Posted on: February 15, 2015

zephonw

Jeux: 129 Avis: 3

Move along, nothing to see here.

This game is under-appreciated for a good reason. While playable, and fully functional, everything else about it is painfully cumbersome. Other than poor mechanics, it also got a non-likable protagonist, useless tag-along female lead, and an all out dumb plot. Bought this game while in discount, but still, felt like a waste. So move along people, nothing to see here. While moving away from this disaster of a game, remember to pick up Freespace1/2 up on the way out. Now that's a timeless flight-sim.

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Posted on: July 6, 2012

mcenal

Jeux: 530 Avis: 2

Grind

I played this game first on the PC then on the Xbox 360. Playability was good on the xbox, but the game is a long grind. It is a shooter not as much exploring game. I like that the game has one ship (you can focus on the upgrades instead of the best ship), but I also dislike that. The upgrades are all locked in to exact values and if you don't get the upgrades just right (I didn't) you will miss out on a few achievement points and you really don't want to re-play to go back and get them. It left me feeling unhappy with the final game.

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Posted on: August 19, 2018

Joking79

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Maybe in 2002.....

I seem to be a bit "tainted" by the Freelancer bug... If you managed to play Freelancer back in 2003, then you understand why everyone here is going on about Freelancer and how Darkstar One doesn't quite hit the mark. If anything, this would definatly be an entry level space action/trading game...not a sim On the other hand, if this game had come out before or around the same time, i'd have been super impressed! Mind you, when this did originally come out, it was about 3 years after...so right now, we're looking at a 12 year old game as of this comment? Not bad but not great Things that didn't really ticle my fancy was the repetitive station missions that were just there as what seemed like a filler to get you some credits. Also, the trading, very easy to get a grasp of but so very basic ( like I said, entry level), then there is one ship...just one but upgradable...ok I know this isn't X3, it's not supposed to be complex but give us more than one ship. Look, it's ok....cringeworthy story and a bloody long slog that is kind of unescessary. 3/5 stars By the by GoG...Get your act together and somehow find a way to put Starlancer and Freelancer up!

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Posted on: May 26, 2013

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Huge disappointment

I'd read some good things about this game, apparently it compared well to Freelancer, which I had quite liked, so when I was walking around Best Buy looking for something to scratch the itch and came across it, I picked it up. I was a little nervous about it only having one ship, but I figured the upgrade mechanic would allow for enough customizability to make up for it. Remember: good reviews, the game Freelancer should have been. Bollocks. Whoever those reviewers were, they evidently weren't fans of the greats, or they would have seen Darkstar One for the steaming pile of shit that it is. No open world. No free roaming. No putting the plot on hold and dicking around for a week or three. No trading. Shit, no in-game economy of any kind. No new ships, and no upgrades other than a few minor tweaks and special abilities. The plot stinks. It's linear and uninteresting and does nothing more than drive you from one system to the next. And the dialogue is cheesy and cliche and annoying. The combat... isn't terrible. Fights can be fun at first, but you'll get sick of them soon enough. Forget about complex missions with multiple objectives, fleet battles, or any other niceties. Hope you like dogfighting. Look, I could go on, but there's no point. Just don't buy this game. No matter what itch you're looking to scratch, there are at least 5 better games out there than this one.

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Posted on: October 24, 2025

aburpunk

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Can't play

The game has an infinite loading bug that i found out is old and well known, you have to jump a few loops to get around it. I tried a few solution but they have not worked for me and I will not reinstall my OS for this game. This bug happens after the first 30min of game, just when I finish the tutorial and try to warp to the next system so can't really give a game review, just FYI in case you buy it, you might not be able to play it.

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