Dude if Rogue Leader is one of your favourite games you are in for a blast in BF2. This time there's no "lock target" like in BF1, you aim yourself. The flight controls were greatly improved too giving you total freedom in space.
Huh, I actually unfortunately disliked the space flight in BF2, but I only ever played the SP missions of that game so maybe it worked out better elsewhere or got patched in MP? (To me I could feel in flight that it was a FPS trying to graft in vehicle controls.)
From the video, the flight physics of Squadrons looks way better already, so maybe this game will be the ticket.
One thing I really liked about BF2 was Inferno Squad (well, I mostly liked them because the book was good,) so it's a little surprising it's a brand new Tie squad here, but Inferno's story is already told and I am liking these from-the-Empire's-perspective story ideas.
1st person only. No mention of 3rd person flying, along with customizable ship interiors and pilots.
I like that. IMO, I think flight and racing games both would have turned out better this generation if developers had been able to focus 100% on cockpit views and somehow perfect that camera viewpoint (it's especially great in VR.) To me, DriveClub isn't DriveClub unless you're in the car, and I am hopeful Squadron's camera make me feel the same way.