What makes this iteration different than say X2 the threat, or X3 the reunion are two main things, one, you can train your own marines to capture ships, what i mean is boarding and capture ships, two, the controls are mouse driven.

The combat can be intense or as handsoff as you want, what i mean by this is that you can do a lot of things by hitting the autopilot button and if you have the right flight software installed within the game universe, you can tell your ship to attack the enemy you are targeting.Īs far as strategy goes.i will say this, like the previous poster says, there is strategy in building your empire and having your own fleets of ships etc. It is even more complex in control than Freespace series of games, though not as bad as the battlecrusier series type games. From my experience, i can say the following, it is not a game for someone who just want something as simple as freelancer or Darkstar One. I have the game, and played here and there.