After the MMO Asteroids incident [1], I had to switch off my network connection to reassure myself that it isn't fake.
If you're looking for a more in-depth experience, check out Osmos [2], the single-player game that probably inspired this.
If you're looking for a more in-depth experience, check out Osmos [2], the single-player game that probably inspired this.
Seems like there were no asteroids.
The "MMO" features were fake. All the other ships flying around were bots; the game ran locally on your computer. Disconnecting from the network broke the illusion, as the game continued to run normally.