community is pretty good, helping each other out, but even the serious fans acknowledge the issues in play. Personally, if the team had nixed the atrocious campaign mode (the thing most players will begin with) and just stuck to the loose mission mode instead, Vector Thrust would have scored much, much higher. If you do pick this one up just stick to the mission mode as that’s where the game really shows what it can do.
If you are looking for that Ace Combat fix since that series has itself been pretty poor the last few years, Vector Thrust isn’t for you. There are a lot of pretty graphics and features that seem to only serve to cover up the broken game mechanics. If on the other hand you are looking for a flight game that has the potential to really come into its own after a few updates, you may want to keep this one on your radar, but I’d suggest you wait on it for a few more weeks. I should note that the game has multiplayer, but it was near impossible to find a match, so the team may have already screwed the pooch with this release.
J. Luis
Title: Vector Thrust
Developer: TimeSymmetry
Publisher: Iceberg Interactive
Platform: PC
Price: $24.99