Stars Reach

Perfect example of why steam needs to place a limit on what games categorized as EA are allowed to charge. This is barely an Alpha state.

Oh yeah, this is the good stuff. It's alpha for sure, but it's got the bones of a great sandbox MMO. Can't wait to see how development continues! Buy if: You want to support the developers, and/or you want to help test and provide feedback on a game in alpha. Don't buy if: you have low tolerance for jank. Just wait. It'll be f2p when it releases to 1.0 anyway.

Potential to be a good game in about 5 years, probably be playable in 2, at this moment in time its not even playable more of a tech demo than an early access ''GAME'', ill keep an eye on it, hopefully see you in a few years, until then nope

Made itself out to be competition of the likes of no mans sky or similar. at least thats the impression i got while i never got accepted for any playtesting. that it is not. alas, i discovered this only after i spent money on the early access. it is not an open universe. the planets arent planets, merely spaces that you teleport to. very limited in size at that. it plays like some ♥♥♥♥♥♥ game a kid made in roblox. shame because i was really looking forward to this.

This game has the most in depth crafting I've seen since it's spiritual precursor Star Wars Galaxies. This mmo isn't like most others and it takes a while to wrap your head around it, but once things click they really click. The game has plenty to do for crafters and explorers at the moment, and the mining is my favorite mining I can remember in a game. The physics simulations are really cool, too. I'd say the combat needs work though, and if you want to do more than hunting wildlife, you may be disappointed. Very excited to see what the future of this game holds. If you don't understand the crafting, I recommend looking up SWG crafting tutorials, things work very much the same in this game. I haven't had many performance issues, but I do have a fairly powerful setup.

I have been following and I helped test Stars Reach in the past. I got the $79.95 bundle because believe in the team and want them to do well.. This being said. I do not think this game is ready for early access. The characters are odd looking and stiff to move. The player character needs to be polished number 1. They are not. I do not like controlling my character. They have artistic text on backgrounds that are so close in color and black pint that it is difficult to read. Why? Why did they choose this? The map is not a map. it looks like an after thought. I thin this project suffers from big ideas from people who do not have the skills to pull it off. I do not think this game will ever be what we were all hoping and told it would be. I am not asking for a refund because these guys and girls worked hard on the game. I still would like to just say thank you for trying. Next time pick something in your lane and just make it fun. You do not have to build a bigger better game for us to back you and love what you created. Keep trying. You have good ideas. I do not recommend anybody who is short on cash and choosing between games to get this one. Maybe in another 3 to 5 years. With great sadness. Good hunting.

I don't often leave reviews based on what's to come, in fact, I've never done so before. This game is developed by the lead dev for UO and SWG. UO being my fav game, I really wanted to see where this game is going and give it a chance. Bottom line: Its in EA, and see I realize people think EA should be a completely finished product, and this isn't. HOWEVER, the scope of this game and where the devs want to take this is truly amazing. I dare to even say, this could release UO as my fav game of all time. Here me out. this is a truly player driven market. Items you use need to be repaired, as you improve in tiers with your items/tools/weapons, they are more effective. Just the skill tree alone is amazing to look at, I didn't count but there are tons and tons and TONS of skills that players will be able to select to build out their char how they see fit. And since everything is player driven, there is always a need for ... a farmer... a gatherer, a specific crafter type, etc. You literally get to shape the planet, you can mine deep holes looking for rare material, be careful though as you can go so deep without building structure support and the cave itself can fall it on you and kill you. lol. You will be able to learn alien languages, that can unlock secrets and rare items. You will then have to smuggle those items back to town to sell them. PVP - The devs have said that some planets will have less rules, perhaps a PvP guild takes over the gov of a planet and decides to make a massive black market trade hub, totally possible. Point is - This game has truly something for everyone. Crafting, Player Driven markets, its like a mix of Albion online, UO, SWG, EVE, and i'm sure I am missing a few others. Yes - it's in EA, and yes not everything is in game yet, but you can very clearly see the work in progress skill trees. As far as game play, I played for a number of hours and didn't have any issues with you know basic game play, fighting and loot mobs, completing starter quests, exploring, things like that. Players will even build towns, and set rules to there towns and planets.