Star Valor

Gud game

I definitely have enjoyed this game, though, I believe buying the base building DLC is what made it so. My only hope is that multiplayer servers can be a part of the future, even if it is a locally hosted server that only allows a few people to join.

I didnt know what to expect from this game but it turned out to be a nice little space fighter / diablo / resource managment hybrid. The diablo aspect has going for it that you can design your own guns from raw materials which in combination with some special turret slot values in some ships can give you extremly silly results like giant missle swarms and screen wide energy blasts. Beside alot of weapons with random stats you get a ton of different ship types in different sizes with pros and cons. You can be a mining corp or trader if thats what you like. The game has some challenges that unlock perks you can use in future runs. If you min max correctly you can stack up alot of boni for a run. The game has alot of silly hidden stuff, even some hidden bosses and ships / crew / weapons to unlock. My only problem is that like alot of games of that type it just ends. I heard the last patch added extremly fortified home systems for all factions as kinda end bosses but after reaching max level and a large ship you simply run out of things to do and close the game for good. There is no true ending or a good endgame loop. But until that point you are going to get your 30-100h playtime out of it.

Star Valor is the definition of a "Hidden Gem" It's a top down space sim with all the bells and whistles. It might not be the prettiest game, but it's probably the most in depth and open game of it's type I've ever played. It doesn't hold your hand or tell you to do anything specific. Just do what you want to do to make progress in a randomly generated universe. Trade, Fight, Quest, Mine, Build, Make custom weapons, Hunt huge foes, Exploit the locals. The sky is the limit here with your options. it feels to me like it's the best space sim game in it's prospective. It's very much like S.P.A.Z but much more in depth. The developer is always adding new things and I'm always finding myself drawn back to it. Everything just works. I've never encountered a bug or crash, even when trying my best to break this game. Honestly, this is as close to a perfect game as it gets for me, and my only personal complaint, is that it's not more popular. Shame on everyone for letting this one slip through the cracks lol. I need this game to explode so 100 times more modders come through with custom ship packs. I'd make the Great Fox and and Arwing at instant speed if I knew how to model. I personally do not care about the story of a video game, but if you do you should know that this game doesn't really have one. There is a longer quest you can activate with a particular faction that most consider the "main quest" and it's pretty well done, but it locks you into doing things you may not want to do every time you play the game. Overall, for me, this is one of the best games I've ever played. I can't say enough good things. And I don't throw these kinds of scores out often, but this is an easy 10/10

I kept getting unlucky with starting positions, with like 2 low level areas that connect to like stupidly high level areas. Like level 1 to level 8 or 14. wtf is this generation system, does it hate me? Otherwise there is gaps in QoL here and there, like ship loadouts or an easy way to edit ships in storage without swapping to them. Theres also some other minor complaints about stuff but I don't remember. Theres also a base building DLC, which has no logistics or faction control stuff. I do like creating my own guns, but I wish I could create other modules too. The artstyle is fine, top-down 3d. It has some heavy sci-fi inspirations, it also has replayability options, but has the problem of why would you replay after 1 save. But I don't really know what to think of this game, I am leaning on neutral. But its positive enough that I'd say yes for the moment.

I didn't get to play for very long because in the middle of doing the tutorial, I would get attacked by enemy ships, and could not fight back because I was constantly running out of energy, so not really sure what to do about that, I did try to shut off my thrusters with the "Q" key, but it kept saying that I didn't have enough energy, almost like it was thinking I was still trying to attack, which I wasn't, I was hitting "Q" to turn off my thrusters so I could try and fight back, and when I would do that, I would be unable to aim at the ship and fire my lasers, so I'm not really sure what to do about that, it's a bit of a downer for me, because I like the game. Update: Turns out that the solar reactor that I had equipped was the culprit, so I switched it out for a nuclear reactor and I was able to play the game normally, so even though the tutorial tells you to equip it, make sure to switch it out afterwards, so you can still pilot the ship and shoot your weapons.

It's good, EVE lite.