The game is definitely interesting. I'm temped to try it out, myself.
The setting and art style is so fantastic it puts me off, a little. That should be part of the charm, because Star Trek and every other big sci-fi franchise setting is hardly realistic. Me, I'm reminded of the art style of the dumbed down Dungeons and Dragons, where a two handed ax is depicted as something so heavy that not even a viking could wield. I'm just attached to Star Trek's ship architecture, and from there, everything ranks in descending order. A Star Trek mod for the game would be awesome. I doubt that it is doable, and even so, one would be very temped to reinvent ST's weapons. After all, JJ Abrams broke the ST universe, so why not start all over again?
My prejudice aside, I wonder if I could even compete with younger players. Watching the play tester, this doesn't look like something an old man could do. Allowing players to team up, and fly individual ships in a fleet would work, for me. I couldn't divide my attention across several, and hope to operate successfully. Then, on Gamespy, my squadron leader fell asleep, and lead us directly into the path of the enemy's slow drones. What was the point in going speed 17? Grrr. Operating in a fleet was when SFC really fun.
I've already thought that I might like to plat Battlefleet Gothic as an Eldar Corsair. Light and maneuverable, they sound like Klingon ships. They'd take a lot of skill to fly. The Imperials sound like they're probably fairly easy. Chaos sound like the Empire, but with a different load out ratio, and the Ork Pirates as a built around a stupidly simple, rush in and kill strategy. The Eldar would have to play a very long, drawn out battle, risking destruction with the first mistake. I don't think I can do that. The controls need to be simple. With one ship, SFC gets to be a handful, and this game has the player handle fleets.
I still need a new computer, and I wonder if I'm going to have to buy one with some super-duper video card to play this monster. Does it work with Win 7? Will Win 7 drive me insane if I don't switch to Win 10? Ack. Is an I5 processor just way too slow?
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