This is a decent space sim. Nothing more nothing less. It has some rough spots, most notably the voice acting and the English translations. In addition the learning curve is rather steep as well. You will likely be doing a lot of trial and error as you figure out what kind of ship configuration suits your style of play. The amount of freedom you have in configuring your ships is one of this game's great strengths and also one of its biggest flaws. You can design almost any style of ship you want as long as it is a fighter/interceptor, attack bomber, or small gunboat type of ship. The issue I have with this is that you don't really know how your configuration will work until you try it our in the field, so to speak, leading to many mission restarts if you mess up.
What makes this game really worthwhile for me is that for the week of April 6 it and it's predecessor Tarr Chronicles are only $3.00 for the pair @ Gamersgate!
So if you are looking for something different and have $3.00 and a decent internet connection it's hard to go wrong.
Dark Horizons is your typical space simulation game. While it's definitely not a bad thing at all, as anyone who's a fan of the genre will be more than happy playing this game, I just wished for more. I wanted something ... Read Full Review
Installation and configuration is straight forward. The game has an electronic manual (PDF) but doesn't include a reader (usually Acrobat Reader). Running it for the first time, you might encounter codec issues if you do... Read Full Review
