First of all, my thanks go out to all the Gods of Gaming for seeing fit to inspire GoG to bring this series back. Now, on to the review! I first played Star Control 1 WAAAAY back in the day on my Sega Genesis system. It was a fun little game. Not terribly deep as stories go, but the space ship combat was great and I definitely enjoyed the planet-taking strategy portion of the game as well. And then it happened..... A few years later, a new Star Control game came out, but I didn't have a means of playing it. Luckily my friend was stupid rich and his parents had actually gotten him the Panasonic 3D0 and a copy of the game. (for those of you who didn't know, the 3D0 version was actually better than the PC version as the alien conversations were actually voice-acted!) I was in love (with the game...not my friend). We spent hours pouring over this bastion of gaming awesomeness. Flying the Vindicator from star system to star system, raping planets of their mineral wealth and capturing entire species of critters to be sold as guinea pigs to the Melnorme, swapping insults with a space dog and giggling like idiots about boinking a blue space babe (hey, we were in 8th grade...what else would you expect?). Simply put, Star Control II is still top dog on my gaming G.O.A.T. list. Even compared against the massive triple-A titles of today, nothing stands out in my memory as being a more perfect game. If you haven't played it before, BUY IT IMMEDIATELY! If you have...well...BUY IT IMMEDIATELY ANYWAY! You will not be disappointed.
