Black Skylands

There is the ship combat of rebel galaxy, the gunplay of the (old) gta, a decent story and a hint of puzzle. Nice and relaxing experience.

The plot is simple, but good. Initially it felt like just as reason to go out there and fight pirates, but there are a couple plot twists, which I won't spoil. I don't play shooters much, so can't really compare that part to anything - playing on Easy difficulty, it was all right, bosses provided some challenge, but nothing too hard to beat. Before the bosses, there usually was an object to refill your health, medpack(s) and ammunition, so you didn't go in without. I only died against one of them, but when that happened, I got placed just before the fight, not having to fight my way to the boss again, so that's good. Generally consequences of death are pretty small. There's a few models of ships to pick from, unlocked as you progress, and different ship and personal weapons to pick from (also acquired or possible to buy with the progress of the game). Upgrading ships and weapons costs materials, which you collect in the world (and also making and/or upgrading some buildings). There's also exploration and puzzles - I liked the former, and mostly the latter. Only one puzzle had me resort to the Internet when I got stuck. Overall I give it 4 out of 5 stars, there were a few bugs, but nothing game breaking.

Really cool game. Saw ending coming at the opening cut scene, but was still cool to follow through. Thing about this game is that it's charming as hell. Your little moth and her carrots, the graphics, the bosses, the over-dramatic NPCs. Even how you handle falling off an island and how you fix it is cool. And kicking dudes into the abyss is dope. It's immersive in its weapons customization, ship building, even refueling and repair and stuffing supplies in the hold, all of it is done in-engine or shows up in-game. You repair by fixing smoking bullet holes in your ship by holding E (meaning combat repairs are possible), you refuel by grabbing a tank of fuel and pouring it into your little outboard gas tank. Sound design is also immersive. Flying your airship, hearing it creak. Gunfire. Nice. Gunplay and ship2ship combat super smooth, rewarding, requires a bit of strategy (most times: sometimes you just get an NPC caught where their AI fails them and just wail away on 'em till they pop). Bosses are nasty difficulty spikes. A lot of the systems feel a little shallow: gun mods essentially increase damage, full stop, and a Level 2 scope contributes less to damage than the Level 3 scope you just found. Neat thing is the gun graphics change and the handling does change a bit, but could've been better. You'll see what I mean when you play. Very little grinding, which was refreshing: I didn't have to mine nine tons of sheet metal to make a "HARDENED TRIGGAR" that makes the "SUPERIOAR ACTION" fire "hEXPLOSIVE SHELLS," i.e. the game isn't Far Cry or Fallout 4. Ship upgrades and different ships are cool. They're all functionally different, and there's no small fast armored shooty ship that makes all your earlier ships redundant. So it's actually quite fun. And not so long it wears out its welcome, but you can still turn around and 100% it by murdering every sky pirate on (off?) Earth when you hit the end.

This game should get more eyes, a lot of fun, a lot of great times, a lot of customization as well. A lot of the characters are really good as well. Give this game a go, there is a demo if you are skeptic about it.

I've been very statisfied with the game. Good gameplay with the bonus of a health story and setting.