AX:EL - Air XenoDawn

--REVIEW UPDATED AS OF 07/07/15-- (click the "recommended" to see the screenshot thumbnails) Do you like arcade flight simulators? Think back to the great games in the genre: Ace Combat, Crimson Skies, Fury 3, Lylat Wars, YAGER; what would you like in a game like that? Do you want pretty? Pretty you'll have. While explosions don't have the best effects by far and environment textures could use some work, AX:EL is one of the prettiest flight games out there in light, colors and environment. The camera and the moving planes give also a great sense of action alongside with non-annoying but very nice touches like lens flares, glows, refraction and lots of tiny details like some destructible structures, flora and waves. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=478227199 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=461741816 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=364959399 Do you want campaign? The "Mercenary missions" mode currently offers 10 missi...

Update: The Developer responded promptly and resolved the issue with the framerate. The game is promising, and plays somewhat like War Thunder with smoother mouse controls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFlApz3hXds Old review: Well I tried and failed to play the first mission multiple times. Some horrific optimisation issues broke the framerate and it sat like a fat dog stubbornly at 1FPS. I want to love it, but it seems I can't even play it yet. My system specs can run Crysis 14 at 12k. I suggest not buying Early Access games if you want them to work instantly. I even made a video about it because I'm that salty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH-5-Ji-Gx8

I've been playing this game for a few days at this point, and here's my first impression after finishing the main campaign (with the alt. ending). [b][u]PROS:[/u][/b] -Game adjusts to your movement style -Controls are easy to change -Extreme customizability (main wings, tail wings, guns, body, and skins for each of those) -Decent framerate (with more than 4GB memory) -Aerial AND underwater fightin?! AT THE SAME TIME?! -Decent plot for single player -Option for Single player and multiplayer (although I haven't tried multi yet) -You can replay missions any number of times -The developer is very kind and has quickly replied to (at least my) concerns (bugs and the like), and is generally a very nice person in my experience. -The game is pretty challenging, which is good because that means that it takes that much longer for you to finish teh campaign [b][u]CONS:[/u][/b] -It can take a bit for the game to adjust to your style -If you're dealing with a lot of enemies, your FPS can drop from...

Incredible work for a game done by one person Oo The flight feeling is really well done, it doesn't feel like a regular plane but more like a real spaceship who can go underwater. Because yes, I totally know how a real spaceship who can go underwater drives. The customisation is great and the graphics are beautiful. They may be less beautiful under the sea, even if a certain singing crab called Sebastian could disagree on that point. The solo mode at the moment is really satisfying, I still didn't tried the online multiplayer but I already have a lot of fun. If you want to craft your own personnal amphibious Starfighter and pilot it in an awesome world, take this game.

I'm giving this a Postive review because its awesome in a way of the Idea of the game its Different I like the fighting style in it. The only issure I have is I have a hard time seeing in it even with the settings maxed this may because of my system but no reason for a negative review for something that could be my system in general. Keep Up the great Work!

unless youve got joystick, dont even try to play this, the controls are already unbareable, especially for a flight sim, and the key binds are totaly unmanagable, if you play with a mouse you have to reset your hand 50 times in one turn, or your stuck with arbitrary controller settings that cant be rebinded due to lack of input recognition

PLEASE FIX BASIC CONTROLS IF I HAVE TO DO IT IN EVERY GAME WITH AIRCRAFTS IT GETS OLD!!!! FLight is pretty difficult when you can't even fly its easyer to stall in the air and just rotate and fire than actually fly the air/water craft.

neat concept, poor execution. the controls and graphics are wonky and I would not reccommend this to anyone

I never write reviews, but y'all should check this one out. The grafix need work but the gameplay is awesome already. Ship customization is very cool already and in time this is gonna be amazing. best new concept ive seen in ages

A great concept.