Beyond just ship controls there are commands for docking, cargo pickups, squadron commands and for managing the new HUD.

The game needs all that documentation too as this is by far the most complicated of the games in the series and the keyboard reference card is a great indicator of that. GOG.com’s digital version doesn’t include it unfortunately but they do make up for it with a digital copy of the strategy guide that runs to well of 200 pages. The days of reference cards which showed you the controls for the game minus the flavour text seem long gone now despite games remaining being as complex beasts at times. My original copy of the game which I bought at launch included the game (on 2 CDs), the manual, reference card and a cutaway poster of the Millennium Falcon. Soon enough you’re in some serious strife and find yourself joining the Rebellion. The story takes place after the first Death Star has been destroyed and the Empire are on the hunt for Rebels and their sympathizers. The early missions act as both a prologue to the main story and also a tutorial. The Azzameens have an impressive home base plus a fleet of ships at their disposal, including many familiar YT-1300 freighters (ie. The story starts you off as Ace, a member of the Azzameen family who are a group of traders in the midst of heated competition with the Viraxo. The Otana – the Azzameen family’s YT-2000 freighter. It did however give players got a good taste of what it’d be like during its campaign before that big moment finally arrives and it turns out that is a lot of fun too. Despite the packaging making it all to clear what the main attraction of X-Wing Alliance is the game didn’t let you fly Han Solo’s hunk of junk until the very end of the game’s campaign. Lawrence Holland and Totally Games, who were also responsible for both X-Wing and TIE Fighter, seemed determined to close out the series on a high note by giving players what they always wanted to do: fly the Millennium Falcon. It’s amazing to think that it’s been 20 years since LucasArts last released a Star Wars themed flight sim.

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