Crossposting from the Starlight Inception thread:
First impression: it's a space dogfighting game on my Vita.
The lighting seems to have improved from the beta, and the performance in the first level as well. Not that that's saying much with this game's visuals. Cockpit view and HUD icons look like badly compressed jpegs. And the people....
To be fair, that's the ugliest dude in the ship. Even the better looking models look horrible in cutscenes, mainly due to the minimal animation. Everyone just stands with their hands on their sides, moving their mouths a bit while staring past you. Once you're in space, things start looking a bit better. The models are fairly detailed and the pilotable spacecraft have little hatches that open and close, thrust nozzles that open as afterburners engage, and other such animations.
In terms of gameplay, the ships control well enough. You can shoot lasers and fire missiles and activate stealth fields and whatnot, but most of your missions in the main campaign will be spent staring at waypoints as you make your way to them. And when you get the chance to fight enemies, the enemy AI doesn't make the experience any more exciting since most just fly lazily around, occasionally shooting at you if you cross their path. In Chapter 2, you fight an enemy ace pilot at the end of the level. When the dogfight started, he immediately started flying into a wall, letting me shoot him until he died. I've only died once so far, because I crashed into an enemy ship by accident which killed me instantly.
The game runs smoothly overall, except during large battles/scenes. In those situations, I've experienced slowdown so bad that the game ran at almost half speed.
So far, I'd suggest you save your money. Not because of the visuals or performance, but because the game is simply boring to play. If things pick up, or if the other single player mode is way more fun, I'll be sure to let you guys know but I've completed four story missions out of (supposedly) 10 and they've been short, flat affairs.
So yeah. If you have any questions, I'll try to answer them.
