Star Control: Origins Review – A Space Odd-yssey
Stardock Entertainment is known for their ambitious space-themed games, however their latest opus,
Star Control: Origins, is not another strategy game. The developer instead chose to make a story-focused, space-faring role-playing game of sorts with a heavy focus on action and adventure. Built in their new custom Cider Engine and taking place before the beloved
Star Control series,
Origins has quite a lot of expectation riding on it. Despite Stardock’s pedigree, does the game hold up? Read on to find out.
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The Verdict: 9
The Good
- Impressive visuals that fully establish an intergalactic adventure.
- Hilarious and extremely well-written story and characters
- Fun and addicting fleet battles
- Highly rewarding experience that still allows player freedom
The Bad
- Some minor but noticeable performance issues with textures, etc
- This is a non-issue but I wish there were 4X / colonization elements
- I wish there were more quests to offset the need to strip planets of resources, for quick cash
