I'm only about 3 hours in and haven't even experienced any real combat, but I already love this game. It's like playing a 2d 80s space game like Starflight inside of a mid 90s 3D game. Your main control screens are all simple 2D monitors inside of a 3D ship. The gameplay is a lot like Escape Velocity, but you spend your time inside the ship instead of on the world map. Buy cargo or take on missions at the port, set all your navs, then you can feel free to wander around your ship, read the news and email, tinker with energy settings, then go OH CRAP when alarms go off and try and go dark in a nebula. I'll update this review with further thoughts, but so far this is great. It's not a straight action space game, more of a slow complex one, but it has plenty of atmosphere and looks great with its 80s/90s blend.
