The game runs smoothly on my tablet

The game runs smoothly on my tablet, and the strange formatting of the in-game encyclopedia entries and help screens makes much more visual sense when viewed there, but the controls are finicky.

For instance, it's not possible in my experience to move two ships onto the same space on the iPad, while on the PC it's a great way to double dip on close-quarters shots to your enemy's rear.

On both PC and iOS, the tactical RS Gold map will rotate roughly 180 degrees. But it won't stay where you put it, and recenters itself after every adjustment. That means you'll spend a lot of your time zooming in and out to select one ship hiding hiding ever so slightly behind another.