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While it has flak and beams, this is not Freespace 2. You're not part of a coordinated force in this game and don't expect your wingmen to accomplish shit. This is a more arcade-y experience of just annihilating anything and everything you encounter, occasionally side tracked by orders to just shoot this specific thing for a while. I think the dogfights are timer-based because I never seem to run out of enemies to shoot down and then all of a sudden they all warp out. The game is very much about replaying missions to get high scores (based on # of kills) with optional objectives to give your ships stat boosts (and enable even more destruction).
Earlygame tip: remap the change missile and change gun buttons to something easier than the default setup, it's way more efficient to mow down their shields with machinegun fire THEN finish them off with the plasma cannons. The game is kind of slow dribbling out the tutorial hints and you can get screwed out of medals in the earlygame because of it.
This game's kill-centric philosophy really lends itself well to the Rage meter mechanic. Even during the talky parts of missions you can blow up wreckage to accumulate rage to fuel robot mode. Going robot is almost like launching a missile barrage in Bangai-O. Hold down shift and you auto-aim at the next closest enemy with your heavy guns, but range still applies so the best place to go robot is in the thick of a furball. Keep killing, keep the rage meter high.
So not much of a space sim, but a great arcade-y free roaming shooter.
I can't believe they didn't include the ability to invert Y with mouse controls, especially considering the robot mode controls so much better with Mouse WASD than with a flightstick (lots of doubletap dodging)
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Report back, MM by fabio 01/23/2013, 8:39pm PST 
Eurogamer gave it 3/10 for shitty escort missions NT by MM 01/23/2013, 10:03pm PST
Anyone think these gaming sites roll dice to see what indie game they'll bomb? by Worm 01/24/2013, 12:37pm PST
Gonna have to go with Worm on this one by MM 01/24/2013, 11:13pm PST
Did you pitch in on the kickstarter for Star Citizen? Not that it needed it. NT by WITTGENSTEIN 01/25/2013, 7:03pm PST
He is a dumbass. Mission 4 wasn't easy but it wasn't ridiculously difficult. by WITTGENSTEIN 01/26/2013, 12:59pm PST
Rock Paper Shotgun calls it an MMORPG because it displays mission objectives. NT by Start to Cunt: -1 01/25/2013, 4:38pm PST
Jesus christ, are we really the only ones left with taste in games? NT by Worm 01/25/2013, 5:08pm PST
Every time I want to know if a game's any good I Google site:caltrops.com [name] by Rafiki 01/25/2013, 6:35pm PST
Re: Jesus christ, are we really the only ones left with taste in games? by Mischief Maker 01/26/2013, 10:28pm PST
hahahahahaha, bullseye. NT by Last 01/27/2013, 10:16am PST
I agree. Visits to virtual whorehouses should be better NT by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 05/04/2013, 7:06pm PDT
I bought this because someone scoffed that it's Metarating was 64 by Worm 01/24/2013, 12:10am PST
What controller setup are you using? by MM 01/24/2013, 9:09pm PST
Mouse and keyboard. by Worm 01/24/2013, 9:52pm PST
Oh and you can redo any mission in your Strike Suit to get the unlockables. NT by Worm 01/24/2013, 10:17pm PST
Initial Impressions Report by MM 01/25/2013, 10:21am PST
Re: Initial Impressions Report by WITTGENSTEIN 01/25/2013, 9:51pm PST
Things I've learned about using the Robot by Mischief Maverick 01/25/2013, 10:10pm PST
More Robot and Freespace 2 by Mischief Maker 01/27/2013, 9:15am PST
Re: More Robot and Freespace 2 by WITTGENSTEIN 01/27/2013, 11:59am PST
More thoughts on this and the bitching about escort missions. by Worm 01/31/2013, 7:59pm PST
Let's not say things about Payload mode we can't take back NT by WITTGENSTEIN 01/31/2013, 9:08pm PST
I think you're onto something here. by Mischief Maker 02/01/2013, 6:36pm PST
Okay, the final mission is obnoxious. by Mischief Maker 03/22/2013, 9:53pm PDT
Yeah I just flipped my mouse and gave up on the last mission by fabio 10/26/2013, 8:38pm PDT
I got bored of this but they released a new game that's score attack by Worm 05/01/2013, 11:01am PDT
Picked this up on sale by fabio 10/24/2013, 1:25pm PDT
Re: Picked this up on sale by Mischief Maker 10/24/2013, 8:34pm PDT
Drama! by Source: NeoGAF 01/18/2014, 9:00pm PST
How noteworthy is the extent to which he's is dripping with weeb indignation? by stupid newbie 01/18/2014, 10:53pm PST
"Your eyes are just too BIG to see the potential!" NT by The Happiness Engine 01/19/2014, 8:11am PST
I don't entirely disagree with the guy by Mischief Maker 01/19/2014, 8:41am PST
It was mostly his comment about westerners facepalming when giant robots were by stupid newbie 01/19/2014, 8:52am PST
This is the difference between the east and west RE: Giant Robots by Mischief Maker 01/19/2014, 10:10am PST
Hilariously, his frustration runs a lot deeper than that. by Source: NeoGAF 01/19/2014, 11:21am PST
This is all giving me a sense of something pointlessly esoteric by stupid newbie 01/19/2014, 7:05pm PST
Nah, I think it's simpler than that. by Mischief Maker 01/20/2014, 8:52am PST
Too simple! You need to back up and dumb it down a little less. by Source: NeoGAF 01/21/2014, 12:19am PST
There is some overlap by WITTGENSTEIN 01/20/2014, 9:43am PST
Case in point by Cacophanus 02/03/2014, 1:57am PST
I sure hope you came here after checking google results for your forum handle NT by Caltrops.com 02/03/2014, 10:02am PST
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