Darkstar One

At first I had high hopes for this game. Can't say it managed to meet my expectation. This is a game that is best compared to freelancer. Some try to compare to the X series but that doesn't work if you ask me.
DS1 is a super linear single player game. You can get upgrades for your ship and customize it a bit using special items. Although even in that respect your choices are extremely limited.

There is a reputation system, but that means little to nothing. Because of the story missions and the side missions you need to do if you want to get the upgrades you will without fail be pushed into a specific class. There is some room for trading and piracy, oh yes. Because of the linear nature of the game you have no choice, but to get into a lot of fights. You're not given alternative ways of completing your objectives. There is no room for bribes or diplomacy.

What I hate the most about this game is being forced to do things I have no desire to do. Like helping out a couple of criminals get away with stealing. Why you can't just say bugger this and give up on the reward is a good question.
Flak turret missions is another horrid aspect. There is no cunning or skill involved. In dog fights you can use some level of skill, but in these missions you just have to aim at groups of things and shoot them with a poorly performing flak turret. I hated these in Knights Of The Old Republic and I hated them just as much now. If i wanted to simply shoot things i would play an FPS. But even there you have freedom of movement and there is an amount of strafing and jumping involved these days.

the graphics are ok. I wasn't impressed because stations from each species looked identical and there was little variation in enemy ship design.
The sounds are unimpressive. No proper surround what so ever. You won't be half turning in your seat when an enemy fighter zooms overhead in this one.
The dubs are pretty bad and very limited. Yet again a tiny cast is used to provide voices for an entire galaxy. It's not quite as bad as in oblivion where 2 NPCs talk to each other in the same voice. But very close to that.

All in all, if you're very bored you might want to play this. But if you haven't played them get “Freelancer”, ”Freespace” or “Wing Commander”. Hell go dig up “X Wing” in one of its many incarnations. If you want multiplayer don't bother with Darkstar One: there is none what so ever.