A freeform space simulation that truly gives you the freedom to fly the skies however you please.
Evochron Renegades is a free-form space simulator, a largely forgotten genre amongst the swarms of First Person Shooters, Third Person Shooters, Action Adventure Games, and Casual Puzzle/Party games that saturate today's market. Although Renegades is not the first free-form space simulation game, it is definetly the best game in the genre to have come out in a while.
The biggest part of a free-form space sim is a large, open universe, and Evochron Renegades definetly delivers on that aspect. Evo Ren has an absolutely massive universe with dozens of star systems, hundreds of planets, and several interstellar starships and other galactic opportunities for you to explore.
Now, it's not just the size of the universe that Evo Ren gives you that makes it remarkable, it's the amount of ways it gives you to explore it. There is no binding storyline that ties you to one chain of events. You can live your life in this universe however you see fit. You can be a miner, travelling to distant planets in search of valuable resources. You can be an intergalactic security officer, travelling the universe in order to keep peace among all the other starships. You can become a space pirate, plundering the wreckages of abbandoned spaceships with valuable cargo. It truly is a free-form simulation. You can live your life in Evochron Renegades however you see fit!
However, the game is definetly not perfect. Evo Ren is definetly not a big budget title, and the presentation of the game often reflects this. The textures in the game are often low resolution and appear very dated, and some of the larger, highly curved objects (such as planets viewed from a large distance) feature large amounts of jaggies. However, most of the objects in the game are fairly jaggie-free, and the lighting in the game is spectacular
The interface and controls of the game can take some getting used to. Flying around the vast universe can be tricky at first, as the controls for the ship are very complex. Once you get used to them, however, the amount of control and precision that you have when flying your ship is remarkable. While your first few dogfights may be rather challenging (whether you are being raided or are the raider), you'll be soaring like a leaf on the wind in no time, and once you've mastered your ship, flying in this game becomes an absolute dream.
Evochron Renegades is an absolute dream for space-simulator lovers. While the complexity of the game may steer away more casual gamers, people who are truly dedicated to space-flight games will find plenty to do in the vast and ever changing world of Evochron Renegades!