Strike Vector EX

Strike Vector EX is built for players who want fast aerial combat instead of a slow shooter with cover and corridors. By our assessment, its appeal is the same thing that makes it hard to approach: speed, constant movement, and the demand that you keep track of enemies while the arena keeps changing under you. The game’s best quality is the sensation of fighting in a machine that never wants to sit still. That also means the learning curve can be steep, and people looking for a relaxed action game may bounce off it quickly. In practice it sounds like a twitchy, high-focus dogfight rather than a broad campaign of many systems. Compared with ordinary shooters, Strike Vector EX sits on the arcade side of the aisle, and it asks for timing more than patience.