Blackstorm

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Blackstorm is a multiplayer action game that tries to reinvent the battle royale formula by moving the competition into outer space and putting players in control of pirate crews aboard heavily armed spacecraft. Developed by Lost Criteria Studios and published by Lost Criteria Studios and U-tad, the game began life as a university project before becoming a free-to-play Steam release. That background is important when evaluating it, because Blackstorm feels more like an ambitious experimental multiplayer project than a conventional commercial battle royale. Its combination of spaceship navigation, cooperative crew management, looting, ship customization, boarding actions, sword fighting, and sabotage gives it a distinctive identity even though its current multiplayer situation substantially limits its appeal. Instead of dropping individual combatants onto a traditional map, Blackstorm organizes players into crews of three. Each crew shares a spacecraft and must survive until it becomes the last remaining team. Cooperation is therefore built directly into the fundamental design. Crew members navigate through the Kraken Cluster, search for equipment, operate weapons, prepare defenses…

[quote][b]Note: Dead PvP game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There's no viably populated servers/active player population. This game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] "Blackstorm" is one of literally thousands of student projects infesting Steam. It's from U-TAD. While student projects tend to be better quality than most "amateur" made games, we must still question what value such projects have for gamers. As with all student projects, this isn't really a fully fleshed out game, it's just the result of an academic exercise, and as such it has much more limited value as a game than a professionally developed game would have. Educational institutions should not be using Steam as a dumping ground for homework assignments (especially if the students didn't even pass the course). Sure, it helps their marketing and helps the students feel good about themselves, but this is another case of a business putting themselves before the needs of gamers. The students made a PvP arena that rips off the theme from Wizards of the Coast's Spelljammer property... basically sailing ships in space fighting each other. It had a few players for a while (not sure …

Игра Blackstorm - адреналиновый шутер с видом сверху, затягивающий динамичными перестрелками и ретро-стилем. Графика, хоть и пиксельная, выполнена стильно и со вкусом, создавая мрачную атмосферу киберпанка. Геймплей простой в освоении, но сложный в мастерстве – быстрое перемещение и точная стрельба здесь жизненно необходимы. Особенно радует разнообразие оружия и апгрейдов, позволяющих кастомизировать своего персонажа под разные тактики. Уровни достаточно разнообразны, с секретами и альтернативными путями, что добавляет реиграбельности. Музыкальное сопровождение отлично дополняет атмосферу, создавая напряжённое ощущение борьбы за выживание. Из минусов могу отметить некоторую однообразность врагов и ограниченное количество сюжетных элементов. Однако, учитывая направленность игры на экшен, это не критично. В целом, Blackstorm - отличный выбор для любителей динамичных шутеров, желающих проверить свои навыки в напряжённой атмосфере киберпанка. Рекомендую!

hahaha space pirates