Posted on: May 6, 2020

nitro912gr

Games: 401 Reviews: 9

You are Spike Spiegel and oh wait...

I don't remember how I got this game honestly, my backlog is chaotic and I skipped it so far because I though a space game that is retained withing a 2D plane sounded sad. Anyway I unearthed my sidewinder joystick and wanted to check out games that could make use of it so I installed Rebel Galaxy to give it a shot. While the joystick was of no use because of the 2D plane of the game (honestly I don't recall if it worked at all, I tried a lot of games that day), the game itself won me in an instant! Somehow I got a feeling that I play Freelancer as the crew of Cowboy Bebop, the music helped a ton here and the gameplay is extremely like Freelancer just limited to the 2D plane. You have a main story and you are free to do as you please, explore, bounty hunting, trading, even mining (barely worth it honestly but sometimes you get something nice like diamonds or salt), escort missions, deliveries. Fighting is a bit dumped down but keep in mind the ships available to the player are not some small space ship ideal for dogfighting but larger classes so it makes sense to have a fighting style like that. The interesting part is you can just go pirate if you want to, while this may interfere with the main story as you will be turned hostile to stations that you need to visit, it is still an interesting aspect and there are neutral and outlaw stations that you can use to trade, repair and buy ships or upgrades. For ships there are some options, not as much as I could like but considering the small studio I can say they are enough and have a lot of customization options (although not visually but engines, shields, guns etc) also nice to be able to upgrade computer systems like better scanners, repair bots etc. Extra bonus for the Cowboy Bebop fans, the starting ship's type is named Hummerhead ;) You can make alliances with guilds, that provide some bonus missions with better rewards and upgrade parts that are not available elsewhere. I like it a lot, so I say go get it!

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Posted on: April 29, 2024

Bonesinger

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Games: 632 Reviews: 18

Solid, if uninspiring

TLDR - More of a 3.5 than 4. This is a simplified space sim, the kind of game to ease people into the genre. Great music, little depth ------ I don't remember when I bought it, but I know I must've paid around 17 BRL (~4 USD). After sitting on my list for ages, I've finally gave this game a shot. * I cannot stress how GOOD the soundtrack is - Western Rock through and through; * Navigation is 2D. You can't go "up" or "down", only enemy fighters do that; * Combat is "naval", it's just about turning your ship around to get broadside shots and distributing damage to your shields. Turrets auto fire while in broadside; * Cargo space is super limited, as are commodities for sale - at least judging from the ships available in the first sector, max cargo space you'll have is 47; * Commodities' prices fluctuate, as several events might happen in the system, some of which you can interfere, like a war between 2 stations. I like this, as it makes the universe feel alive. Also, days pass while you're flying, though there doesn't seem to be any way to keep track of that; * Most missions are "go there, kill pirates" with a different reason to do so; * Default keybinds make little sense. "E" is a key that does almost everything: increase engine power, activate warp drive, grab cargo, receive incoming calls. Why? The game was probably made with the PS4 in mind first, but even there it'd be horrible to press "X" to do all those things * UI in general leaves a lot to be desired. There's no speedometer while flying. Can't go to options from inside a space station, you have to exit it to open the menu. The only way to see your standing with the local factions is by opening the command wheel while in flight I'm 6 hours in and haven't jumped out of the first system yet, so I can't really comment on the story.

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Posted on: December 24, 2022

Calbeck

Games: 75 Reviews: 2

Rock On

Never completed the game, had a blast while playing it though - same as I'd say for a lot of games I own. In all honesty, I'm putting in this 5.0 rating because after checking why this game was only rating a 3.9/5, I found a metric crapload of 1/5 ratings where the actual description was of a 3/5 or even 4/5 game. There were an equal number of half-arsed non-reviews which also threw in a 1/5. It looks like this game got review-bombed to push it below the 4/5 rating it actually deserves.

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Posted on: October 24, 2015

Igraine

Verified owner

Games: Reviews: 38

Great space arcade

First and foremost: this is an arcade game in spaace!, not a space sim. All large ship float on the plane of the solar system, and engages other ships, mostly, in broadside battles. This makes it a bit difficult to target strikecraft zipping above and below with your main guns, but not overly annoying. The gameplay is fun, reactive and rewarding. I always felt that my actions had consequences, that my guns did something in a battle, and that my tactics helped or doomed me. For instance, you can choose artillery-style main guns and pick off enemies from a distance. Mount them on a fast ship, and you can divide your enemies and destroy them individually. Ships and upgrades feel different and powerful: you can actually switch from broadside-based fighting to a turret-based style with the help of different ships. Holding the vulnerable back of slow enemies and using mining lasers and ion cannon turrets to blow up the reactor makes me feel smrt! and all tactical like. Due to how fun battles are, collecting money for ships and upgrades doesn't feel like a grind, but like a reward in itself. Add to it a great soundtrack (and the option to add your own music), which starts and stops at appropriately atmospheric moments, this game is a continuous bundle of joy.

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Posted on: November 6, 2016

koredump

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Games: 716 Reviews: 5

That Firefly Feeling

For me this game is a dream come true - playing a space game with this Firefly feel to it. Even if that game would have been bad I would have bought it for the incredibly good soundtrack. For the price of € 6.69 on the current sale it's a steal and a must buy.

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