That said, there just isn’t any other game that is quite as good at space combat. Which is annoying.
Yeah, I bought in back when there was just Arena Commander because my friends at the time were very enthusiastic about SC and even in that rough, limited state it felt good to fly in, despite the interface being kind of shit. I got Elite: Dangerous for free on Epic and played a lot of that, but the combat there is just bad so I spent most of time my time mining, which was actually enjoyable. I definitely missed SC's flight model in E:D even years after having last played SC.
Yeah, I bought in back when there was just Arena Commander because my friends at the time were very enthusiastic about SC and even in that rough, limited state it felt good to fly in, despite the interface being kind of shit. I got Elite: Dangerous for free on Epic and played a lot of that, but the combat there is just bad so I spent most of time my time mining, which was actually enjoyable. I definitely missed SC's flight model in E:D even years after having last played SC.