G-Rebels

If you played G-Police back in the day, just buy it.

I've tried every sensitivity setting (XBox controller) and that thing is still UNFLYABLE !! It either behaves like a blue fly on speed or like an overloaded cruise liner. Some settings even kill the controller all together. If you go into settings/input/controls too many times, the game gets stuck and the only way out is to quit. I'm on my 3rd uninstall then reinstall and it STILL GIVES ME THE SAME BS !!! WTF ?!?!?

There's no question what inspired the locale for this game, and the atmosphere is great. I've only done a couple of missions and I'll say this.. The game is pretty challenging with regards to combat skill, I'm a 53 year old man, whose reactions aren't the greatest in the world, so I tend to enjoy games on the easier settings, because I quite frankly suck at higher ones. This game, even on Rookie level is not very forgiving. The game told me I could scan random ships and maybe pick up a bounty, I would advise against this until you've managed to upgrade your ship a fair bit, you will suddenly find yourself swarmed and obliterated even on the easiest level in the early game. I do Black Widow missions to try and earn money, but upgrade priority for speed in the early game is low, because you need defence and offence more in order to do the Black Widow missions, so it's very difficult to have the speed to start the racing part of the game until later. The music is fitting for the environment, nice analogue brasses and synth orchestras, very 1980's sci-fi, and whilst I haven't tried to experience in VR yet, I intend to give it a try. Difficulty matters aside, the game is pretty easy to pick up, even if the UI is clearly a placeholder, and it kind of feels like a retro game, such as Tau Ceti in a way, but bought forward into modern tech. All in all, a thumbs up, a fun, atmospheric game. Not without its issues, but a promising start.

Fatal Error! Fatal ERROR!! FAAAAAATTTALLLLL EEEEERRRRRORRRR! FIX IT!

Контента мало, но летать весело.

This is genuinely brilliant. It's very Bladerunner vs G Police (if you're old enough to remember that). Very polished and atmospheric. The soundscape is superb and sounds absolutely amazing on a surround sound set up. The city is so gorgeous, the attention to detail has to be seen to be believed. I can't recommend this enough. Great job Reakktor!

Got it for VR, unfortunately doesn't seem ready for that (hardware exceeds specs, even on lowest graphics settings 2-3 FPS and long gaps in audio, fully unplayable I can't even exit the starting room or quit from the game - optimistic they'll get this solved in an update later). Enjoying it on normal screen, though. Looks great. Enjoy how the clouds look, though I'm confused about why the weather and time of day seem to change every 45 seconds, almost like the weather feature is running in tech demo mode or something.

[h1] I originally intended to leave a positive review for this game—the visuals, core gameplay, overall flight model design logic, and HOTAS support are all excellent. [b] Especially the flight model, feeling like a mix of Star CItizen's pre-MM era model (strong UP/DOWN strafe) mixed with traditional arcade-like air combat shooting model. [/b] [/h1] However, a few critical issues currently force me to leave a negative review for now: [h2] Flight Control Issues [/h2] [h3] Yaw-Roll Coupling: [/h3]Yaw-roll coupling seems to be forcibly enabled. While this might be meant to simulate real-world physical forces (such as adverse yaw or pitch changes caused by lift differential across wings during a roll), but real-world fly-by-wire (FBW) systems have long been capable of automatically compensating for these side effects. More importantly, forcing this mechanic feels inappropriate for a high-G, 6DOF-focused space dogfighter. Given that the Skyblade can already achieve high-G maneuver in all directions in-atmosphere—offering maneuverability close to true 6DOF space combat—simulating fixed-wing-exclusive flight behaviors feels redundant in my opinion. Like, I don't get it: the thrusters on Skyblade can pull so many Gs but cannot handle a simple roll compensation？ [h3]Auto-Leveling:[/h3] An automatic level-to-horizon feature is completely unreasonable for a 6DOF flight model.(Again, in my opinion) [h3]Toggle Options:[/h3] Would be real nice if could provide a toggle options in the gameplay settings for both Roll Compensation (or disabling yaw-roll coupling) and Auto-Leveling. [h3]Roll Sensitivity:[/h3] Subjectively, the roll axis feels overly sensitive compared to pitch and yaw. While this might partly be due to my muscle memory from Star Citizen, I hope you will re-evaluate the sensitivity curve or damping for roll. [h2]Camera & Reticle Logic[/h2] [h3]Camera Lag:[/h3] Currently, the pilot's view/camera lags behind the Skyblade's actual nose vector, yet target locking (Delta Scan) is tied to the delayed camera center rather than the Skyblade's actual pointing direction. This design wastes the Skyblade's exceed directional capability (makes the actual rate fight slow) and severely hinders HOTAS/joystick players who rely on steady, predictable reticle tracking. [h3]Suggested Fixes:[/h3] Please add an option to lock the camera view directly to the ship's vector, or adding proper support for other head-tracking devices (e.g. Tobii Eye Tracker). [h2]UI Deficiencies[/h2] [h3]Where is PIP?:[/h3] For a 6DOF dogfighting game, the total absence of lead or lag Predicted Impact Points (PIP) significantly increases aiming difficulty. Given that current weapon projectile velocities are not hitscan-fast, players are forced to visually adjust cannon fire at close range only. [h3]Missing Flight Path Marker (Velocity Vector):[/h3] As a flight-oriented game, it lacks even a basic Flight Path Marker / Velocity Vector indicator on the HUD. The current HUD information feels overly bare-bones for this genre. I hope these issues can be addressed in future updates!

I wish there was a netrual thumb. The game itself looks amazing. Blade runner vibes with some Cyberpunk mixed in. Nice music. Ambient atmosphere is immersive. Weather and time of day effects are very cool! Visually awesome! The flight is pretty clean. The ship flies well and feels like it's got some weight behind it, but responsive enough to turn tight and accelerate quick when needed, especially after some upgrades. The combat is pretty straight forward. Lock on and fire! Tracking enemies can be challenging especially ones that are a higher level as they can change direction pretty quick. Overall pretty good all around. I encountered a few bugs but nothing too drastic or game breaking. The only down side is there is not much here yet. Only 1 chapter and that was reached in 4 hours. I did some of the side quests but they tend to be generic and can be annoying. Fly deliveries, escort ships, do races... I came for some dystopian blade runner ♥♥♥♥, not pizza deliveries. I also hate racing in these types of games. I am a huge fan of Everspace 1 and 2 and I felt the same way about their dumb racing ♥♥♥♥. I understand that they need to populate the world with missions and combat is just one aspect but the escort and races are a bore. I hope they dont lock progression behind any of those type of things. Pick it up if you like Dystopian Bladerunner asthetic but be prepared to be reminded of the "early access" tag often. Lots of potential and I hope they continue on the path they have hinted at in early access but right now there is not a whole lot to do. Feels like a long demo (I didn't play the demo).