I really enjoyed this game. It has a good story line to follow, but also allows you to go and do your own thing like pirating, trading, smuggling, etc. I didn’t find any issues with running the software. As far as getting to new systems, at first it is a pain because you have a very limited jump range. Just spend some time doing the missions and following the story line and you will get upgrades to get to where you want to go. The different upgrade options for your ship is great. You can play this game multiple times and upgrade your ship differently each time.
Thing I didn’t like:
The first thing I did not like are the two missions where you are on a “Research station” and have to shoot these little blue ships that keep coming at you in waves. The first mission is fine, but the second one is very hard and you have to almost memorize the order at which they come at you.
The ending could have used more work. It isn’t as much of an ending as they just couldn’t figure out what they should have you do and came up with a lame ending that was way easy.
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