7 years after release and it still does suck.... In space geo-location, just does not work, you can try to swing around in all directions, as long as you are too close, it wont work as in any other space sim.... its f... pathetic. Add above with vague mission goals. its a blast. Geo sphere/radar does not have XYZ, its just there, vague as fu.... Not like we had a lot of games with outstainding impl. Comms? Proximity... given above if you have frigates you can enlist, you need to fly around to orient yourself and comm all of them... Frigates you hire you ask? well.... tough luck, ask in game wiki if you feel lucky. Fight bigger craft? Damn if you get targeting info. Get behind shields and fire at hull - no damage, cause you dont fire at "vital stuff". Escorts? Can fire at you through shields of that craft... can you fire back? No damn way, it will protect those fighters.... WTF!!!! Get a mission in nexus to engage pirate freighters, Fly out. Bunch of freighters pop up. No HUD intel. Sentinelts spawn up indefinetlelly. Sometimes counter of pirates go down, mostly reset.... Engage freighters - random reputation drop.... WTF!!! ?
First of all. Ive been huge zealot of original syndicates. Hell, Im the generation that when I got new graphics card, syndicate wars logs were spinning 3x times faster. This is why I got this game. To relive what I remember from my childhood. First of all - some folks claim this game is not tacti-cool because in original games you could draw firearm and be done with city block. 1. This is tactical, just different set of precoditions are in play. 2. In syndicate games you turn soldiers into terminators. In this one, you just augment certain parts, it is not full conversion. 3. soldiers become specialized based on roles and augments( so it is way more tactical than S). 4. mind/tech control has way more impact on game - since you can either control powerful soldiers or tech. Some soldiers bring more ordnance to game, some bring heavy firepower. Second of all - this is a great game on its own. For this price? Even without a sale!( 25 to 4$ ). It is visually pleasing, has good mechanics, has a lot of different angles for most missions etc etc.
