This game is fantastic! It nails the old-school DOOM and QUAKE better than anything else I've played in a number of years. It's a total gore-fest and each kill is as satisfying as the hype-train has implied. The retro-styled graphics really bring an additional charm to what is already an exciting romp through Hell. If you're still playing DOOM, you need to give this game a try. I don't usually buy games that are still in early access, but I'm glad I did this time.
New ships. Bigger map. New alien race to start as. Great stuff! They also added some quality of life stuff to make the game a little more intuitive.However, it's still got a long way to go, especially on the galaxy map. It's so convoluted that it's somewhat detrimental to gameplay and unnecessarily steepens the learning curve. For example, if you want to remotely control a ship, you get two different command lists if you right-click on the ship vs if you left-click first and then right-click. There's also left-clicking on one object and then scrolling to find your ship to then right-click it for specific commands. If you miss your click, you clear the selections and have to start all over. It took me 5 tries to get my docked trading ship to fly to a specific station and dock. To be honest, I'm not even sure if I sent it to the right station as it's impossible to easily see details and drill them down.
It's great! They've improved the handling for the cars. It's challenging, fun, and fast-paced. You can even run over Trump and Hillary so what's not to like? Well... The only real problem I have with it is that they said they'd work on a Linux version. This never happened. A lot of us backed the Kickstarter because of this. You know, with all the advancements in Linux gaming as of late (I'm playing Mad Max, Killing Floor 2, and even No Man's Sky on Linux) I'd be perfectly satisfied if they'd release a patch for this game that makes it compatible with Wine or Proton.
Fantastic! Looks just like you're watching a cartoon! Very difficult to play, but extremely fun!
Okay, first thing right out of the gate you need to know that if you see someone playing this game using the mouse and keyboard to dogfight and they're complaining about how hard it is, they aren't using the controls correctly. While you *can* control the ships manually, it's really just for mining and salvaging. The correct way to perform combat, however, is to do it is like how it was on Star Trek Legacy where you steer your ship with WSAD, look around with the mouse, and use a context menu to issue commands to your crew. Yes, when in combat, you spend most all of your time and effort positioning your ship so that most of your turrets are facing your target while you try to turn any of your decaying shields away from incoming fire, manage power systems, offensive and defensive captain skills, as well as purchased ship add-ons that give additional abilities. All the time this is going on, your crew will engage the enemy ships. You can manually give the command to fire torpedoes and even send marines over to board the enemy ship. Now, with that out of the way this game is super fun and addicting. While you fly around and trade, bounty hunt, defend stations, or even destroy them, you have a little station and empire of your own that you're operating in a simple Master of Orion type game board. It's not so complicated that you'll be pouring over a manual for days just to play your first game. I figured everything out in a few hours of diving in. You collect resources, build structures, expand your borders, defend them from invaders, perform diplomacy duties, sign trade agreements, and build your own fleet. There's a lot that seems to be inspired from X3: Albion Prelude with the HQ expansion where you can reverse-engineer captured ships and then mass produce them. There's tons of stuff to do and you can play the game however you like. Very addicting. I give it five very happy space goats.
They really need to clean up the old reviews for this game. When it came out, it fell short of expectations. Since then, they've basically rewritten the entire game from the ground up. It's not one of the greatest sandbox space games ever created and if you've been avoiding it because of all the anti-hype that was started years ago, it's time to buy.
