OK so this is a roguealike. It's not Elite Dangerous, it's not Freelancer, it's not Star Citizen, it's more like FTL crossed with a space shooter with exceptional graphics. You pass throuigh a series of 7 sectors each containing different zones (the final one being set on a planet). Arrive at a zone, explore, loot, then when the pursuing Okkar forces arrive (just like FTL's Rebels) depart before you get shot out of the sky until you get to the final sector for a big encounter/showdown with the end boss.

This isn't a game I can sit down and play for a solid 20 hours [though I've definitely done 6 or 7 before] but is currently my goto game when I have hour or two to kill and just want some action. I played from Early Access and so have seen it grow from very sparsely populated game to something with a lot of variety, with a fully voiced story which reveals itself over successive runs.

The DLC adds plenty of sidequests, new equipment, enemy types and more story lines and is also definitely recommended.

The main cons for me are that when you do die a) it can be a real downer, especially if you die to a momentary lapse in concentration after an hour or two and b) not sure I agree with the fact that you get to upgrade your ship after you die, making the game progressively easier over time [though this has been fixed to some extent with hardcore mode, in which you upgrade your ship during a run and all upgrades are lost when you die].

I wasn't the greatest fan of the default Freelancer style 3rd person view, either, but then I discovered first person, with fully functioning cockpit (so there's no reason to have much of an HUD at all, which I disable) and it has freelook.

Good fun and recommended. I love it when things get really hectic, some spectacular battles and very cinematic. Beautiful scenery.

OK so this is a roguealike. It's not Elite Dangerous, it's not Freelancer, it's not Star Citizen, it's more like FTL crossed with a space shooter with exceptional graphics. You pass throuigh a series of 7 sectors each containing different zones (the final one being set on a planet). Arrive at a zone, explore, loot, then when the pursuing Okkar forces arrive (just like FTL's Rebels) depart before you get shot out of the sky until you get to the final sector for a big encounter/showdown with the end boss. This isn't a game I can sit down and play for a solid 20 hours [though I've definitely done 6 or 7 before] but is currently my goto game when I have hour or two to kill and just want some action. I played from Early Access and so have seen it grow from very sparsely populated game to something with a lot of variety, with a fully voiced story which reveals itself over successive runs. The DLC adds plenty of sidequests, new equipment, enemy types and more story lines and is also definitely recommended. The main cons for me are that when you do die a) it can be a real downer, especially if you die to a momentary lapse in concentration after an hour or two and b) not sure I agree with the fact that you get to upgrade your ship after you die, making the game progressively easier over time [though this has been fixed to some extent with hardcore mode, in which you upgrade your ship during a run and all upgrades are lost when you die]. I wasn't the greatest fan of the default Freelancer style 3rd person view, either, but then I discovered first person, with fully functioning cockpit (so there's no reason to have much of an HUD at all, which I disable) and it has freelook. Good fun and recommended. I love it when things get really hectic, some spectacular battles and very cinematic. Beautiful scenery.