Very good, and it's clear a lot of thought and work went into it. Nice new spin on the classic "shoot things up" style of gameplay, what with
How most of the campaign is a flashback, and the player's eventual (hopeful?) contact with the Shivans. Further, the ambiguous "best ending" left this pilot dying to know what the Sathanas fleet was really up to in Earth orbit...
Now, unfortunately, I cannot say that it was perfect. I had a couple gripes with the campaign, specifically,
the difficulty was a bit higher than what I was used to. Axem, were you using Fury AI, perchance? The AI fighters seemed to be a lot more canny than usual. The AI is NOT a complaint of mine at this point, having been able to replay it while not exhausted, uncoordinated, and grumpy.
Now, the only mission I really have to complain about was
"Con Fuoco". The intensity is perfect, get a rhythm going with your TAGging, herd the Shivan fighters towards the Hyksos, et cetera, glorious.
Once the Vassago shows up, however, everything consistently goes to Hell for me. My wingmen invariably end up dead, and I am charged with holding off about a dozen smart, zippy, and powerful Shivan fighters while waiting for a chance to TAG the Vassago. Ugh. It doesn't ruin the mission, but it's rather mean to put such a wicked challenge at the end of a mission like that.
Awww, but what do I know? Play this! If you haven't already!