Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters

Pure nostalgia

This is a game that has a charm, but unforgiving with a time limit and has a really dated/bad combat system. I loved to play it until very much not anymore, it even soured my previous enjoyment. It is made in a way that it would be a true miracle to finish the game on first playthrough. There are enemies from the start that are absolutely lethal to early ships, and discourage you to explore far. But you need to explore A LOT, and need to stumble into crucial contacts (making notes yourself, because there is no in-game journal), and need to figure out what to do with them - and do this quickly, because there is a realatively harsh time limit. There are some clues, but it is still a big search for things you don't know about. On first try it is theoretically possible, practically not. Maybe on second try, or third. But then the charm of the exploration is gone, when you just mechanically do what you tried and tested earlier.... And the combat is awful. You have to select only 1 ship from your group, always 1v1 fight, no matter what. Keyboard controls cannot be reconfigured. If you go out of bounds it drops you back into the screen just turned the other side. You can also escape many fights, but not all of them, you can upgrade to become OP, but not against everything. Combat is integral part of the game if you want to play through. I can imagine that 30 years ago this game (Starcontrol 2) was really good. There weren't many games, there weren't better games, there was unlimited patience to replay things. Nowadays it is just a relic of the past.

Es un juego retro total. Me encanta la jugabilidad, trama, he historia. Tiene un montón de posibilidades de juego, configuración de la nave, la estrategia a seguir, etc...

I've played this game so...many times. Amazing dialogue, fun exploration, and a great sense of humor!

Ages passed and still this game is amazing, now if u don't mind I go back to play it

Amazing. That game give us the good old exploration in a strange and dangerous galaxy full of colorful aliens. I Love it.