Posted on: September 10, 2017

NerevarineGMSV

Games: 74 Reviews: 11

What a tird

Wow, I'm okay with "retro style" but the gameplay is seriously lacking. It's pretty much a "pop a quarter arcade-style" fiasco. Emphasis on "fiasco". One of the most overrated tablet-games-to-PC games of all time. this is a like a freemium Alpha Early Access build. You're literally clicking a button...to see if anything happens next. Constantly. And if anything happens, its 100% combat, which is poorly done. It should be easy to toggle a weapon and click on the enemy ship, but it's like it has to shift 10 gears before anything remotely happens, but in the meantime, a pea-shooter enemy ship frags you because the game's system of energizing and firing a weapon were Made in China?! What gives? Just fire the F'ing weapon. Geez. It's not rocket science! It's like your weaponsmaster, once told to fire, needs 5 minutes to calculate some crap before it can fire. LAAAAME. But like I said, it's one "click to see if anything happens" moments, static, stoic crud graphics from one "clip" to the next. Sad! Embarassingly sad. If this game came out 25 years ago, it would still suck by even those standards back then. I KNOW, because I WAS THERE, and we had 10x more better games than this cheap cash-cow-wannabe-tablet/phone-"PC" "game".

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Posted on: October 1, 2018

boyko.ant

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Games: 677 Reviews: 6

Too high luck to be fun

What breaks this game for me is that there's no strategy involved: your ship lives or dies depending on random maps/events generated this session and there's literally nothing you can do about it. Often it makes more sense to restart after several turns instead of pushing forward, because you just hadn't been dealt the right cards to play. You already see the outcome. Death is unrewarding and usually meaningless. There's no progression as you die repeatedly, no rewards or accumulated points, only 'personal experience'. At some point you unlock new ships... which don't make the game easier, just a tiny bit different. And remember, random events can and DO screw up any good ship and good circumstances, killing you at the spot. Any mistake is usually fatal. Micromanagement is also pretty brutal: doors are too hard to select using touchpad and... why do I even need to control doors? What fun is that? Crew members are pretty hard to select too. Overal UI experience is between 'meh' and 'the horror' depending on the specific task at hand. If you're feeling lucky, you may try this game. I don't believe it's worth its money.

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Posted on: December 6, 2012

Olhado76

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Games: 826 Reviews: 18

I love it!

This is a game that seems small in scope; but is more fun than any game this size has a right to be. Whatever price you pay for it, you will know it's worth much more.

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Posted on: September 17, 2012

Carnivor

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Games: 158 Reviews: 1

I cant stop!

Oh, damn, I can't stop playing this game. Too bad there is no endless playmode. However, its so much fun to be in command in an unpredictable game, the keyelements of this game. One time you help an outpost, sending your crew to fight giant spiders, but not everyone makes it back. So, one crewmember less. Next time you send your security drone (everybody survives! YAY!). Worth buying it.

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Posted on: December 22, 2012

tetherton

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Games: 20 Reviews: 1

Excellent

Has provided many hours of fun. Roguelike game keeps you guessing what's next, and no two games are the same. A must buy if you like this sort of game.

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