@finalstar2007: yes it's more fun than it is impressive. The flight mechanics are the best in any space sim I've ever played. 4 different flight speeds, coupled and decoupled flight, completely flyable astronaut suits, complete 3 dimensional functionality in all scenarios, get in and out of ships even during motion (do not recommend, bye bye ship), amazing animations and great art design all around.
They took everything cool out of other space sims like Elite and tweaked it to be better. The landing is better, the flight is better, the gameplay is better.
I was in a freighter in a turret and we were flying through a giant asteroid belt around a planet. The pilot was weaving in and out of the asteroids (hundreds of thousands if not millions) as we were being pursued. It was probably the most fun thing I've ever done in a game, breathtaking views and visceral intense combat. I had to take a second to say woah, before focusing on defending our freighter. Eventually he deked out the smaller fighter causing him to smash into an asteroid into a million little pieces.
They kind of just are finishing basic mechanics testing before integrating more content. For an alpha it's a ton of fun considering there's not much to accomplish yet.
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