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I am considering buy it as it looks like a mix of various games I like. I do not want to buy it though and having to wait months or years till I can play it from beginning to the end.

Also, how is replayability in this game?
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trusteft: I am considering buy it as it looks like a mix of various games I like. I do not want to buy it though and having to wait months or years till I can play it from beginning to end.

Also, how is replayability in this game?
Hi trusteft - there is no end to the game. The only part that is linear is the prolog which gets you to space, your space ship and leads you through getting your first FTL drive. From there you can play for thousands of hours if you want.

I am adding new content and features constantly - you can see all of this on my blog at www.stellartactics.com. I guess the best way to look at it is the game is being developed iteratively with regular content drops and regular improvements.

If you are the kind of gamer that likes discreet goals, a story, and clear objectives, Stellar Tactics is not that game right now, it is almost entirely a sandbox. There is a beginning, but no end ;)
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trusteft: I am considering buy it as it looks like a mix of various games I like. I do not want to buy it though and having to wait months or years till I can play it from beginning to end.

Also, how is replayability in this game?
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StellarTactics: Hi trusteft - there is no end to the game. The only part that is linear is the prolog which gets you to space, your space ship and leads you through getting your first FTL drive. From there you can play for thousands of hours if you want.

I am adding new content and features constantly - you can see all of this on my blog at www.stellartactics.com. I guess the best way to look at it is the game is being developed iteratively with regular content drops and regular improvements.

If you are the kind of gamer that likes discreet goals, a story, and clear objectives, Stellar Tactics is not that game right now, it is almost entirely a sandbox. There is a beginning, but no end ;)
Hello Mr. Dev,

I have played the game for ~30 hours now and I really like what I see.

However, going by what you just wrote it feels like there wont be a continuation of the prolog story?
I really would like to see how the story plays out and what happens at the end of the prolog kinda sends you out into space to find things if you know what I mean (don't wanna spoil), yet after those 30h played I haven't managed to find anything that would tie in with the story of the prolog.

So, once the prolog is done it's just a grind to imrpove the characters and ships and then thats it or is there more in the pipeline that gives a reason to the grind?
So far the combat environments and enemies are rather "the same" all the time too.
Always the same zombies, humanoids or spiders depending on the samey space station or cave environment you play in.

Will there be more biomes, enemy types and such?

Otherwise, lovely game. :)

However, going by what you just wrote it feels like there wont be a continuation of the prolog story?
I really would like to see how the story plays out and what happens at the end of the prolog kinda sends you out into space to find things if you know what I mean (don't wanna spoil), yet after those 30h played I haven't managed to find anything that would tie in with the story of the prolog.
Yes, there will be more story. I'm wrapping up the core features right now - when those are done I'll start working on more of the story content. I expect that content will be at least 40 hours total. More mission types, branching missions, boarding and a number of other features are planned. There will also be a good number of end game goals to pursue and longer-term plans for adding more content after the initial release if all goes well.

More enemies are planned - perhaps more biomes.
Post edited February 17, 2020 by StellarTactics
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trusteft: I am considering buy it as it looks like a mix of various games I like. I do not want to buy it though and having to wait months or years till I can play it from beginning to end.

Also, how is replayability in this game?
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StellarTactics: Hi trusteft - there is no end to the game. The only part that is linear is the prolog which gets you to space, your space ship and leads you through getting your first FTL drive. From there you can play for thousands of hours if you want.

I am adding new content and features constantly - you can see all of this on my blog at www.stellartactics.com. I guess the best way to look at it is the game is being developed iteratively with regular content drops and regular improvements.

If you are the kind of gamer that likes discreet goals, a story, and clear objectives, Stellar Tactics is not that game right now, it is almost entirely a sandbox. There is a beginning, but no end ;)
Open world "sandbox" sounds fine to me. Well, as long as it is fun. :) So basically it is closer to say the proper Elite games (not including the always online last one), than say Wing Commander.
I bought the game (GOG) so sooner or later I will start playing it.

Two more questions please.
1. As I use the offline installers (I hate clients), whenever I want to upgrade to a newer version do I just install the new over the old installation?
2. If I want to make a let's play for youtube/cocoscope,. will I have any issues with that? Game or soundtrack? So will I have to for example disable any music there is in the game? (I know if the game contains no music I sound really noob now).
Post edited February 17, 2020 by trusteft

1. As I use the offline installers (I hate clients), whenever I want to upgrade to a newer version do I just install the new over the old installation?
2. If I want to make a let's play for youtube/cocoscope,. will I have any issues with that? Game or soundtrack? So will I have to for example disable any music there is in the game? (I know if the game contains no music I sound really noob now).
1) It should work fine. I would backup the entire "Save" folder before overwriting with the updated installers - just in case. All save data is placed in that one folder. If re-installing via the offline installers overwrites that folder, you may lose your saves. If that happens, you can just copy the backup "Save" folder back into the game install.

2) Lots of people have streamed the game - you do not need to disable the music if you don't want to.

1. As I use the offline installers (I hate clients), whenever I want to upgrade to a newer version do I just install the new over the old installation?
2. If I want to make a let's play for youtube/cocoscope,. will I have any issues with that? Game or soundtrack? So will I have to for example disable any music there is in the game? (I know if the game contains no music I sound really noob now).
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StellarTactics: 1) It should work fine. I would backup the entire "Save" folder before overwriting with the updated installers - just in case. All save data is placed in that one folder. If re-installing via the offline installers overwrites that folder, you may lose your saves. If that happens, you can just copy the backup "Save" folder back into the game install.

2) Lots of people have streamed the game - you do not need to disable the music if you don't want to.
You were very helpful, thank you very much.