THE GOOD: cool lighting, nice ships, weapons are varied, like an FPS
THE BAD: flight physics model is more cartoonish than anything else.
SUMMARY: The graphics for this game are compelling, but then the gameplay is not exactly the strongest you can find in a space type flight game. If you like simulations like Tie Fighter or X-Wing then this is something you will hate. I like those space "sims" a lot, but even so I got hooked into the arcade like nature of Gunship Elite. You might liken it to the early days of this type of game, something like the older Wing Commander series.