I’m amazed that no-one’s managed to really nail the space combat genre since Freelancer. Ships and explosions, then more and bigger ships and bigger explosions. It’s not astrophysics… okay, a bit of it is astrophysics. So hire an astrophysicist, but one that allows you to have fiery explosions and lasers. Sheesh. Newly Kickstartered space combat sim Starlight Inception probably doesn’t have an astrophysicist working on it, and for that we’ll have to give it some slack. But at least it has a heart-shaped crosshair pointed at all the right inspirations: Freelancer, X-Wing vs TIE Fighter. The now traditional self-deprecating Kickstarter pitch is hovering below.
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