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Yes. by Mischief Maker 03/31/2012, 6:49pm PDT
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Honestly, I'm rating this game a guilty pleasure. Freespace 2 does flightstick space combat better (and is Xbox 360 controller compatible), and Space Rangers 2 does galaxy-spanning spaceship RPGs better. I would only say buy if you played and have fond memories of Elite, because nostalgia is the main selling point here.

The one thing I do like that I recently noticed is that while enemies scale to match your ship's "level," it's not just a case of upping their stats, the different types of ships begin to specialize in different tactics. The Ersatz-Klingons start packing multiple turrets and supershot charging weapons, the silly goggle-eyed bond-villain-voiced aliens start leaning on the afterburners and dropping mines, the bird aliens start using special drives to violently shift position, etc.

Again, the game's a piece of shit with mouse WASD.
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Woah, shit! Did you know they remade Elite? by Mischief Maker 03/28/2012, 1:06am PDT NEW
    Your summary of EVE combat is as accurate as your mental image of pot dealers NT by fabio 03/28/2012, 1:31pm PDT NEW
        I'm forced to agree with FABIO NT by Entropy Stew 03/29/2012, 5:52pm PDT NEW
    I thought this game was a piece of shit. by Gutsby 03/28/2012, 5:00pm PDT NEW
        If you played with mouse WASD, I agree. by Mischief Maker 03/28/2012, 7:19pm PDT NEW
            Does it work with a 360 controller? by Entropy Stew 03/31/2012, 6:06pm PDT NEW
                Yes. by Mischief Maker 03/31/2012, 6:49pm PDT NEW
 
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