Star Wars The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter

1. It has no drifting, no partial inertia.  What a shame.
   
2. Its HUD is a bit busy, plus it has a lead indicator showing you where to shoot (WHY!!!?!)
   
3. It doesn't seem to have any limit on ammo or overheating, you can pew-pew to your heart's content
   
4. Download size.  Already SWTOR is 25 GIGABYTES without the starfighter expansion.  Ouch.
   
5. So far only two maps with one battle mode (Domination), though obviously that can change.
   
6. Its EA. Although SWTOR does not require the installation of their "Origin" rootkit spyware, I find it hard to trust a company once they've descended to that level of evil.
   

• A rich variety of ships with more under development
  
• Tech tree with branching paths to upgrade the ship's capabilities
  
• Fancy keystrokes for maneuvers like a sudden 180 degree turn.  Not sure I really like this, I'd prefer to be able to use speed, drift and turning controls to pull off moves rather than cheat keys
  
• A wide array of weapon types & abilities
  
• Separate shield & hull
  
• Keystrokes to control pitch, yaw and roll - its not mouse-only.
  

• Its boost is a lot stronger than MB's
  
• Is there any throttle control at all?  Looks like its just "normal" or "afterburner", though that could just have been the pilot in the vid.
  
• You don't have to play other parts of SWTOR, you can just "starfight" from the get-go.
  
• If you're a subscriber ($30 USD, ouch!) you get access on Dec 3
  
• If you've bought something from their cash store, access on Jan 14
  
• If you're a freeloader, you have to wait till Feb 4.
  
• If you prove to be an exceptionally skilled starfighter, you'll be recruited by an alien talent scout & then get to pilot a ship for real defending the galaxy from a crazed invader.
  

longshot wrote:If you prove to be an exceptionally skilled starfighter, you'll be recruited by an alien talent scout & then get to pilot a ship for real defending the galaxy from a crazed invader.

longshot wrote:
So far only two maps with one battle mode (Domination), though obviously that can change.

longshot wrote:...

The Bad:-

• It doesn't seem to have any limit on ammo or overheating, you can pew-pew to your heart's content
  

longshot wrote:Well, the gameplay's interesting, could even be fun.  Its no moonbreakers, though it could be if they'd implemented partial inertia but sadly they haven't.

Unfortunately for me, and anyone else with a high ping, everything is server-side.  This means you see the universe as it was half a second ago, there's half a second delay between telling your ship to do something and it responding ... which basically makes it impossible to play.  Ah well.