I'm not saying this as a bad thing either, I love the Wing Commander games, and it's great to see Roberts back in the saddle again. StarLancer takes on familiar ground with its back story as well, squaring the Eastern Block and Western Alliance against each other some time in the 22nd century. These are familiar sides that anyone that remembers the cold war will relate to. It also lets the game feature bad guys with Russian accents. The typical alien invasion style storyline that is so prominent in games of this type is not present.
High resolutions are available and the textures are nicely detailed.
Special effects, smoke, explosions, etc. Nebulae and other space matter look great and ships are creatively designed. Subtle things like the pilot's hands moving the ship controls are modeled - not something you instinctively notice, but it's there. Some static appears over the voices, and are not as clear as they could be, but nothing too bad. The tracks may also be heard between missions when you are in your bunker in the form of a CD player.