Ignore my hours played, I have been playing since beta but only just added it on steam.

Let's get this out of the way from the start: I love this game.

The feel of the ships is superb once you get used to the controls, it might take a little while to get used to them but they are not as bad as some make out, I'm not a flight sim player or anything but I can fly the planes/heli in arma and battlefield, if you can fly those then you won't struggle with the controls. I play with mouse & keyboard and after a couple of tweaks to the default settings (most notably changing your mouse X axis to yaw and roll to A/D), and a bit of time, it becomes really intuitive.

One of the best things about the game is the amazing audio, it really is sooo atmospheric, with each ship having their own distinct sounds and things like the whoooshing as you come out of warp, really boost immersion. The graphics are also top notch with some jaw dropping views running on a pretty decent game engine which is not too heavy on resources, you certainly don't need a beast of a rig to run this on max.

If you like space games and are happy to play without needing a lot of hand holding or being guided by quests, then I'd say this game is for you. Ignore the 'MMO' tag, it is not at all a MMO in a tradition sense but that is not a bad thing really IMO, you can still team up with friends plus you can set up private groups so it is as if you have a server to yourselves and the solo game plays very well, if that is more your thing.

I don't think this is a game for everyone nor is it perfect but it is without doubt the best space game around and a hell of a lot of fun.

Ignore my hours played, I have been playing since beta but only just added it on steam. Let's get this out of the way from the start: I love this game. The feel of the ships is superb once you get used to the controls, it might take a little while to get used to them but they are not as bad as some make out, I'm not a flight sim player or anything but I can fly the planes/heli in arma and battlefield, if you can fly those then you won't struggle with the controls. I play with mouse & keyboard and after a couple of tweaks to the default settings (most notably changing your mouse X axis to yaw and roll to A/D), and a bit of time, it becomes really intuitive. One of the best things about the game is the amazing audio, it really is sooo atmospheric, with each ship having their own distinct sounds and things like the whoooshing as you come out of warp, really boost immersion. The graphics are also top notch with some jaw dropping views running on a pretty decent game engine which is not too heavy on resources, you certainly don't need a beast of a rig to run this on max. If you like space games and are happy to play without needing a lot of hand holding or being guided by quests, then I'd say this game is for you. Ignore the 'MMO' tag, it is not at all a MMO in a tradition sense but that is not a bad thing really IMO, you can still team up with friends plus you can set up private groups so it is as if you have a server to yourselves and the solo game plays very well, if that is more your thing. I don't think this is a game for everyone nor is it perfect but it is without doubt the best space game around and a hell of a lot of fun.