Rebel Galaxy Outlaw

This is a great game but felt unfinished. An absolute joy through the whole story but, the ending was very open ended and the three story choices towards the end all lead to the same conclusion. Gameplay wise it seems there was no end game content. I would of thought pirate lords would have filled that spot, but at best they were optional. The largest bug I found in the game was the flak cannon dealt no damage. Also no mod toolkit was made available for this game even though it was promised by the devs before launch. With Double Damage Games gone; No fixes, balance changes, nor missing features/content will be added to the game. Never buy at its full price of $30.

I liked the previous game a lot. It was easy to learn and fair to play against.... this one is not. No matter what you do, you will never be able to go solo against a lot of enemies at once, nor take on larger ships and win without aid. The game also requires a lot of grinding and the way the entire thing is focused on fighters is really not to my liking! The equipment system, music and UI are all pretty good. But I've been playing video games all my life and this is just too much of a pain in the ass, even when I don't select something difficult to do. The last straw was when I found out I need to do this emp weapon quest and I have to take down 5 enemies at once WITHOUT killing them.... and the emp weapon doesn't have homing! Anyone who's played a space game like this will know that makes it pretty much impossible to hit anything. I'm fed up with this; it's just too much of a pain in the ass. I'd rather go back and play the original.

When they pulled out this stunt on their fanbase i at least expected an improvement over the previous iteration. The autopilot feature breaks the game completely, i dont know who came up with it but they clearly have no clue how to make a game. Since the game feels like a grindfest you will be spamming that autopilot button, because there is absolutely no reason to use the sublight travel, you cannot steer yourself, so you cant avoid encounters at all, and its going to happen the same way, every single time. You will get pulled out of fast travel into an ambush being outnumbered by enemies every single time, this is what the game designers believe to be a fair challenge, they surround you and tear you apart because you have no way to maneuver out of a swarming attack like this. At least the first rebel galaxy remedied this by having wingmen, in this game you have nothing. 6 ships, this is not a joke, this is what you get. 12 in total if you count the variants, which are just the same ships colored different with small changes. Farm merchant missions at first, get a good afterburner to outrun most encounters, get the big merchant ship, farm merchant missions, outrun encounters, slowly upgrade your shit, boring as shit. If you want to play the way they designed this game, you will spend double time grinding. Once you feel comfortable you can start fighting enemies, you get some buddies to help you out,. What happened to the broadside combat of the previous game? that was the main appeal for me, you dont even get any capital ship unlike the previous game. These devs accepted a deal with epic games for a year of exclusivity away from the platform that made them popular, they got an injection of money for their game development, and this shit feels that is still early access, 2 years down the line. Also it crashes your pc if you try to quit the game.

Rebel Galaxy Outlaw is a relaxing game that takes roleplaying elements, by incarnating Juno Markev and deciding yourself whether she should be a law-abiding citizen or engage in space piracy (or anything in-between), and mixes it with a space simulation. Now before yelling, yes, it doesn't feel as a complete space simulation - while many options are available and only ask to be assigned shortcuts to get it closer to the real deal, the game is made to be playable with (almost) only the mouse, so don't expect that terrible a challenge. That being said, where RGO truly shines is its ambiance. While the design in its essence remains simple and is accessible to a very wide audience, RGO immerses you into a world made of countless hues of grey, from lawful hard-working people to trigger-happy leeches. Your objectives will not always please either the cops either pirates, but you do what must be done so that Juno gets answers to the situation she found herself in. Don't expect a colossal, memorable storyline but it's satisfying enough, fits well the ambiance and the music is simply excellent! As simple as it was, I enjoyed playing the space trucker, slow-moving, harrassed by pirates, making the most of every window of opportunity as I couldn't escape, struggling with my risky deliveries only to improve my beast of burden's equipment - that, in order to take on even riskier deliveries, only to find out sometimes my target market isn't in a real need of my freight and offers an uninteresting deal. Now, while simple doesn't mean boring, the game may feel repetitive if you play too long in a day, which lowered the note for me. It takes a bit of grinding here and there to improve your equipment or purchase a new ship, but it'll entertain you nonetheless!

Let's start out with the pros: + Totally scratches any Privateer itch you may have. It even has technophobic religious nuts, like the original. + Once you figure out which pieces of gear are important, the game is easy, at least in modes with autopursuit. + Nice soundtrack + Neat voice acting + Pre-quel to Rebel Galaxy Cons: - Buggy. Crashes on exit, crashes occasionally when changing systems. - Terrible controls, even in menus. Yes, that's probably because it was intended for controllers, but equipping your ship shouldn't be such a chore. - Mediocre graphics - Combat consists of autopursuit and knowing when to withdraw, recharge, and come back. Even the unwieldy cargo ships are nimble like Tie Fighters and the real fighters are ludicrously twitchy. - Between the super-twitchy movement and the need to aim carefully, I don't know if I could play this without autopursuit and aim assist. Maybe if you're looking for a challenge, but there are better games for that. - Whose bright idea was it to put missiles on the shift key by default?