VoidExpanse

Pilota tu nave en un basto universo, comercia, mina asteroides y combate por la gloria. El juego sin mods tiene carencias, si mueres no queda un contenedor con tu bodega de carga en ese lugar, los precios de las cosas son absurdos, la curva de experiencia necesita pulirse, poca variedad de naves y equipo, el árbol de habilidades necesita también un repaso, el piloto automático no es muy inteligente que se diga y así podría seguir. Dicho eso, el juego resulta entretenido, si bien cada hora que pases jugando se te hará mas cuesta arriba. Para solucionar las deficiencias, debes usar mods de la comunidad. Primero de todo, hay unos mods que alteran el juego, estos no deberías mezclarlos con los otros, y además si lo activas y cargas una partida sin ese mod, la partida guardada se perderá. Esos mods alteran todo el juego, economía, diseños de nave, manejo de la nave, árbol de habilidades, etc. Si bien aporta mas claridad al usuario, y mejora bastantes aspectos, también obliga a que dediques mas tiempo al juego para conseguir lo mismo y subirá el nivel de dificultad de la partida, digamos que es una experiencia de juego diferente al juego base. Por otro lado tienes muchos mods para el juego base, que añaden naves, permiten recoger la carga al morir, etc, mejorando también la experiencia de juego. También tienes mods para añadir idiomas al juego(español, francés,..). Si puedes adquirir el juego por un par de euros, metiéndole los mods adecuados, puede resultar entretenido.

Love it. Good visuals and audio. Gameplay is diverse. I love that I can keep multiple ships and store them at a station. I alternate between being a mercenary and a miner and a manufacturer. The combat is frantic and satisfying. I like how I can EMP a group of attackers, then run away leaving a trail of mines for them as a parting gift. One nit to pick: The Manufacture UI is a pain to use. Have to basically chat to the Manufacture droid, and go through a bit of a 3-step dialogue tree to manufacture my goods. I've got a freighter that I load up with mined goods, and would really like a better UI for manufacturing stuff. One where I can see the materials I have, and what I can make with them. Instead of currently having to jump from the chat window to the inventory and having to keep remembering what I have before I can ask the droid to make it.

Reminiscent of Cosmic Rift from 2001, VoidExpanse is a fun, arcadey space romp with shootin', mining, trading, a skill system and a bunch of ship upgrades. It's got a few story paths, but nothing too deep; don't expect a full-fledged RPG. There's a lot of trekking across space, it's quite a chill experience with a few moments of panic when attacked by multiple pirates and aliens. I have no idea where I got this game, might have been as part of a charity thing (JingleJam maybe?) and I didn't play it for years. I started barely more than a week ago and have sunk nearly 23 hours in, completed it, and I really enjoyed the experience. Would I feel so happy if I had paid full price? Probably not, but on sale it's well worth getting, especially if you enjoy old school space shooters. p.s. I hear it has a good modding scene, that's something I'll have to check out next.

Simple controls, simple story, good soundtrack, solid graphics, and solid physics. It's the closest game to Space Rangers since Space Rangers 2. You can play for an hour or 10 minutes and go about life. Pretty much all I ask for in a game. Would be nice to get more content but have no complaints about the game.

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The old escape velocity was much better than this garbage.

sucks ass

decent