First Thoughts: Space Cowboy Online
I just got finished playing through the tutorial and a little bit of time spent in the actual game and I must say that I am in love with it. There is only one thing that could make this game better, a joystick. If I could use a joystick this game would be unmatched in sheer awesomeness.
First off, the training stages, which teach the basics of flight, are definitely a necessity if you are just starting out. Unlike other games with “tutorial” sections I wouldn’t recommend skipping this, you’ll need it.
If you are wondering about graphics think Phantasy Star Online-esque. At least that’s the impression I got from my play time. To put it simply the graphics look pretty great (and the ship models are pretty cool looking as well).
The control is a bit loose at times (which is why I would love a joystick) so targeting and actually hitting enemies is a challenge, but it definitely gives the feel of an actual dogfight, the combat is fast-paced and I have, more than once, flew by my opponent and had to quickly turn around.
I haven’t leveled up quite enough to talk to much about those systems (only a few times) but it seems fairly simple and straightforward. The character models are a bit scarce (less than a dozen I think) so there isn’t a great deal of customization in that part, and their are only a few different gear models (ships) but they can be upgraded and changed a bit, so that’s not such a big deal.
All in all the game is great, in areas that it lacks it makes up for simply based on how much fun you are going to have when playing it.
After you go and download this game (which you should) look me up. I’m on the Hovernmus server, character “Sychie”.
Space Cowboy Online, Gala-Net, GPotato
January 10th, 2007 at 1:13 am
[...] Now, given that so far GPotato/Gala-Net has given us gems such as Space Cowboy and Fly for Fun (along with Rappelz which I have no post about to mention how good it is yet) you should be interested in this game already. Chances are you aren’t, in fact, I would bet most of you didn’t even realize they were releasing a new game, but if you take a few minutes to search the game’s site I think you’ll find some of why it could turn out to be great. [...]
October 29th, 2007 at 9:23 am
Sychie is right; this game is golden. In fact, I’ve been playing this game for only 2 days and I’m already lv 20+. I can’t put it down. My only complaint is the number of items needed to make the simple recipes for armor/ repair kits. But what really made me like this game is the ability to “dog-fight” with enemies and being able to land, fly in formation, etc. And that, Unlike other games (MapleStory)you don’t have to have perfect stats. Some missions will, in fact, give you stat points for completing! So you can use the points you get from leveling up(which is also very easy and fun to do) into your main stats, and the points you get from missions into other stats. In all, you need to play this game. Look me up; Trimus Server, Saruichi
April 1st, 2008 at 9:55 pm
SCO Died. Yep, its been shut down. If you still want to paly it, got play AirRivals; the new release of it.
September 5th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
I’m playing on the European server now, its the same game but its called Air Rivals