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Darkstar One Broken Alliance -- Space Sim/Elite Clone for 360 - OUT NEXT WEEK!
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Action and adventure in one exciting package - an innovative hybrid game that moves the player seamlessly between story-driven adventure, RPG customization and action-packed space battles
Play as pirate, trader, mercenary, bounty hunter, smuggler or assassin, configuring your ship accordingly, as the game world reacts to your actions and reputation
Explore a universe of more than 300 solar systems populated by 6 distinct alien races with unique ship designs, tactics, behaviors and realistic economies
Fully customize the DarkStar One with weapons, engines, shields and over 200 distinct components through trade, salvage, exploration and plunder
Amazing visuals and sound - enjoy more than 35 hours of true 1080p High Definition gameplay, over 40 minutes of cut-scene storytelling and 90 minutes of original music
I'd kinda heard about this game but today was the first time I actually saw some gameplay footage. Does anyone know if we will be able to connect a proper flight stick?
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I'm intrigued/skeptically excited.
So it's based off the PC game? Is it going to be a port?
When I saw the announcement, I was hoping it would be a reboot for XBLA or something, but this... is a truly horrendous idea.
It had potential, but it needs to improve a lot. A decent time waster.
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Plus, I'm such a fan of space sims that I'd buy it just to support the genre.
Eurogamer gave it a pretty good review: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/darkstar-one-broken-alliance-review
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Just so you guys know, Darkstar One was nothing like Tie Fighter or Elite. Unless those games were terrible in your opinions.
And the more current 360 Eurogamer review above basically says it's the same game.
SO it plays out like a first person Eve? *cough*
It felt very shallow compared to X3 Reunion.
Freelancer is pretty shallow, too.
If you ask me.
I'll just be over here playing Freespace 2.
*smug*
So it's like Freelancer?
Awesome
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A long time ago I remember playing Star Control II ... would love to see that on XBLA or PSN! Loved the exploration aspects of the game although I remember there was a timer or something that I hated.
To this day, it's the only space shooter I've enjoyed.
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SC2 is one of my favorite games of all time. There were a couple of time-sensitive events but they weren't too bad. The overall game didn't have a timer the way the original Prince of Persia (PC) or original Fallout games had.
I remember being blown away by the music at the time :P
According to the review, it's not a major overhaul.
Also has some of the worst voice acting and cutscenes I've ever seen, and the alien designs are laughably bad. There is a race that are basically giant sentient slugs.
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Though I'm not even sure it is the best one. Isn't Project Sylpheed a space sim, too?
Lotsa anime bullshit but if you were patient with the tutorials and all, good times can be had. I coudn't finish it because I had no idea what I was doing. But now that I have a nicer TV, perhaps that will help with all the instruments.
It's arcadey. Not as arcadey as Rogue Squadron, but almost there. The real problem with the game is that, even on hard, almost every mission is solved through use of overwhelming missile spam before your targets can do anything. It's just a matter of acquiring targets in the right order and using the right amount of spam before moving on to the next. I beat it in a weekend, but brought it back before they released the free dlc missions and weapons.
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How does it fare as a space shooter with RPG elements? I don't really care for space sims, which is why the comparisons to Freelancer grab my attention.
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It's basically Freelancer made by Eastern Europeans.
The graphics look really nice in 1080p, although it doesn't maintain 60FPS 100 percent of the time. I've had a frame drop here and there during intense battles, but nothing unplayable.
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This game is great! The controls are so damn smooth. It really puts the Xbox controller to the limit. Menus are smooth radial dials, while all the buttons are mapped to the standard actions. A time-advance button is mapped to a radial, a nice thing to include (similar to most PC time-lapse functions like X2/X3).
Having a single ship stream-lines the experience. Instead of studying stats on new ships to buy, you accumulate artifacts and apply upgrades to parts of your ship. The changes they effect are understood at a glance in the upgrade screen and plasma cannon screen.
There are lots of little details to enjoy. A reputation system they gives you benefits (like more bonuses or better trade prices) when you are sufficiently adept. Pirate gangs that move and hide on the fringes of systems (that you can hunt down an eliminate for great profit and secrets).
The game also does a fair job of sparing you of fruitless, boring searches and activities. The Star Map indicates the state of various systems: economy, produced products, illegal products, ocupatied?, and whether artifacts are present or not.
Anyway, I am loving this game. It is easy to job into. So far, it is quite stable. The voice acting is hillariously bad, but the experience is still quite fun and thrilling.
It beats X2 as my old fav simply because X2 would have crashed several times by now.
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THe terrible CG and voice acting is almost an art form.
Never mind all that, though. The pew-pew action just plain rocks. And the game galaxy is F-ing huge!
Indeed, it's a cool game and I need to play more of it.
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Agreed. I heard it was five bucks for a while on Steam.
Ok, the surface-based canyon run was so fucking stupid. I am rather effortlessly dodging stone columns and arches, shooting stuff down as I head for the shield generator, but then it starts to pause for a quarter second everytime I turn a corner in the canyon. I crashed twice simply because I got disoriented from it and smashed into a wall too hard.
Glad it is over with.
As a side note, I am not even half way through with the game?!? What the fuck. I JUST entered Raptor territory. Everything wants me dead. I love it.
TY so much for this! I have been eyeing this for a min but 50$ seemed too much for me.
Its currently 9.99 on steam.
A good pirce.
This isn't worth $50 since some of the action can get repetitive, but I paid the right price at $30 or $40 (I forgot). At ten, it is a steal for anyone that can enjoy a space sim.