Here's a tip for anyone considering buying this game: do not buy unless you currently have directX 8 or below on your system. The reason for this is that unlike normal games, this one installs directX 9 whether you like it or not, so if you have 9.0b it confuses your system - dxdiag thinks you have 9.0b and if you go to windows update it will list a directX 9.0b update, thinking you only have 9.0. This occurs on the uk version at least. Graphics aren't bad, but there is a lot of tearing and no vsync option. Sound is awful - I experienced a lot of crackling in sound and the sound effects volume is far too low. Other people have encountered even worse. Gameplay is average - do not expect good support for force feedback joysticks (Sidewinder FF2's are very limp - you only experience FF if something hits you). The theme is very poor - I can see that not much work was put into the acting, as the mouths only make one simple open and close movement - like robots! Overall, this is probably the worst space sim I've ever played.
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