Star Control®: Origins Reviews

Funny quirky and easy to play

Good, pulpy, funny adventure

It plays a lot like Starflight. Yes, I am a very old gamer.

Really feels like they copied a lot from Spore. The game is as repetitive as Spore. You are flying your ship in Hyperspace, encountering enemies as you fly just like spore in the cell levels. Hard to get anywhere, one encounter after another. Then you die and game is over. Fly to planet, gather a few resources... repeat. The game is as repetitive as Spore. You are flying your ship in Hyperspace, encountering enemies as you fly just like spore in the cell levels. Hard to get anywhere, one encounter after another. Then you die and game is over. Fly to planet, gather a few resources... repeat. The game is as repetitive as Spore. You are flying your ship in Hyperspace, encountering enemies as you fly just like spore in the cell levels. Hard to get anywhere, one encounter after another. Then you die and game is over. Fly to planet, gather a few resources... repeat. The game is as repetitive as Spore. You are flying your ship in Hyperspace, encountering enemies as you fly just like spore in the cell levels. Hard to get anywhere, one encounter after another. Then you die and game is over. Fly to planet, gather a few resources... repeat. The game is as repetitive as Spore. You are flying your ship in Hyperspace, encountering enemies as you fly just like spore in the cell levels. Hard to get anywhere, one encounter after another. Then you die and game is over. Fly to planet, gather a few resources... repeat. The game is as repetitive as Spore. You are flying your ship in Hyperspace, encountering enemies as you fly just like spore in the cell levels. Hard to get anywhere, one encounter after another. Then you die and game is over. Fly to planet, gather a few resources... repeat. The game is as repetitive as Spore. You are flying your ship in Hyperspace, encountering enemies as you fly just like spore in the cell levels. Hard to get anywhere, one encounter after another. Then you die and game is over. Fly to planet, gather a few resources... repeat.

A great little game from Stardock that has some lighthearted gameplay and a lot of fun dialogue.

I never played any of the old star control games, so I can't draw parallels, and I'm coming into this with no particular expectations. I've seen several reviews complaining about graphics and writing. For me graphics are not critical - I found them perfectly serviceable, but there wasn't anything impressive there. The character designs and art were decent to my eyes, they just chose to make it cartoon-y, which was fine with me. The writing was certainly silly but I found it amusing rather than offensive like some did. The overall story was decent in my opinion and the different interactions were fun to navigate. The gameplay was enjoyable overall, but not spectacular. Exploration was fun, and there was something to do in most star systems, of which there were many. Upgrading the ship was enjoyable, though not particularly challenging - exploration being the primary requirement. Collecting resources was a bit tedious, but you don't have to spend a lot of time doing it. Combat is easy to find and offers similar rewards for the same time spent. I still preferred to collect resources for my cash, because combat wasn't particularly fun to me either. It wasn't terrible but running away from the enemy ship and taking shots from far away is the easiest way to not lose ships, and that takes forever. The variety of ships and weapons was pretty good but i do wish they were a bit more maneuverable/easier to control/aim Overall I thought the game was decent, though not exceptional in any way.

Excellent Star Control 2 reboot. It feels a bit unfinished, some of the plot points seem hastily abbreviated, and most races have voice acting while others don't. Still, if you're hungry for a space RPG with fun 2D ship to ship combat this game delivers.