G-Rebels

I played it and didn't like it. It's too arcade for my taste. The controls feels floaty and disconnected from the craft. The gameplay seems also very repetitive to scan for enemy crafts and then shoot them out of the sky. For a start, nothing different. I also didn't like the flight mechanics of the craft and I feel that the price for the game is high considering the repetitive nature of the game.

[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!

It might eventually be a good game, but I won't know because of persistent issues with setting up my HOSAS. The devs swore that they had a fix for it, but somehow the new patch actually made things worse, as now I can't even get off the MAIN MENU while my HOSAS is connected. And my setup isn't so podunk no-name knock off, it's a pair WinWing's Uras Minor fighter sticks that work flawlessly in every other flight based game I play. My biggest regret is believing the devs and waiting over a month for the fix, as I'm now way past the refund window and can't get my money back.

Kinda cool honestly. For once an early access game that is not a roguelike survivor. That alone makes me pay the price and not feel bad. Oh yeh, the game is good too. The viaual style nails the vibe of Cyberpunk and Film Noire. A jazzy soundtrack would be the cherry on top. It's arcady and slow so don't expect Ace Combat or Flight Simulator. It reminds me of Forsaken, Wing Commander and obviously G-Police. The open world contract-based mission structure offers a lot of freedom but it's not having much depth or a worthy story. Still, picking it up and playing a few sessions is enjoyable. Also runs very well on my PC which is not sponsored by NASA.

Holy lagging mess batman! game seemed like cool idea until but if the optimization makes play at pixel art quality there are better options out there maybe try this one a little farther down the development cycle when they fix it up a bit

Awesome for early access. Great flight model and really cool premise. The city is INSANELY well captured.

There isn't much content here yet, but the bones of this gameplay are amazing and it looks great in VR! They are working through some controller input issues. Hopefully they get that fixed soon.