Void Destroyer 2

Game states that it partially works with my Xbox controller... well it does not. On the input menus it doesn't let me input anything, and as i start a new game, the ship is controllable for the first 5 seconds and then nothing, can only shoot... and again the input menus do not work, tried with different controllers to be sure. Quickest refund i have ever asked for in my life.

I'll be honest. I completely underestimated this 10$ game. It's a fun and surprisingly expansive space strategy and retro "flight" sim. It starts you out in the typical small fighter ship barely capable of taking on basic enemies, and lets you follow the main story to unlock more and more things to do and ships to control. There's a obvious and basic satisfaction in growing more and more powerful as you progress. And its playable on some pretty low spec computers. From a first glance, I thought this would be a super simplified space sim that had a strategy element tacked on top, but after only a few hours playing you'll find every vehicle has upgrade slots and additional abilities. Different vehicle types allow for fun experimentation and playstyles. allowing you to enjoy everything from fighter gameplay, gunship - frigate combat, all the way up to destroyers, carriers, and etc. I recommend nabbing the DLC's as they are well worth it, and adds different start situations to change how you progress and the best ways to do so. There are definitely ways to cheese or ease your time playing, min-maxing the campaign can be pretty easy all things considered. But the end game can be rather challenging when you don't know what to expect or what's coming. The one complaint i could have with this is sorta small. if you happen to be one who saves their game frequently, you will almost never run into this issue. - Completing missions can be a risk. Often, it will cause the next "Phase" of the campaign to kick off. Without spoilers, the main antagonist of the game will easily steamroll you if you speedrun the missions without building up your stations and fleets in preparation. But again, if you save often or before each mission, you can always relog without having lost too much progress. These kind of changes dont happen often, and are mostly manegable without save logging. All in all, its a cheap, fun game to dump hours in. Able to satisfy a simple itch for strategy and spacecraft combat. 10/10 would buy again. And probably will when the developer launches the next game.