So as a fan of the genre I finally caved and decided to get myself into beta today. First of all, the fact that there is no in game anything given to people who play-test your game for you is kind of insulting and a significant reason why more people haven't been giving you money and buying your game / access (Poll taken from a dozen people). Anyways, let me move on and talk about the game.
The download was pretty quick and I was able to get into the game relatively quickly which was good. But that is where anything good ended for me.
Next thing I know, I am dumped into the game with a giant floating borg sphere looking object in the distance. After fiddling with the controls for roughly an hour due to the fact that there is no tutorial in place was disheartening. I got a friend who I know plays to log on and give me some pointers.
So, I fly to azeban station or whatever it was called. Due to the terrible communication interface I was unable to find my friend. It took us a while till we realized that we were probably on different instances. Next thing, we created a group and decided to setup a private play session so that I could learn this game without interference from other players.
About 30 minutes later we were able to group at the station. Apparently the best way to get into some action while making money is to fly around aimlessly looking for random things in space (I should not have to give a reason why this is flawed). So we try to fly around to find something... We get seperated... cant find each other and then decide to fly back to the station. So, at this point I had the GREAT joy of learning how this jump system works in regards to stopping. After Stopping short and overshooting the station multiple times I was finally able to get back to the station where my friend was waiting for me. At this point I am feeling very frustrated and wondering why these humans who have conquered space travel on a galactic scale do not have auto pilots that take them to major infrastructure destinations. Oh well, I guess the Devs just didn't get the memo on how computers are more efficient that humans for space travel.
Moving on, we decide to try again but travel at the same speed to keep within eyesight of each other... Next thing I know, I get pulled out due to an interdiction. I have no idea what is happening at this point. All I see is several craft flying straight toward me so in self defense I open fire... Get a bounty on my head and then the fight ensues. After a frustrating dog fight due to unrealistic flight parameters and incredibly slow yaw / turning the enemy craft rams me head on. I die and have to respawn.
Needless to say, it was the most frustrating 3 hours of my life in the history of playing video games. There was not one thing that I thought was positive during this time. The 2 biggest issues I have with this game in its current state is one, there is no way to play the game with a friend. Apparently this is a single player game on servers currently which even for a game in beta is incredibly disappointing. Secondly, the space travel for this game is inherently flawed. There is no way for me to travel at light speed with a friend currently. Which means, no CO OP play. I don't understand why these people in this universe have galactic space flight but haven't figured out how to have a computer fly you to a destination... It just makes absolutely no sense.
To add insult to injury, your company won't accept refunds [redacted]
I really want to like this game but unless these inherent flaws get fixed, I and the group that I play with won't be playing this game. Since a refund is not allowed (I feel robbed), I will come back and try this game later on down the road and hope that very basic and fundamental features have been implemented.
The download was pretty quick and I was able to get into the game relatively quickly which was good. But that is where anything good ended for me.
Next thing I know, I am dumped into the game with a giant floating borg sphere looking object in the distance. After fiddling with the controls for roughly an hour due to the fact that there is no tutorial in place was disheartening. I got a friend who I know plays to log on and give me some pointers.
So, I fly to azeban station or whatever it was called. Due to the terrible communication interface I was unable to find my friend. It took us a while till we realized that we were probably on different instances. Next thing, we created a group and decided to setup a private play session so that I could learn this game without interference from other players.
About 30 minutes later we were able to group at the station. Apparently the best way to get into some action while making money is to fly around aimlessly looking for random things in space (I should not have to give a reason why this is flawed). So we try to fly around to find something... We get seperated... cant find each other and then decide to fly back to the station. So, at this point I had the GREAT joy of learning how this jump system works in regards to stopping. After Stopping short and overshooting the station multiple times I was finally able to get back to the station where my friend was waiting for me. At this point I am feeling very frustrated and wondering why these humans who have conquered space travel on a galactic scale do not have auto pilots that take them to major infrastructure destinations. Oh well, I guess the Devs just didn't get the memo on how computers are more efficient that humans for space travel.
Moving on, we decide to try again but travel at the same speed to keep within eyesight of each other... Next thing I know, I get pulled out due to an interdiction. I have no idea what is happening at this point. All I see is several craft flying straight toward me so in self defense I open fire... Get a bounty on my head and then the fight ensues. After a frustrating dog fight due to unrealistic flight parameters and incredibly slow yaw / turning the enemy craft rams me head on. I die and have to respawn.
Needless to say, it was the most frustrating 3 hours of my life in the history of playing video games. There was not one thing that I thought was positive during this time. The 2 biggest issues I have with this game in its current state is one, there is no way to play the game with a friend. Apparently this is a single player game on servers currently which even for a game in beta is incredibly disappointing. Secondly, the space travel for this game is inherently flawed. There is no way for me to travel at light speed with a friend currently. Which means, no CO OP play. I don't understand why these people in this universe have galactic space flight but haven't figured out how to have a computer fly you to a destination... It just makes absolutely no sense.
To add insult to injury, your company won't accept refunds [redacted]
I really want to like this game but unless these inherent flaws get fixed, I and the group that I play with won't be playing this game. Since a refund is not allowed (I feel robbed), I will come back and try this game later on down the road and hope that very basic and fundamental features have been implemented.
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