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Gameplay sum up: For a game so challenging, the controls are pretty simple, left-trigger is to slow down; right-trigger is to speed up/boost; A button is to shoot; B button is secondary fire (missiles); Y button is your thermal aim screen; X button is to switch camera view; Z button is to spin (which is almost useless); and the directional pad, which is used to issue orders to the other two aircraft by your side. All this is simple to learn and easy to use, as the controls are responsive, smooth, and intuitive.

The game starts with a tutorial placed in Tatooine, and teaches you the basic game mechanics. From there you start the first mission, which happens to be a recreation of the Death Star battle at the end of A New Hope. This is probably the easiest mission, but shows how hard it's going to get, as the basic difficulty elements don't change much here on out. The game gauges your stats by time completion, enemies defeated, aim accuracy, lives lost, and pretty much anything else you can think of.

If you fail in one of these areas, you won't even get a bronze medal, let alone the silver or gold (which are very hard to get on any mission). Of course, you can complete the entire game (excluding unlockable bonus missions) without earning a single medal, and this isn't the main issue with the difficulty.

The real difficulty lies during missions, devoid the stats or controls. For one, every level is packed with enemies, who are constantly firing on your position. Almost all battles take place in space, and the majority of your enemies consist of Tie fighters, which are tiny compared to the environment, and blend in perfectly with the black background. Not only this, but they are extremely fast, and you'll constantly be having to adjust your speed just to locate them.

Now you could use your thermal targeting system with the Y button, which reveals enemies as bright neon purple and yellow, but you'll never get a medal (because there is a limit on use concerning the stats), and more importantly, you have to hold down the Y button the entire time to use it (as it wasn't made to use constantly), which makes the already difficult maneuvering even more difficult. Your guns' lasers are also very small and require perfect aim to hit smaller enemies. Last but not least, you're only given 3 lives (and they run out fast), and if you die, you have to start the entire level from the beginning.