Aces of the Galaxy™

Fast, colorful on rails shooter. Old school fun.

Really sloppy control and interface design, and there's no reason to make a PC shooter where you have to keep mashing buttons like this. Graphics are pleasant enough, but were stuck in 4x3 for me. Overall this feels like someone tried to make a more arcade-ish Starfox knockoff, and in doing so lost all of the worthwhile elements of the source.

Crashes to desktop on boot, waste of money.

Pros: good rail shooter. This is actually better than 90% of the crap rail shooters out there on steam. Good flow of enemies, engaging scenarios, rewarding arcade-like experience overall. Also great soundtrack. Cons: For god's sake, LETS US AUTO-FIRE. The creators of this have no regard for the well being of your poor thumb. Not only that, almost no workaround works. Tried DS4windows - macros don't work in-game. Steam global controller - game crash on start. Eventually found a solution. But jesus...

Aces of the Galaxy is a competent game that gets on my nerves. Aces reveals console-port-itus by making it impossible to change the controls ingame, and if you have a 360 controller hooked up expect to get lots of rumble you can't do anything about. I was attracted to Aces because it looks and plays a bit like Rez HD. You can move side to side and dodge, but you have no ability to change your path. When executed well, this can be alot of fun. However, shooting in Aces is accomplished by clicking the mouse button instead of holding it. Within the first few minutes of play, I encountered swarms of enemies, and I do mean swarms. You can fire missiles by holding the right mouse button and dragging it over your enemies, but the recharge for this ability encourages you to click away with your guns, and this quickly becomes a pain. Outside of gameplay, two more issues quickly made the experience intolerable. Firstly, the majority of the enemies arn't well-differentiated from the background, the shots they fire back at you, or thier own vapor trails. The result is an incredibly busy, confusing, and deadly mess, and that's before you start adding your own shots to the mix. Secondly, I quickly encontered a piece of music that was ear-splittingly painful, and while I could certainly turn off all the music, I really don't see the point of playing a game like this without decent beats. This is obviously a subjective review, so I encourage you to examine other sources.

when i bought this years ago, there was the mouse issue.. now the game just doesnt launch.... i wish i deleted the game from my library

Aces of the Galaxy- Simple, fun, difficult at higher levels but achievable. Using a Controller to play Aces takes some practice as the mouse aims much faster. My only issue with Aces, is that the keys used by default are Ctrl and Alt for dodging. It is too easy to hit the Windows button throwing you out of the game and breaking the flow. Shift for Rockets and Space Bar to slow down the action temporarily may be second nature to a seasoned keyboard user, but it takes some effort if you are more accustomed to a controller.

Great arcade space-craft fighter shooty thingy! Umm... if only I knew how to describe it. Amazing game, great fun, adrenaline packed and best of all... EXPLOSIONS IN YO FACE!