This new space strategy game developed by Mithis showcases the possibility of the future of space; a time where space is not controlled by governments, but controlled by individual corporations and which ever corporation has the most power controls space. You are Marcus Cromwell, son of the first ever human born in space, and you are thrown into several conflicts that will test your ability as a commander of a fleet and of an individual ship.
The game will start off with the standard tutorial type missions, mainly introducing you into the basic controls of the ship and the abilities that you have. As you progress through the campaign, your experience will evolve as will your fleet. You will slowly be transformed from the captain of a single vessel with low-tech weaponry and gadgets to the admiral of a fleet of ships with high-tech weaponry and gadgets. As suggested previously you will have the opportunity to upgrade each one of your ships with different technology. You will have to equip your ship with engines, shields, generators, and of course weapons. As you progress you will have to start making wise decisions as to which weapons to deploy on each ship and for each certain mission. You will also have the capability of having fighters to escort and help your ships as you may need them in future missions. Micromanagement will be the name of the game as you learn the tricks to how to defeat enemies. You will be able to choose what type of weapons you want to use on a ship: tactical, anti-shield, and destructive. You can even manage further by choosing which individual weapons to use on different ships.
The game play is definitely the highlight of this game. Commanding a fleet of ships may seem like a daunting task at first, but as you progress you will slowly be introduced into how to control many ships with ease. Every mission presents a different challenge to be accomplished and the strategy for doing the mission may change from time to time. The controls of the game are very well done. If you are capable of using the controls that are presented to you, you will be able to decimate any enemy that confronts you. The campaign takes about 15 hours of solid game play to finish. 15 hours of game play in this age of shorter and shorter games 15 hours seems like a lot of single player game play. The only real problem with the game play is that the way to defeat enemies gets rather dull and hum drum after you learn the trick to defeating them. I'm not going to reveal the trick, but it is rather obvious after a few fights. You will need to install the patch that has been released in order to not encounter some of the bugs that have really hampered the game.
The graphics in the game are exquisite. The regular game play graphics are incredible. As you fire every single weapon you will see the trail of the laser weapons or the streak of a missile screaming towards your target and even the trail of your engine. You will see the impact of that weapon on either the shield of enemy vessel or see it explode on the hull of the ship with a fantastic explosion. As you are able to destroy a ship you will be able to see the innards of the ship come apart and once the ship can take no more internal damage you see a spectacular flash and after that flash has subsided you will see parts of the ship strewn everywhere. Not only is the explosion of the ship aesthetic, but also deadly as any ship without shields caught in the blast will get damage or destroyed. The cut-scenes that are scene at pivotal points of the game are incredible. They seem so realistic, and they really make sure that you pay attention because they explain some pivotal parts of the storyline.
The sound in this game is pretty good. The sounds of the weapons going off sounds as realistic as I guess you think that they would be. After a while it will get annoying to hear the same sounds over and over again, but you really can't mix that up so you can't really complain. The music that is played during the moments in which you are not in the heat of battle is pretty good and put you in the mood to play a game like this.
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