Fringes of the Empire

Fringes of the Empire was released via early access back in November and according to the developer is expected to be in early access for at least a couple of years as there is only one person (Mad Merv) working on this title. He expects the game to increase in price when the game is released. The full price is £14.99 which I personally was happy to pay as I love single player roguelike shmups. I've played the game for several hours so far and although at times I found the game a little slow, most of the time I throughly enjoyed playing the game. You can see where enemy ships are located via the mini map that is provided. The developer has promised ship to ship encounters (i.e. being able to board the ships and fight your way through the enemy ship; however, at this time there is only ship to ship fighting via the usual lasers, photon and rocket weapons). I've still to find many of the promised thirty plus weapons and allthough I've encountered quite a few weird and wonderful looking ships there's a lot i've still to discover. There is a level editor and in future there will be scope for shareable moddale content, so the potential for unlimi…