Star Control I & II

Star Control 2 is the most awesome game of all time! I had a ball playing it over and over, finding new things each time. This one is a true "treasure from the past." The ONLY way you could come even close ot it would be to get "Mission Critical" out, too! Thank you!

I grew up playing this game and it's stayed with me, it is a great story and I replay it every few years. The only thing negative I have to say here is there is a free HD remake and as previously mentioned free to download urquan masters remake.

I love this game, but I also swear quite a lot when I play it

In the past few months, I've been playing the free version for Star Control 2. It is Ur-Quan Masters HD, downloaded from Sourceforge. Until this SAVE GAME BUG bit me, I would have agreed with the other reviewers that UQMHD is the version of SC2 that one should play. A nice feature in UQMHD allows you to turn off the universal timer so you can explore to your heart's content without worrying about having the game end on you after playing the game for many hours. Sadly, the SAVE GAME BUG in UQMHD gives me an empty save slot when I attempt to save. After over 100 saves and perhaps about halfway through the game, my save attempts started to kick me out of the game. I could still reload the game. But, finally, I ran into a save attempt that failed completely (likely due to save info overloading a static save file size). This SAVE GAME BUG prompted me to give UQMHD a 1-star rating at Sourceforge. It is the only bug I ran into during my many hours of play. Otherwise, I would have rated it 5-stars. It's not GOGs fault, so I rated SC2 with 5 stars here on GOG based on my UQMHD experience up to the point of the SAVE GAME BUG. I haven't played SC2 beyond a couple of hours so can't comment on the possibility this SAVE GAME BUG exists in SC2 as it does in UQMHD v0.7.0. I have not played SC1 but have listened to the soundtrack GOG has provided for SC1 and 2--very nice.

This game is easily one of the best ever made, for any platform, in the history of gaming. That said, this version of the game is garbage relative to the FREE version that has fewer bugs, the original voiceovers, and in some cases, an optional HD graphical overhaul. The free version is based on the source code that the devs released years ago. Many space RPG games that kids like these days can likely trace its lineage back to this game. Even Mass Effect arguably draws some of its mechanics from this game. This game, however, does those mechanics better, and more importantly, it does the writing better. Vastly better. The alien species in this game have more character and are more interesting and fun than the alien species in literally all AAA space games in the past 20 years. This game is something you must experience if you take gaming at all seriously as a hobby. Leave the children to their boring "gamer" trash and pick up this timeless title for free. Just google ur quan masters. It's insane that anyone would be selling this.