Worth it for the right player.
At $19.99. It has been as low as $15.99.
- Story and characters: 55 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 38 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 19 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Crashes: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 7 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 244 player reviews · updated 10 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 186 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Apart from the great single player campaign with an intense story, you can also compete against real players via multiplayer options.
The only two issues i have experienced with an old game like most is the fact that it dose not support Dual monitors and you may get strange graphics or even game crashes, to fix this just play with one monitor active.
Yes, you heard right, this game is very old (originally released 1998), yet its gameplay and mechanics has set the standard for and influenced probably all space fighter simulations released after it.
+ very well streamlined HUD
Apart from the great single player campaign with an intense story, you can also compete against real players via multiplayer options.
You CAN play this game with a mouse and keyboard, it will be improved with a joystick or gamepad but its more than playable without.
+1 more the community rallied around
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Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $15.99.
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