This game is a space shooter, and all active gameplay is played through the cockpit of a spaceship. The last traditional Star fox game, Star fox 64, handled controlling your ship with ease by using the analog stick on the N64. In command, there is a new control scheme, in which you use the touch screen to maneuver your ship and target your enemies. This takes a little gatting used to, and granted it is not the best way to play star fox, it does work in delivering precision and handling on the most basic level. But this gets very dificult when trying to make a turn over 90 degrees, because the ships turn slowly, unless you want to look down and push the 180 turn button at the bottom of the screen, which is a chore. Also speeding up and breaking is done by double-tapping either the top or bottom of the screen, which is a nighmare while in an intense dogfight. But the worst of the meneuvers is the barrel roll, which is done by scribbling back and forth on the screen. This is increadibly unresponsive and takes way to much effort to pull of the move, which in earlier games, could have been taken care of by the push of a button. These issues are big and definately pull the game down from being great.
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