I backed this game on kickstarter, because I find it relatively impressive for a game produced by a team of two person, and I don't regret that. This space shooter is really entertaining, with dozens of ships who are really different from each others (and can all be personnalized) and have varied maneuvrability. This give an interesting tactical aspect to the space battle, depending on your class battleship (fighter, rogue, etc...) and the weapon and other abilities you're equiping your ship. Be carefull on your choices for your ship, because your opponents are here in great numbers, and only your Sage's abilities (like slow down the action for example) can help you to defeat this horde. About the story, it's well written (because of the humor and a large amount of references) but it's not particulary exciting apart from the points I just wrote. In concerns technical aspect, the game have nice graphics for a small project like this one, and I don't have suffer about bugs or technical issues. The multiplayers modes are interesting, but I have to advice you to get a decent ship before trying it, because all the other players will use the better ship they have, and many of them play the game for one or two months. Finally, I just say that Ring Runner is a good game, with a solid (but a little repeating missions) solo campaign and an amusing multiplayer.
Once upon a time, it was a game studio who wrote enchanting stories combined to rich gameplay. jade Empire is the last title who can truly claim to be part of this glorious era : a new rich and enthousiastic universe, very good RP part for an action/RPG, a great group of NPC who came with your PC, etc... Of course, there a few things who aren't perfect (no real avatar custom, for example), but you will forgive and forget those things very quickly; because this is really an odyssey that you enjoy every minute.
