Posted on: December 27, 2015

quixotecoyote

Games: 228 Reviews: 5

A great game building on the classics.

I just finished the main plotline with about 38 hours put into the game total. One of my favorite in the genre. You can see elements that got pulled in from older games. Apart from combat, which you have to accept will be fun but not particularly 'space-simmy'. You've got the Freelancer bits where you progress through the different systems. As you go the system tech levels get higher, the enemies get more dangerous, and the loot/shopping gets better. Everything else screams Privateer. The Mercenary & Merchants Guild are Privateer right down to the Guild Office menu you use to join and then just sits there for the rest of the game. The mission types, the cockpit banter, the cargo-drop demands, etc. Overall, it's an enjoyable power grind. The play-cycle goes: Take some missions, blow-stuff up, upgrade the ship, repeat. But the options for upgrading make it seem worthwhile. From shields that let you go from running away from big enemy to parking yourself next to them and firing away, to flak cannons that sweep enemy fighters off the map, to bigger ships with more guns making a much bigger and badder impression. You can do a few loadouts. I found a few that worked well enough to beat everything close to my tech level. I played a fast cargo hauler that avoided combat to start building up money, spent mid-game in a slow cruiser with plenty of firepower that went toe-to-toe with everything, and then did the end-game in the biggest dreadnought sitting at range firing artillery and missiles with flak brushing off fighters that got in close. The only weak points are the story and the soundtrack. The story is bare-bones. None of the characters have any motivation or depth. The world has almost no lore. What story there is you've seen before in Privateer/Darkstar One/Freelancer, only with less depth. It's mostly a guide to tell you when it's time to move onto the next system. The sound is good but repetitive. I think there's 3 songs with vocals and 2 instrumentals.

Is this helpful to you?

Posted on: October 29, 2018

gogglybear

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 2

Overwhelmingly fun SP Space Shooter

This is an Indie Single Player Space Game. I was quite surprised how well it is done. The gameplay really focuses on the fun, just like a SP title should do. Just hop in, do missions, blow stuff up, upgrade, join factions and fly small and big ships. Awesomely fitting soundtrack. If you just wanna do some relaxing spacefighting without all the tedious things in EVE and without dedicating all your RL to it, go for this game. It is not full 3D, more like actual ship fighting in the ocean, but I totally support that design choice. Overall everything is designed extremely smoothly, and if you get the hang of it you can do everything you want really quick, so that the time flying and exploring is maximized. The content feels also of the right size, not so big, that there is an absurd learning curve, not too small so it gets boring too quickly. My first playthough lastet 50 hours. Then you can do a at least one replay with the opposite faction if you like to, after which you probably will put it aside for a while, but the itch might come back a few months later. My experience was also very bug free! This game is everthing it aspires to be. You will get really good, light hearted spaceship action for casual play or a few days straight if you totally binch it.

Is this helpful to you?

Posted on: January 22, 2019

coreprimal

Verified owner

Games: 89 Reviews: 1

controller supported

Hi if you want to use the controller you need to start the game then exit out of it, then go to Documents/my games/Double Damage games/RebelGalaxy/local_settings and under GAMEPAD: 0 change the 0 to a 1 to enable the controller happy gaming :-)

Is this helpful to you?

Posted on: November 16, 2016

treddy73

Verified owner

Games: 141 Reviews: 8

Great third person space shooter

Many people say that this game has a freelancer vibe to it. I would tend to slightly disagree, but that doesn't really describe how great this game is. The first thing you notice is the soundtrack. Absolutely wonderful music that gives you the feel you're a space cowboy or maybe a space biker. The combat is not like other space shooters. You only have 4 degrees of freedom and the bulk of the time you're firing broadside weapons and timing your deflectors. You do have turrets that will fire on targets at will or as per your configuration. None of that detracts from the combat. It is fast, furious, and dangerous. Even with a fully capable ship, you can still get blasted to space dust. The equipment is pretty standard for this genre of game, but this is the weakest part of the game. For the most part you just have maybe 4 or 5 different types of weapons, armor, engines, etc that level from 1 to 6 as you enter harder systems. However, you can attack special event ships that may drop powerful ship components you cannot buy. Random missions can be a grind, but you are playing something like Freelancer, so you need to make money somehow. The trading aspect of this game is kind of broken and not really worth doing. You make more collecting the dropped cargo from destroyed ships than buying and selling from different sectors. All in all I played it though twice with different ships and loadouts and I had fun. I recommend picking this up especially if it is on sale.

Is this helpful to you?

Posted on: December 16, 2016

AzTheSquishy

Verified owner

Games: 97 Reviews: 2

Fun, but wishing for more.

It's a great game, the music and theme to the setting is very nice and great to blow crap up to. But I wish there was more to it. Faction-building, production, something of the sort where you can set your own goals. I feel it's lacking in the end-game other than turning rouge against EVERYONE. Otherwise, the game is- again -great. The music and sound are grand and bluesy, good for the feel and tone they're going for (a space western). The ships are fun to fly and you're not restricted to any singular ship! You can have a wing-man as well to help with the tougher fights, and you can also find unique loot that nomrally can't be bought by searching junk-feilds, mine-feilds, containers. Dead-drops and more. So, in all, a 4 out of 5 for a great game. The game does what it sets out to do, and does it very well. But I was hoping for more afterwards. Saddly, it doesn't look to be so. Oh well, I would wholly recommend this regardless for a fun space-romp. Just don't expect the X-games or Elite.

Is this helpful to you?

Discover CD PROJEKT RED games

Highlights

Featured

Close, but not an exact hit

Rebel Galaxy

Other ratings

Add a review

Edit a review

Delete this review?

Report this review

Additional Details (required):

Report this review