I'm getting tired of these low-effort no-content reviews of this game so I want to put this out there that actually talks about the game. Disclaimer: I'm only about 2 hours in, so consider this a review of the early game. Maybe everything changes in the end game, I don't know yet. GRAPHICS The new game is bright and colorful, and the aliens diverse and fun. Planets are same-y looking, with just different colors and textures. SOUND The new music is OK. I (and everyone else) miss the classic Yehat, Utwig, etc themes but the new ones are competent, but I haven't found any super-amazing stand-outs yet. Nothing great, and nothing terrible. STORY The story is really simple. You've got 3 major objectives- the immediate goal of building up humanity's strength to survive the Scryve purge, the overall goal of discovering what happened to the Lexites, and the galactic (possibly series?) goal of discovering what happened to the Precursors. As stated at the top, I'm still in the early game so I can't speak to how well these are concluded. The alien writing varies from great to OK. Some of the lines are really funny. I haven't found anything cringe-inducing yet. GAMEPLAY The gameplay is very similar to the original. Which is to say, repetitive. Fly (slowly) to another star, fly (slowly) to another planet, land an extremely fragile rover on the surface, drive around (slowly) collecting space garbage to sell to other races, buy upgrades, rinse, repeat. Space combat is also similar, except that now there are temporary power ups such as increased energy regen, increased speed, etc scattered around the field. They're not game-breaking, but grab a couple and you can turn the tide. OVERALL If you miss the classics (and lets be honest here, we're only talking about Star Control 2. SC 1 & 3 are both Not Good) Ur-Quan Masters is free online. Star Control: Origins is a solid game on its own. Repetitive but entertaining, there's enough variety and discovery to keep me going.
