Posted on: February 17, 2020
Kempeth
Verified ownerGames: 61 Reviews: 3
Cool setting, lukewarm gameplay
Pros: - Departs from the standard sci-fi feel of spacey music to give you something more rustic that really sells the more dirty, Firefly-like, piratey setting - The concept of naval style combat is a pleasant diversion from the more forward firing fighter style combat that's prevalent in the genre - Voice acting is good and covers pretty much all interactions - Ship designs are nice and diverse Cons: - The story is just lame. It does little more than sending you to a few different systems and blow something up. There are incredibly few stages to the whole story and each part feels really insubstantial. - Broadsides end up not being all that important. Every ship comes with turrets as well and even though they are only firing at half power when you are manning the broadsides, they still tend to outperform the broadsides in DPS. Granted the broadsides do pack a punch and you absolutely need them for any of the tougher enemies but it dilutes the combat style. - Combat difficulty spikes around halfway through and then plummets as you reach the biggest ships. - The progression from to more powerful ships and (more importantly) equipment is a very slow grind because you'll always be stuck doing "mild" or "very mild" missions until you're basically done with the game. This drags out the playtime beyond pleasant levels - The upgrades you get from the main quest are laughably inconsequential. When starting out I expected an artefact hunt and upgrade tree like in Dark Star One but you only get a handful of meh improvements. - The world is significantly smaller than Freelancer or Dark Star One. I a weird way this game feels too long and not long enough at the same time. There's fun to be had especially thanks to the superb battle music. But it doesn't reach the greatness of more iconic spaceship shooters.
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