Spreadsheets in space
HIGH Setting out into the galaxy for the first time.
LOW Things get real repetitive, real quick.
WTF Where's the drama?
HIGH Setting out into the galaxy for the first time.
LOW Things get real repetitive, real quick.
WTF Where's the drama?
HIGH A graphical stunner full of eye candy and fan service.
LOW The lack of depth and small selection of environments.
WTF Apparently, the job requirements for Han Solo's voice actor were "Male. Preferably conscious."
HIGH Purchasing a dreadnaught.
LOW Escorting a friendly flying through clear airspace in a zigzag for no reason.
WTF Getting stuck when moving on a third axis would've gotten me out.
HIGH All the combat jets anyone could ever want, all in one game.
LOW The rest of the content has a long way to go.
WTF Some of the experimental aircraft designs from the past… Wow!
HIGH Watching a dreidekker fall to pieces and spin out of sight just in time to keep me from crashing into it.
LOW Playing essentially the same mission for the 85th time.
WTF How is strafing still this bad twenty years later?
by Steven Brown
Flight games often trend toward one of two different styles. On one side are the fast-action, arcade-like mainstays such as Afterburner or Ace Combat where the impossibility of carrying over sixty missiles at once is shoved aside in favor of letting people blast enemies from the skies with impunity. On the other end are entries like Microsoft Flight Simulator. Seemingly overwhelming in their attention to detail, these types of games take pride in making sure every single aspect of piloting is covered.
High The music kicking into high gear as the dreaded blimp pokes through the clouds.
Low Going from full health to stone dead in approximately four nanoseconds.
WTF Some of the unlockable color schemes are seemingly designed for the sole purpose of making eyeballs bleed.
HIGH I'm always up for any vehicle that transforms.
LOW Struggling (and failing) to keep up with missiles hitting friendly ships.
WTF Where's the rest of the content?
HIGH Finding out what happened to the main character post-game.
LOW Why are there rail shooter segments?
WTF Am I seriously spraying Agent Orange over rural Vietnam?
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