Starpoint Gemini Warlords

I read the reviews but thought I'd give it a try anyway, especially since it was only 6 bucks. Refunded. Controls are horrrrrrrrrrrible. With keyboard and mouse only I had issues clicking on things or getting anything to respond (no other controllers were hooked up when trying this way). So I hooked up my controller... I've played just about every space flying game out there, mostly with controller or HOTAS if I wanna get serious, never have I experienced such horrible controls. Unresponsive and not intuitive at all. It's like they tried to smash a whole complicated HOTAS setup onto a controller instead of simplifying it like is needed on controllers. Also xbox only controller of course as with most games. No way to rebind keys for gamepads either without going into steams controller settings and doing it the most complicated way. Maybe it plays better with HOTAS, but I doubt it looking at other related posts, and I've lost the effort to try them before running out of time to refund.

It reminds me of my time spent playing Starsector.. It's far more forgiving, and visually pleasing. It is a little disappointing that the modding community hasn't swarmed this game like others. Nexus only has around 15 mods for it, so it must not be that mod friendly of a game. The controls are different than other space sims. I had the same issues when I first started playing the Mechwarrior games back in the day, but I got used to it. This is no different. Get it on sale if you can, you won't be disappointed if you like a good space combat/management romp.

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