SOL: Exodus

I feel this game has too many bad reviews, that don't do it justice. The gameplay is excellent. It's similar to freelancer, but with inertia and glide/slide mechanics. It's a joy to pilot the fighter! Sure it could be longer and have more options, ships and whatnot, but then it wouldn't have this price tag. Great dogfights, varied mission objectives. Hope they make a second one!

Beautiful game. Unfortunately, that's all there is. Controls are shot and unless the company intends to patch it massively, they're going to be bad, even with a dedicated flight stick/HOTAS setup.

It's not bad - more Starlancer than X-Wing or Freespace. But sometimes you don't want the complexity of all those systems to manage. It would be perfect if they made a Battlestar Galactica mod for it, since it's got the whole "WW2 aircraft carriers, only in space!" vibe. All in all it's more than worth the < $5 cost these days

Half-baked game UI design paired with both repetitive, uninspired gameplay and a groosly oversimplified "athiests == good guys, religious people == bad guys" plot. It trys to emulate the great space sims of the past such as Wing Commander or Freespace, but in the end it just leaves you wanting to frag cats and shivans, followed by the designers of the turd of a game.

Game is very short. Looks ok but could have been so much more. Had some bugs.

Very Short Campaign, Great Game play. Adds a new Unique feature to Dog fighting called Sliding. the best way to describe it would be a 360 degree turret ability with all guns and missles. It integrates almost seemlessly with the navigation controls so you are able to pilot and shoot with it. The AI Elites can be a handful without sliding so if your having trouble learn to use it. That said however the AI has a serious flaw with close proximity to solid objects, if you lure them into a dogfight at very close range to a large ship they may crash into it killing themselves. I was able to do this twice, once by accident the second time on purpose ^_^. Overall, a very thought out and well made space combat sim. The story and campaing however due to it being much to short was a dissapointment.

For anyone who likes first person spaceship shooting games, this is a great find. The game play is solid, the story is smooth, and the action is packed. It will keep you busy for hours and leave you wanting to play it all over again. I'm anxiously awaiting the next release.

Tried the demo this morning after seeing another gaming friend having it in his profile. I thouhgt it was pretty cool and finished the 1st mission with great success. I then, for the price, bought the game and installed it. Have yet to play the full version but, this game doesn't take a 10,000 page Wiki read before playing and, it's a lot like Freelancer. I think it will be ok to play. I would recommend checking it out. SP or not, it'll be something to break the monotiny of other games when the noobs are out in full force. lol ;)

Sol: Exodus is the kind of action space game that hails back to titles like Freelancer, and it is a welcome addition to Steam's game library. If you are like me and find many of the space genre games to be overly complex and often tedious like X3 or Starpoint Gemini, than SOL: Exodus may be the title for you. A welcome addition here is native controller support, which adds to the arcade feel of the flying and fighting sequences. In addition both widescreen and modern AAA graphic effects are available, although the actual ingame graphics are nothing extraordinary for the genre. Overall, SOL: Exodus is a solid action space fighting game that should be part of any gamers who have a fondness for accessibility and action over deep gameplay mechanics.

This game recieved a 57 aggregate score on Metacritic; I'm assuming this reflects the initial unpatched version. I'd give it an 84, mainly because of the short length (3.6 hours for one playthrough). At the price point however, that is reasonable, and the game is very fun. Pick it up; it's worth the money.