Entertainment
Star Wars Squadrons stays firmly on target – Sydney Morning Herald
The space dogfighting game is so hyper focussed on such a narrow part of the Star Wars fantasy that it manages to nail the fundamentals.
Compounding this, Squadrons uses 3D space extraordinarily well. By filling maps with clutter like asteroids and capital ships, it manages to avoid the worst trappings of the genre: endlessly chasing each other’s tails around a giant empty fishbowl. Skilled pilots need to shift planes of orientation constantly, and some maps even play out like a cover shooter, as players weave around obstacles while health recovers and proton torpedoes recharge.
The four classes of ships are balanced across mano…
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