Posted on: June 5, 2025
MischiefMaker
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Coffeebreak Star Trek
Long before FTL, Strange Adventures in Infinite Space was the original roguelite Star Trek game, and part 3 is the best of the series. The premise is you're a shady starship captain financed by gangsters to explore a newly discovered region of space and steal everything not nailed down before the government with its pesky prime directive can work through the red tape and do a proper outreach. You'll steal priceless artifacts, start wars, upgrade your ships, equip deadly particle vortex cannons, build a rag-tag fleet, and maybe (definitely) save the galaxy from imminent destruction while you're at it. All in the space of a normal coffee break. Gameplay is like if the 4X game Sword of the Stars got the King's Bounty singleplayer treatment. Half the game is played in the 3D galaxy map where you plot course to hit as many planets as possible before time is up, the other half in pause-able RTS tactical battles where turret facing is crucial. For people who played the previous games, the 3D galaxy map is a huge improvement because you'll never be trapped in a corner, there's always SOME route you can squeeze through with minimal slowing. If you have trouble orienting yourself, the upper-left corner of the screen has buttons to turn on visualizers to help. One change I'm ambivalent on is you no longer need to return to your home planet to finish the game, you can cash in anywhere. You can now upgrade ships, including alien ships at their homeworlds, so you can have your own Garthan Light Carrier with its unlimited fighters. Combat controls are slightly different, with drag-to-move, but it gives you more fine control once you're used to it. Note that the the AI for starfighters can't handle certain fastest-engine/slow gun builds. The main downside of 3 compared to the previous games is the original artist died, and all his pictures that couldn't scale have been redone in a less striking cartoon style. Absolutely wonderful game, and dirt cheap to boot. Recommended!
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