In any case, Allegiance offers some tough human competition in a gorgeous and intricate universe. The game offers endless replay value and new challenges around every turn because it only involves real people. You ll find no AI controlled ships that actually fight. In fact, the only AI controlled ships are the miners, which are positions no human would want to play. If this is the wave of the future for multiplayer games, I can't wait to see what's ahead.
Allegiance sets forth a goal and achieves it on almost every level.
In many ways the game is like other fighter games you ve played, especially on the surface. They've obviously learned a great deal from the successes and failures of games like Team Fortress Classic, Tribes, and even their own Asheron's Call. With this concrete knowledge in hand, they then proceeded to craft an incredibly focused and coherent team based game experience. The ships are beautifully rendered and fit the character of their respective factions. The sound effects are intensely real, especially if you take advantage of the three-dimension capabilities.