Posted on: July 1, 2020
MischiefMaker
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Faster, wilder, livelier!
Drox Operative 2 is a sequel to the most wonderfully bizarre game in Soldak's catalogue of living world ARPGs. You the player are a spy playing an ARPG within an active 4X game being played by the computer factions. But now everything is bigger, faster, and crazier. The premise is you're a member of the Drox, a Bene Gesserit-style organization that manipulates the governments busy colonizing the galaxy from the shadows. You the player present yourself to them as an elite mercenary for hire in their ongoing war, but your true motive is to make sure whatever government manages to come out on top, they will be firmly in the pocket of the Drox. Like all Soldak games, the procedurally generated galaxy is very much alive and does not wait for you. Leave a mission for too long and it could expire. Allow a space monster too much free reign and it could amass an army of offspring. Fail to come to an ally's defense in time and they could be wiped out. The game is controlled through an ARPG-like interface, but the recommended controls use WASD for tank-style movement. Be ready for this game to be a lot faster than any previous Soldak game, the ships move faster, their fired projectiles move faster, it definitely leans more heavily in the the ACTION part of ARPG. But it's not all Diablo, it also has a generous helping of "The Last Federation." Selectively choosing which missions to take isn't the only way you'll influence the 4X war, you'll be planting spies, sponsoring diplomatic missions, taking on AI-controlled faction ships as companions, and so on until the political situation is right where the Drox want it. And then you roll up a higher-level sector to run with all your experience and equipment carried over. The main downsides are the aging indie production values and all the little ways it makes clear this engine was made for a fantasy ARPG, like how items go "plop" in space. A truly unique game and one of the best, highly recommended!
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