Star Raiders

Wow ! What a waste of cash, the controls on this garbage are useless !

Star Raiders is nothing at all like the classic Atari game. The graphics are terrrible and the controls are even worse. This is definitely one of the very worst games I have ever tried to play. I say tried, because the controls and game play are REALLY that bad.

Убого, убого, убого. Убого вообще всё. Я даже опишу процесс пытки - сначала у вас лопнут глаза от дичайше мелких и абсолютно нечитаемых шрифтов игры (а читать в обучении нужно немало), потом вы будете долго искать причину поломки вашей клавиатуры (на самом деле в первых миссиях передвижение отключено!?), и добьёт вас скучный и однообразный геймплей. Примечательно, что звезды и планеты здесь не более чем декорации. Уйди из космоса! 3 из 10 :)

Terrible controlls. I quit the game before I had a chance to really play because of them.

See my playing hours ?? I had a great sleep while I left the game running. Now you can calculate the value of boredom.

Star Raiders seem to be an interesting reimagining of an old classic, but ended up with horrible controls that makes the game virtually unplayable, wasting a decent engine and a good license. (For the record, I am one of those PC kids who NEVER played the original, okay?) The intro is quite lame, it's just some static comic-book type panels about how the cabal of friends, including Ruiz, that's you, the geek, joined Atar Academy in order to work your way into the Star Raiders squadron on the Solaris carrier in the war against the Zylons. Your ship has three modes: turret (heavy shields and weapons, don't move much), as well as assault and attack (I still can't figure out which mode is better for what, and there's no manual). In the intro/tutorial you can only use a single mode and it's only later you get to choose the modes. (Why does this reminds me so much of Robotech, i.e. fighter, guardian, and robot modes?) Somehow you have to upgrade the weapons individually in each mode too. The graphics are a bit sparse but workable, and it's compatible with modern high-res screens (no problem setting it to 1680x1050). It's annoying though to get prompted with legend of onscreen HUD every time one starts the mission. So far this sounds cool, but that changed when you're in the cockpit. I have a MS XB360 controller, which is like *the* standard, so I use it when I can. I cannot get it to control the ship at all. The ship ONLY reacted to mouse and keyboard. I also cannot adjust the sensitivity, and to loop I have to keep moving the mouse (including taking it off the desk), which is ridiculous. I managed to complete the tutorial missions by spamming the sky with missiles and I seriously doubt I could drive the fighter with any precision in an actual dogfight, when I have no problem playing games that require such precisions, but then those work with gamepad. This one doesn't. All in all, don't bother buying this, unless you want to spend a while figuring out how to get your gamepad to work, and maybe you still won't enjoy it.

Control remaps are not applied, even when saved. Not playable for me with default keybinds.

Not the greatest game ever. Far from it, infact. However, it works and is good for a few hours mindless, not particularly complicated, spaceship combat. (Pick it up when it's on sale, basically). You must play it with a controller though! The keyboard keybindings are terrible!

DO NOT GET THIS GAME ITS A COMPLETE RIPOFF. Nearly impossible to control on steam with a Mouse and keyboard, no official forums or steam forums to complain about it. More of a waste of money than when i invested in ferret racing(who knew that wouldnt take off).