Space Trader: Merchant Marine

If you were alive during the noughts and are looking to fill an itch of nostalgia, it's a great game that'll do exactly that. Perhaps too well, as people seem prone to a bit of "remember the few fun parts because of the memories they created, forget the god-awful dreck that was most of the market" bias here. That said, if you AREN'T in this for that very specific nostalgia, you're going to hate this game, as it's entirely awful. Just awful in that very, hyper-specific "noughts game that was forgotten for a good reason" way.

This game prepped a whole buncha kids to grow up and blow a hole in the stock market.

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Go play Rebel Galaxy

It's surprisingly fun and entertaining

Sinceramente Space Trader já devia ser um jogo ultrapassado em 2008, além dos gráficos datados a jogabilidade é simples, fraca e as vezes esquisita. O gunplay na partes de FPS é fraco e esquisito, já nas partes de comércio que é pra ser o foco do jogo tudo se torna mais repetitivo e simples de mais: você compra um produto e vende pra outra pessoa por um preço maior. Eu não consegui ter paciência pra jogar o segundo capitulo inteiro, teoricamente o jogo funciona bem, mas eu não vejo como algo que pelo menos eu tiraria diversão de investir mais tempo. -------------------------------- Honestly, Space Trader should have been an outdated game in 2008. In addition to the dated graphics, the gameplay is simple, weak and sometimes weird. The gunplay in the FPS parts is weak and weird, while in the trading parts, which should be the focus of the game, everything becomes more repetitive and too simple: you buy a product and sell it to someone else for a higher price. I couldn't have the patience to play the entire second chapter. Theoretically, the game works well, but I don't see it as something that I would enjoy investing more time in.

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