Stars Reach

Holy MOLY! I feel like steam should straight up ban these types of games from even being released. I really wanted to believe the playtest was just an old old build, but NOPE! Within 6 minutes, I experienced something that could be comparable to licking feces off the floor with a choker wrapped around your neck. This game BLOWS! The performance is horrible, so many bare-bone mechanics, I've seen kickstarters release with more playability than this slop. This game feels more like a concept than an actual ready for EA release title.

If this is the Early Access alpha version, I'm pumped for what's coming down the line. If you enjoyed Star Wars Galaxies back in the early 2000s, this will be for you. If you don't want to be a 'tester' just wait for the 1.0 release in '27 or '28. But if you want experience a type of game that is unlike any other on the market and are OK with unstable planets, some rubber banding issues, and other glitches -- BECASUE IT'S EARLY RELEASE ALPHA -- then I'd say jump on with us. There's so much that's going to update daily and weekly. But if you just want a finished, polished game, rock GTA 6 for awhile and then come check this out in a year or so. But the fact there are hundreds (thousands?) of different fauna, creatures, trees, minerals, etc., they're definitely moving this game in the right direction for my liking. I recommend it as long as you know you're purchasing an early access version with bugs in it.

This game, in its current state, is not worth $30 that you could spend on something else and have more fun. I struggled with giving this a UP or DOWN rating. I personally love MMO's. All the modern stuff sucks, built for the new generation that wants everything fast and easy. This is supposed to be different, has a dev from SWG i believe. The concepts have real promise but... its barely playable. Thats the simple truth. It lags really bad, rubber banding... your grappling hook graphic will stay connected 100's of meters away because of this... youll shoot something and it will appear with your damage numbers on it 100's of meters away. Traversal in the game across ground is a nightmare because everyone is digging holes everwhere. The worlds are TINY, not even 1sqkm, so you cram 200-300 people into one of these, all constantly digging up the ground and building crap all over the place. These arent worlds, these are generated square maps that literally have zone border walls around them. The whole traveling through space to get from one planet to another is.. wait for it.. not you in a ship... its you floating through empty space to gates spread across one of these TINY zones. Some lead to another system, some lead to planets within that system. its slow, clunky. There is an element from SWG crafting ive always liked that is in the game and that is different batches of the same resource can have different stats, and the materials you use in a recipe affect the stats of that item. But outside of that... and it saddens me to say this, it really does.... dont buy this game. not now. maybe later on in EA or at Release, but dont waste your money right now.

Stars Reach is in a rough state right now, but it has so much potential. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone looking for a stable, fully fleshed out experience. If, however, you are fine with seeing the game develop and playing it in a very unfinished state it is fun. This is a social MMO that lacks quite a bit of the social features that have placeholders and promises for the future. The developers have been steadily updating the game from the start of the EA, and as long as this continues I see no reason why it won't live up to its potential.

I really hate giving bad reviews, especially for a game like this, but the game isn't playable. Not even able to complete quests in the starter zone as there is too much lag. I'm really sorry to say but the game is not ready for early access, Will give it a try later on if it survives this catastrophic launch, but for now am asking for a refund. :(

Lot of complaints about performance. The starter zone is just clogged with players atm, still playable, and the performance is perfect once you leave the starter planet and go to any one of the other ones. Game has amazing potential, in my eyes.

Wanted to refund it at first but I gave it more playtime as I really wanted to like this. Unfortunately, it's severely undercooked, janky, buggy and just not interesting enough to keep playing. This was not ready for Early Access being in such a rough shape, nor was it worth 30 dollars. I've read this game has been in development since 2018 w/ millions invested. Yet their finances have been in dire straits, forcing them to release this game in EA as a last ditch effort to continue funding. That doesn't bode well for the game's future at all. Save your 30 dollars and spend it on an actual game, instead of spending it to be a playtester for a game that might not see 1.0.

Do not purchase this game. It's unbelievable that even in the day and age that people put unfinished products on steam that should never be there that this is here. It has interesting systems, but it's so undercooked that I wouldn't even call this pre-alpha. This is a tech demo that you offer for free. This dev is clearly out of dev funds and seeking funding hoping that this works. I wish them the best, but players shouldn't put their hard earned dollars into this as it's YEARS away from a playable product.