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At first it feels restrictive but there are many instrument panels that give you essential information such as power ratios, weapon and shield indicators. Being a veteran of space flight sims, inside the cockpit is my preferred view. Both these options give you third person view or cockpit view. You will need to earn money to get the tractor beam, afterburners and missiles. Veteran, which I chose, doesn’t give you any of that. Normal difficulty gives you a decent radar, afterburners and heat seeking missiles. There is Normal, Veteran, Sim and Old School settings. Your first decision in Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is to choose your playstyle.

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Having now played Rebel Galaxy Outlaw the past week thanks to the legends at Double Damage, it ticks all those 90’s and early 00’s space flight sim nostalgia boxes for me, plus has some extra outstanding features that have me hooked on this game! It’s fast becoming my game of the year to date. Rebel Galaxy left me longing for that old school style of space flight sim gameplay.

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We had a long drought for years until 2014’s Elite Dangerous but this was almost too real a simulator to enjoy (I crashed way too many times trying to land in the hangars). It looked amazing, however development was ultimately cancelled. There was an ambitious game called Jumpgate Evolution that was hyped to be a massively multiplayer space flight sim to release in 2009. 2006 saw Dark Star One that had a similar plot to Privateer but it didn’t hold my attention too long.

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My favourites in the genre are Wing Commander Privateer and the Star Wars sims of X-Wing, Tie Fighter, X-Wing versus Tie Fighter and X-Wing Alliance and I loved using my Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro 2 joystick.Ģ000’s Freelancer was a fantastic game but I couldn’t use my trusty joystick, only mouse and keyboard. It had been over a decade since a decent space flight sim had been released. I wished I could play as one of those small fighters as opposed to these big hulking freighters. To move around felt really slow and clunky, and I sometimes got overwhelmed if there were lots of small fighters around me. The ship combat of the original was limited to capital ships only and you couldn’t fly up or down, just controlling weapons and turrets. I was very excited to get stuck into Rebel Galaxy Outlaw. When I played the original game, I loved the space cowboy feel with stunning space scenes, a great soundtrack, travelling between planets completing quests and trading goods. Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is a prequel to 2015’s original Rebel Galaxy. It’s set to release on Steam in 12 months time and there will be future releases on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is a space flight simulator developed and published by Double Damage Games and released on the Epic Games Store on August 13, 2019.