- Gameplay: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 31 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Multiplayer: 25 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Interface: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 128 player reviews · updated
What players think
The recurring themes across 117 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The controls and mechanics are hardly different than the 2005 flash game version other than being made infinitely more smooth and manageable.
There is a lot of strategy in how you deal with both other players and your own equipment (carrying a scrambler or certain sets of mines, using different secondary weapons at different times or even at the same time to synergize with each other) and even taking advantage of how the camera is positioned between viewing modes can change the way you handle and experience combat.
We were capable of taking on higher leveled ships (level ~12-15) despite not even breaking past level 7 on our own with the equipment that we had, which places a lot of confidence within me in how PVP and PVE is handled in this game even as levels progressed.
It's fun, it's easy to understand, and this is one of few games where even an action packed combat can be a relaxing experience with the colorful array of weapons and ability effects lighting up the blackness of space.
Really enjoying how well the co-op gameplay works in regards to missions and the rewards.
As others have mentioned, runs extremely well on older machines, no latency issues, and has a wonderful sound track and sound effects, many of which match the original.
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Scored on what reviews say about each topic, not the thumbs.
What you get
Can you play it alone, does a controller work, does it run on your machine.
Play modes
- Co-op
- MMO
- Multi-player
- Online PvP
- PvP
- Single-player
Controller
- Partial Controller Support
- Tracked Controller Support
Store features
- Family Sharing
- VR Supported
Platforms
- Windows
- macOS
- Linux
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