Starcom: Unknown Space

This game really scratched the exporation itch I've been missing! The open universe with different stories reminds me of Fallen London with more quick paced combat and loads of alternatives to build your own ship. Truly delightful!

I enjoyed it to a point then started hating it. I ran out of quests, there were broken quest lines, and quests that were just ridiculously hard to figure out even with google help.

Is it worth buying? Yes! It's even worth it's full price! just like the last one, it's fun to explore, aquire technologies for research, build your ship, smash enemy ships and see what happens in the storries. The music is good, the visual are nice and the gameplay is fitting. The only complaints I have are mine ones, such as being unable to figure out how to finish certain quests without looking them up online. Since these were ALL optional quests, it hardly mattered except for my desire to be completionist. There are a couple balance issues with this game: 1) cannons and thrusters normally go up in price massively while gaining more then double the damage or thrust. However, the mk3 plasma cannon breaks this by being expensive, but not having enough damage increase to be worth using. It is better atm to use three mk2 plasma cannons instead! 2) heat sinks don't do much unless you leave them next to open spaces. This doens't make sense as the heatsink itself should be drawing off and emitting most of the heat above and below the ship, realistically speaking. All but hte armoured one are also partial hexes, meaning they are annoying to use. It would've been better if they were all full hexes, so they can all be used to attach other components! 3) fighters move WAAAAY to slow, even when fully upgraded. Fully upgraded, they still move slower then the missiles, even without upgrading the missiles speed! Combind with the fact that you need to wait for fighters to return, vs missiles auto generating and not needing to return, it's better just to use missiles!

I love this game. Its so close to Star Control 2, but it has its own style. I would LOVE it if there was VO voice acting for this game. Its just lacking a bit in that area, and it would give the aliens so much more life and depth. Along with some animations (even simple) would be great. - I actually write music for games. Dev's hit me up at Qualified Sound Studios, becuase I would love to do this kind of project! ;-) - Anyway. great game so far and I am really enjoying it..

Starcom Nexus was a great return to form. This follow up, Space Unknown, is a worthwhile successor.