It is a new look on an old classic, but this one was a swing and a miss.
Your mission, is too clear a path through space, so its safe for travellers, and let me tell ya, you got your work cut out for ya. You have a choice of ships to choose from. They all have sheild capasity, thrusters, warping capabilities, and cannon. Each one is more better suited in some areas than others, but the original ship design is there and avaliable. Now onto the gameplay. The keys to move your ship are very akward. They will take alot of getting used too. And no, you can't change them during game play. If your lucky, your 3D graphics accelerating hardware will take hold of the game, so eveything should look nice and crisp. But if not, and it has happened, you will need to run the game in software mode. This option can be reached at the primary menu, I believe, if not, just reinstall. You probably would be better off. You can't just move your ship like you could with the old one. You need to rotate, then thrust in that direction. You have a small burst of Auto-Sheilds, but if a small enough Asteroid comes your way, hold the sheild button down, and it should reflect off you. But when the great big ones come your way, you are screwed unless you take it out within a 2 second window, your sheilds will colapse, fast!
You know something.... this game had alot, and I mean, alot of potentional to be an awesome remake of the classic. It sounds challenging, it certainly nice to look at, you have more options to help you fight your way thru space, but once its all put together on your screen and you start playing.... it just doesn't work out well at all. Believe me, I have given this game dozen of chances over the years, but am disappointed every time.