![]() The Extended Edition Bonus Content comes with a price of £4.19, but gives access to some new fun options – namely a special Alien hat, decorative statues and skins for your Fuzzy droids and Garbage Bots. Our full review thoughts of how the process plays out will be coming your way very soon, but if you’re sold on this galactic adventure and reckon you have the skills in place to ensure your ship is a fine one, get over to the Xbox Store for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S (X|S Optimised badge is in place for this one), the PlayStation Store or via Steam.įurther to the base game drop, there is also a DLC pack in place for Spacebase Commanders to enjoy. ![]() We’ve been hands-on with Spacebase Startopia through the entirety of its Xbox Game Preview stint, yet now a full release is with us we’ve even more excited. With a dynamic AI narrator pushing you along in the process, you’ll never be bored of life as float through the galaxy. You see, as the Commander of said space station you’ll be able to go about creating things as you see fit, maintaining your options as you try to entertain no less than eight Alien races. These mechs can also be a little janky to order around and manage well, with one of my mechs outright refusing to do anything but stand in the middle of my station despite any actions I took.There are a load of bases covered in Spacebase Startopia, but what you manage to take out of it should well be pretty unique. Another thing of note here is the fact you need a security station per mech, making it a little time consuming to construct a decent fighting force to stand against the likes of the bosses. I honestly found this to be a fun addition, if not quite as fleshed out as I would have liked. This area of gameplay sees you defending your station from hostile threats, with the aid of mechs of different designs and skill sets. Once you get to grips with each area of the game, it’s very easy to lose yourself in and wonder where the time went.Īnother area of gameplay also exists in the form of combat. Having all 3 areas working in unison while maintaining the needs of your guests, and dealing with things such as criminals and bomb loving maniacs, are all part of the title and make for some interesting and fun gameplay. This area is home to a number of activities and distractions for your guests, such as discos or the gravity drop among others while the latter is home to the floating city’s nightlife and entertainment centre that will swiftly become a source of income to continue expanding and developing the station. It’s where the biomes that house plants and other resource generating items are cultivated and thrive. On top of this you also have the bio deck and the fun deck, the former is mostly self explanatory. Overall it’s a key location with a lot of verity and a key part of ensuring life on startopia runs smoothly This area will also house places such as the Medbay where your guests will be treated for illness. This area will be comprised of a large number of facilities, ranging from recycling plants to police stations, and will also be where your inhabitants use the berth to to eat bathe and sleep. All of this won’t be accessible from the start however, as you progress the station will become a sprawling galactic hub of travel and fun.įrom the start you will have access to the base level of startopia. Gameplay as mentioned above sees you managing the station and accomplishing various tasks inside, this is no small feat as for starters each of the 3 decks have there own use, with each of those decks being comprised of multiple sections. The best part of all this for me was the voiced AI companion, whose sole aim seems to be to berate you for doing exactly what you were told to. This made the station feel more lived in thanks to small details, like sick residents coughing in the hallways, or the sounds of the disco and other buildings. The titles sound, while not all that note worthy in terms of uniqueness, saw each area of the sound design do what it needed to when it was needed. Early on in my time with the title I encountered a fair few issues with visual bugs that hindered game play ,this however seemed to have been rectified with a patch and no longer poses an issue, at least in my experience. Most of the visuals are surprisingly well done and have neat little details, such as the guests outfits or factories and other buildings having animations that make the place feel more alive. On console however, it’s intricacy and scope are its undoing, causing severe slowdown, frame-rate issues and regular crashes. The Sims in space is selling it very short, because it is much much more. Visually the game has some interesting character designs, and floating around the donut shaped space stations 3 decks was a new experience that took a little getting used to. A unique and complex gem, Spacebase Startopia is an engaging and constantly interesting take on the management genre. ![]()
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