Posted January 11, 2009
I Missed this game when it first came out. It sports wonderful graphics for its time, as you can see by the screens. The game play is fast paced and fun. Dog fights make up most of the action, they can easily be played with mouse and keyboard, no need for a joystick.
You get to upgrade you ship as you go along, by finding artifacts. I found that hunting these artifacts are really more of a chore than an adventure. Also, you really dont get alot of choice with you ship upgrades. Its not like Masters of Orion or Space Empires in the customization department, you can choose to upgrade the hull, wings or tail of the ship. An add abilities to a plasma cannon. Kind of weak actually.
The major draw back to the game is that It gets repetitive after 10-12 hours of play. All the missions are basically the same, and pirates keep throwing themselves at you in waves.
Another strange thing is that being an outlaw is less fun than being a good guy. See the police hunt you when your an outlaw. Sounds fun, yeah? Nope, The police are very weak, but they come in endless waves, you can never destroy all of them and you cant leave the system until their far away from you, leaving you only the option of running. Its like being swarmed by gnats. Also you cannot destroy buildings (starbases and the like) making my experience of being an outlaw very lame.
Over a pretty good game, great graphics and a good experience for the first few hours, It is certainly worth the 9.99 gog wants, and dont buy it in the bargain rack, its got the nasty StarForce DRM, unlike at gog.
I give it 3 stars.
You get to upgrade you ship as you go along, by finding artifacts. I found that hunting these artifacts are really more of a chore than an adventure. Also, you really dont get alot of choice with you ship upgrades. Its not like Masters of Orion or Space Empires in the customization department, you can choose to upgrade the hull, wings or tail of the ship. An add abilities to a plasma cannon. Kind of weak actually.
The major draw back to the game is that It gets repetitive after 10-12 hours of play. All the missions are basically the same, and pirates keep throwing themselves at you in waves.
Another strange thing is that being an outlaw is less fun than being a good guy. See the police hunt you when your an outlaw. Sounds fun, yeah? Nope, The police are very weak, but they come in endless waves, you can never destroy all of them and you cant leave the system until their far away from you, leaving you only the option of running. Its like being swarmed by gnats. Also you cannot destroy buildings (starbases and the like) making my experience of being an outlaw very lame.
Over a pretty good game, great graphics and a good experience for the first few hours, It is certainly worth the 9.99 gog wants, and dont buy it in the bargain rack, its got the nasty StarForce DRM, unlike at gog.
I give it 3 stars.