Starfarer - Space based RPG / RTS / Sandbox game

Just recently heard about Starfarer, a promising looking indie game that is in alpha right now and available for only 10$ (50% off).

Here is a link to their site: http://fractalsoftworks.com/media/

 

Video of the one of the missions that comes with the current alpha build:

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Looks interesting. In what sense is it supposed to be sandbox? From what I read on the blog the current version consists of a few missions. Is their eventually going to be open world play in the style of Space Rangers 2 or Freelancer?

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Quoting abomination5, reply 1
Looks interesting. In what sense is it supposed to be sandbox? From what I read on the blog the current version consists of a few missions. Is their eventually going to be open world play in the style of Space Rangers 2 or Freelancer?

They're aiming to provide an open universe where you can interact with different planets and groups of people. You'll be able to upgrade your ship, build up a fleet, trade and more.

The alpha just contains some combat that they've organized into missions because they've been working primarily on just the combat so far.

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I admit, that combat actually looks pretty good. If they can truely provide a vast open gameworld akin to Space Rangers or Freelancer and some deep ship customization then I'm sold.

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Although it looks interesting to me it also reminds me of Gratuitous Space Battles which is mostly a kind of Tower Defense game. And Tower Defense is not really my kind of game.

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Quoting James009D, reply 3
I admit, that combat actually looks pretty good. If they can truely provide a vast open gameworld akin to Space Rangers or Freelancer and some deep ship customization then I'm sold.

This.

Reply #6 Top

That vid actually looks pretty good! For $10, might be worth a preorder :) 

Reply #7 Top

There is already a game that offers all of this. It is called Space wolves 3