It's almost Hero Quest as a PC game. Almost. Its been simple and relaxing and brings back memories of my childhood.
enjoyed it, and it wasn't too hard. neat little followup to the original
Nox and Cyberstorm 2 are the only games I have replayed more than this gem. This is also the only space combat flight sim I have bothered to go back and replay. It was very "pretty" for its day, and still isn't too bad. My entire family loved this game and played through both campaigns all the way. The game is very linear, and there are only a few sidequests that you do not have to complete to advance the main story. Even so, the variety of tasks and challenges given makes each new mission exciting. Some of them can be frustrating with the difficulty (stupid space tourists wanting to go sightseeing with the Demon Pirates!), but with a few trial and error runs you can usually figure out a good strategy. The 2 factions are similar but do have some key differences: Galspan is the sleek big corporation, so you get the fancy toys and pretty ships. They pay more per mission, but most of their gear costs more too. Their ships tend to be faster, but a little less durable. They get seeking missiles and a few cool weapons that the Bora do not. Overall the Galspan campaign is a little easier (imho). Bora is the poor underdog, so they re-purpose a lot of things (mainly mining equipment) to make their ships and weapons. The biggest thing to note is that most of their missiles do not seek, but they pack either a bigger punch or you get a ton more of them for your buck. They also get "sappers" which attach to the enemy ship and do a variety of things. Overall the Bora campaign is a little harder (imho). I recently purchased it through GOG and it ran fine for me (windows 7 64bit). I went out and bought a joystick just to play it again too. Nostalgia! Caveat here: I have not played Freelancer or the privateer games which I saw referenced several times in the reviews. I'll have to pick those up when they go on sale and see how they compare.
