Gameplay: The game is open-ended. If you enjoyed games such as Privateer, X: Beyond the Frontier (the original), or the quasi-new Freelancer, then this is a game that you should pick up. If you've played X:Beyond the Frontier though, you will definitely find yourself at home and apprecite the new additions all the more. Special features include a robust trade system (as in the first game), multiple ships to pilot including carriers, transports, fighters, and battleships (all new), and the ability to command a fleet of vessels across the game universe (also new). Graphics: The graphics are impressive to a point. The horid explosions of vessels from X: Beyond the Frontier are gone, but its new replacement isn't much better. They hardly match up to the explosion presents in Haegemonia. I don't know, but I require some gratification from time to time ^_^. Other than that, many of the backgrounds in the stars are 3D which is a nice touch. Shadows and bumpmapping cause a performance hit, but with how it looks, you'd be crazy to turn it off. Sound: Myriad sounds. The only thing that saves it is the music and computer voice commentary. The music is great though some of the "peace" music can get old make you want to take a nap. I'm almost always happy to see a pirate in the vicinity just so the music takes a upbeat tone. As I said, the sound isn't too great, but it is adequate. Value: The ability to destroy stations, construct your own, and have a fleet will prolong the life of this game much further than ever before. The only stations I believe that respawn are pirate bases and you could "technically" turn that off as well. But what would be the fun in that? Tilt: Nosedive! The game has a bad save bug in the game which will render your saves useless as they will cause the game to crash about 3 seconds after loading. There is a patch due any day now, but just wanted to let everyone know that version 1.0 does have a few game-impairing glitches. I've stopped playing the game in the meantime, but can't wait to get back in.
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