Stellar Tactics

4/10 Stellar Tactics has an identity crisis. It wants to be: - A Space Sim - An Xcom-Style strategy game - A 4x style adventure / exploration game - A modern interpretation of several other games, combined into one. However, it does none of these particularly well. It still feels like it's still in Early Access. There is a great foundation here for something incredible, but it's missing the mark in quite a few areas. The tutorial section is frustrating and quite long. - The spaceship section is serviceable, but way too long - The planet / underground section is frustrating and feels like it's dragging everything out for no reason. - The story is very strangely written. if I'm being generous, it has an understandable premise. However, I did not become invested, nor did I care for any of the named characters. - Space movement / combat isn't explained well (Once you finally get to it, several hours in) Once I was out of the tutorial, I attempted to do some trades between space stations. For some reason, I was allowed to purchase 10x my allowed weight in a material without realizing. This was due to poor UI not clearly displaying important information. This *WAS* my own fault, …

I am surprised this game isn't more popular. It may not be pretty to look at, but there is meat here. Unlike other graphic heavy games of this genre, this one uses text to tell its story and almost non-existent voice acting. I love it so far. While I am a fan of TBS games, this one offers much more. Trade, Galactic exploration, Factions, crafting, and much more. If there is a down side, it's the grind and the lack of mods to make that grind easier. But over all, I am really digging this game.

great game only thing that pecks head id trying to drive the ship cant you just make like sector unknown where you can do all with the mouse because its a head peck lol trying fly and trying to fight

Good foundation for a great genre that hasn't seen a worthy successor since the early 90's. I appreciate the effort to renew this well loved classic type of PC game. Balance issues remain. Procedural generation means something entirely different now and I can see why a developer would use AI to create a game. Skills feel distant and grow very slowly and each infrequent increment does not matter much. Level 1 weapons randomly generate with the same stats as level 6 ones, creating no reward for advancing or any sense of quality differential. Inventory management lacks the refinements the genre has standardized over decades. Shuffling tiny icons in 4k is for phone babies. Feels like a good game is under this rough gem, let's get some evened out polish on this and make a fun game with the right attractive elements balanced.

Very enjoyable game. Reminds me of fallout tactics, except you can own star ships, mine resources from astroids or derelict ships. You can craft your own armor weapons and also your ship systems. Story is very enjoyable. I can see myself sinking hundreds of hours into this.

Solid sci-fi RPG with good mix of ground & ship combat and exploration. If you liked Escape Velocity Nova and Elite, along with X-Com, this may be a game for you. Bit rough around the edges, but playable and stable enough in its current state. Most importantly there is a story to motivate you as well as a sandbox to play in. The overall experience is fairly chill. The is plenty of challenge, but you largely get to control the pace and can tweak the difficulty at will.