A modern take on the classic arcade game, Lunar Lander, Lunar Flight extends the experience to a fully, fictionalised Lunar Module Simulator providing a variety of mission types involving Transporting Cargo, Acquiring Data at Survey locations and locating Lost Cargo. Completing missions earns experience points and money to be used to Refuel, Repair and Upgrade the Lunar Module. In addition to missions there are Time Trial challenges complete with Online Leader boards and a globally ranked ‘Pilots’ Leaderboard, ranked by experience.To round out the game there are a variety of Achievements to provide additional challenges and objectives. A truly unique and challenging flight simulation experience, Lunar Flight will give you many hours of immersive, addictive & rewarding gameplay. New to Lunar Flight version 1.8 is the addition of Multiplayer featuring 2 modes including Mission Score Challenge and Deathmatch using the new Weapons Systems.
In a genre that has been neglected in recent years, Lunar Flight is a gem. It is a well balanced simulation game that doesn't overwhelm with micromanagement, and doesn't oversimplify. The graphics are polished, the lunar gravity feels realistically floaty, the controls (especially with a gamepad) are intuitive. The audio deserves special mention, with its peaceful background music mixed with astronaut chatter and engine thrusts.
This is a very complete beta offering (as of 1/19/2012), and I look forward to refinements of the gameplay as the developer is able to spend more time with it. Thinking about what the finished game could become gives me a thrill of anticipation.