Now that I'm typing it out I realize my "P" theory is pretty much void. Lots of sci fi stories have the ancient extinct race everyone chases after. Mass Effect has the "Protheans", Halo has the "Forerunners" (which kills my "P" theory) and Star Control has the "Precursors".
So are we getting Steam Codes for this game? That was definitely an aspect that made me hesitate before purchasing this as I figured it was highly possible Stardock would skip steam with the Founder's program. I hope they don't as I have a Steam Link and Steam controller.
I was never much of a fan of the original Star Control 2 combat, especially starting out. The Spathi Eluder was an okay ship but combat really wasn't tolerable until either the main ship received enough upgrades or more of the alien races were recruited. The satellites were a nightmare at the beginning of the game. Towards the end of the game they were some quick, cheap low grade resources. I like the idea of keeping the combat in the arcade sense, I just hope its
I'm on a couple podcasts so I definitely would like to see an NDA too!
I feel like I came off more of a bummer than I meant to cause I'm definitely excited for a new Star Control! Bring on one of the first Pre-P alien races in games!
So straight up, I've done a lot of Kickstarters and I'm usually more familiar with the developers running them. This is Kickstarter-ish in that I'm paying money to see behind the curtain a bit more of the development process but it won't have the marketing made promises that plague them all in the final days. I know I own a few Stardock games but truthfully I'm not sure I ever played them. I know that Stardock deals a lot in space games but point being, i