What is the combat like? Can you just fly around and wait for a mission, or is it linear? Is it freespace, or like a hex map?
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Well this game can run missions a few ways. One you can just pick a mission and play it out. (mission syntax code is avialable to write your own missions if you have the time.)
You have Campaign Mode, now this is something a little different than what I have seen in a game before. When you start a campaign everything with-in the campaign is preset. The number of ships on each side (Total number not just for one mission), the type and class as well. The star systems that under that Races control , the number of planets ...sun etc... and how each star system interconnects with each other. Now when you first start out in a campiagn you get to strap your butt the seat of a fighter and try your best to full fill your mission while avoiding from getting waxed by enemy fire. (Easier to say than to do) Now if you fail a mission and have to limp home to your carrier to fight another day there will be a cost. For every ship you loose in campaign mode you loose from your over all total available to your race and this also means fighters as well. As you progess in the missions you gain rank which will allow you to be deployed to other sectors with-in your systems not to mention gain access to Capital ships.
As for combat ..thankfully you can set weapons to "Auto" so you do not have to micro manage so much. This also includes Auto Defense. You have to remember this is moer like a space combat sim burried within an RTS, this is full 360 Degree combat and you have to sstop thinking 2D when playing or it will get you killed. As an example, if you are out numbered 3 to 1 while engaged in combat around the orbit of a planet and you know your ship is more aerodynamic than the others use that advantage over them enter the Planets Atmosphere and engage them (Thats right you can transit from Space Combat to Air to Air combat where a different set of physics takes place) Now this could be at your disadvantage when you level the atmosphere and enter back into space. You could have a Capital ship just waiting in orbit to slam a missile up against your hull.
I could go on more about this ...but you might be better off just downloading the Demo just to get a feal for the game. I would highly recommend you have a joystick with rudder control and a Hat for micro thrustering.
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