Posted on: March 12, 2016
Lin545
Verified ownerGames: 434 Reviews: 29
Very unique title! Highly recommend!
SPAZ is ... 2-D top-down space pirate simulator, with procedurally generated galaxy and random events. While the story is pretty much static and thin, the game may look fantastic to some - and dull to other. It all comes down to a thing, if you like: a) upgrades, ships, asteroids and zombies b) fantasy real-time space battles with lasers and shields c) futuristic ambient space then you will fall in love with it, as me!! It reminds me of TYRIAN, with a touch of strategy and a "go anywhere" style. The game is definitely not a space simulator however, so don't seek for any realism - for that you want to check Kerbal Space Program - another masterpiece. There are also few mods around, most notably BigFightforBEEF, which will massively enhance amount of the upgrades and change the direction into higher tec - better. In contrast, the vanilla game upgrades give more varienty rather than power, meaning bigger hulls gives bigger slot which gives bigger firepower. There is probably just one thing I dislike with vanilla game, the size of hangars. Friendly AI is pretty much useless and giving them smaller ship robs you more than brings any benefit. Also, whilst the game is somewhat easy to modify, its not open and devs don't help mod makers much, so at current state the game is already asking for rewrite as Free Software because it misses online potential! Overall its one of the games I have really enjoyed playing in 2015, its very stylish and easy on grey cells. There is very little place for the math and all the freedom to fire lasers. =)
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