiking quickly after a handful of missions to the point of insanity. The enemy ships appear to be buffed every mission to the point where they quickly become overpowered bullet sponges. There are no save points mid-mission, even on the ridiculously difficult ones. For some reason, ALL enemies in every single mission target you and only you, leading to heavily unfair combat. You get paid a very small amount for most missions with the bora, meaning you cannot keep yourself in the newest ship. The ships themselves are nicely designed if not for the enemy bullet sponging listed above. This game is cheap for a reason; I heartily suggest you not buy it. Get Freespace, Darkstar One or the X3 games instead.
