Interstellaria - Review @ Choicest Games

Choicest Games reviewed the 2D sandbox RPG Interstellaria:

Interstellaria is probably not one of the typical games I'd back on Kickstarter. In fact, I think I only heard about the game when it was mentioned by another one but when I read what the game was trying to achieve, I jumped at the chance to support it. As pitched on Kickstarter, Interstellaria turned out to be a 2D sim/RPG/Sandbox game "inspired heavily by games like Starflight and Star Control" (although I believe they're referring to Star Control 2 as the first one didn't have RPG elements). The Kickstarter project was a success, raising $28,805 USD on the 7 December 2013, despite the goal being only a modest $15,000 USD.

A year and a half later, the game was finally released in July 2015 but did it live up to my expectations of being a new Star Control 2?

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Score: 6/10

While I like the idea and I love the tribute to games like Star Control 2 the concept wasn't well executed. I'd still like to see Coldrice develop games in the future though but maybe the next one needs significant focus on the user interface even if it means simplifying the game as a result.