Ok I've not installed it yet but after this post im heading over there. The 70% PCG score is nothing to sniff at for a free game, Age of Conan got 77% in the same issue for instance.

It's basically a Future space-dogfight MMO- sounds really intresting. In the past te dev name has been 'Flysis' lol. A point in the review is that all he joystick owners out there are just thrashing the opposition. So If you have a stick gathering dust go kick ass!

http://www.airrivals.net/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pgq5GKdMyY&feature=related

It looks like ppl are following in the BFH vein and making simple games that play well for short sessions of time. As ever theyre hoping for a few addicted fan-boys to start coughing up micro-payments to make avatar adjustments like titainium eyebrows or buying in-game credits so they dont have to feel that awful feeling of 'accomplishment' if they'd to earn thier loot.

Ok so the differences to other CRAP AS HELL free MMORPGs that most of us have had the displeasure of playing over the last coupe of years.
1. It's not made in Korea. ....OK it IS made in Korea, but apparently this one's quite good.
2. It's not in that eastern MMO fantsy land style that looks like WoW and Jade Empire have just been smashed together as many times as possible to create this thinly spread eastern-fantasy gloop.
3.You can shoot many, many things!!!!
4. It doesnt look like a monkey's bum! The graphics actually look pretty ok.

I'd better go f-ing play it now

When I've fixed my bloody machine I'll dl this and give it a go.

cool we can be air-pirates

It looks like Starfox!

thats a good thing thou, i wasted many hrs on that

I might give it ago, i brought a £50 joystick when i was palying bf games ages ago, i never did use it

Maybe i finerly get soem use out of it this time

a dogfighting grind? man that sounds horrific, but I've never been a fan of either tbf.
This does look pretty decent for what it is tho, and for free!? so I bet the catch is you need to pay for the upgrades or to have access to higher level areas, something is gonna charge you for keeping up with the rest, almost certainly. Not that thats a problem if its good.

Does look intresting with the way you have like castable spells in a jet, if thats how it works.

Ok ive played it now and 'grind' was really the wrong word to use. It's actually a good blast, and although only on the 4th main mission I would def agree at least with PCG's 70% score.

Yes you can go out ratting as in EVE(shooting AI pilots) and much of the first games missions are based around this. But ive seen youtubr vidoes of the pvp type system- who fleets taking each other on, then when one reaches a critical level a huge mothership warps in and attackers attack it def's def etc.

One other big mistake i made im my post was a joystick will be helpful. I will only prove useful if gimpser's round and is getting bored.

OK teh controls will put ALOT of you off at first- i mean, it did me for a while. You actually use your mouse to bank climb shift left and right etc. But the its when u figure how the WASD keys fit in the game redeems itself and you think WOOOO STARFOX!!! W increase speed, S slow, A 90 degree turn right..... you get the picutre.

You mihgt need to hunt down the option that reverses up and down on the mouse too.

Oh yes and if you double tap one of the left/right you do the starfox roll.... hell yes!

The graphics are decent enough. Ship customisations can start looking pretty ace further down the line. Ground and mountain textures are quite low res- but most of the time youll be viewing them from above at gih soeeds!
It does have that 'free korean mmo' look to it- but only very slightly this time and its the best ive seen. (Plus I like manga-stylee chicks clad in very little rubber )

The micropayment issue in games is a huge one at the moment. Weve seen some great game like BFH that you'll never have to spend a penny on and can still make the top 100!


Anyway once you've got the hang of the controls you kinda get a few top-gun moments.

I fly a B class by the way.... if anyone else actually play this what craft did u choose and whats it lke?

***EDIT my ship's 'HHkhola' -dogfight me if u dare!!!!!*****

Oh, it's SCO!

Yes, I know this game from its previous incarnation as Space Cowboy online. These publishers basically stole the license from the previous publishers and forced them to shut down SCO so they could rebrand it as Flysis, and later Air Rivals.

It's pretty good, a little bit samey after a while. I don't play MMOs anymore though as I tend to get addicted to them.

yeah thats the once- used to be flysis

fun for a quick blast and ive got so many game on the go I doubt ill play it for more than an hr or 2

def a quick fix for StarFox fans though, tht has to be said

I'm giving this a go at the moment....

Looks interesting so far.