Jumpdrive

This game was abandoned for a long time, with no updates or progress. Then we got one patch, then months later, it's now "released." However, as I write this, it still not only calls itself an "alpha," but still uses its old title "Paragon" inside the game. It seems as if this has been "released" with no changes or updates in several months, and much is still broken. To test it, I took a simple delivery mission. I took off, jumped, then tried to autopilot to the base, which was planetside. The autopilot would fly toward the planet, then away, repeatedly, for half a dozen times at least. I then used the autopilot to dock at an orbital base, which did work. I then left the orbital base and once again set course for the planet. This time the autopilot properly approached the base, but brought me in and landed me sideways, only righting me once on the ground. Upon landing, the mission would not complete, even though I'd made it to the prescribed location before the deadline. In the contact list, no ships were listed, even though I could see several with the good ol' Mark 1 Eyeball. Do not buy this game. It's not in any way finished. Far from it. Just stay away and go buy Evochron Legacy, or play Pioneer (the original version of this game before it forked off) for free. Update: Here's a video I did showing just what a mess this "release" is. https://youtu.be/zUfXFHzHw-g

There is one thing we have to get out of the way: Jumpdrive was Paragon which is is a mod/fork of the open source space sim Pioneer, a modern reworking of the great space sim Elite by David Braben that we were all raving about since 1984. As it stands this is as close as you are going to get right now to having Elite itself on steam, which is no bad thing ...... Well worth the purchase price for that little convenience alone. So the 80s style comes as no surprise, and the artwork (cockpits etc) are good quality. Music is top notch as well, hinting at radiophonic and kraftwerk, it goes to make a perfect background to this space sim. Runs like a dream and you can max the graphics on a modest PC. It really does have the spirit and feel of Elite. So my recommendation is a thumbs up with crossed fingers, trusting that the development of Paragon will continue along its own lines and not fall down like so many other early access titles have been doing on steam over the last few months.

Unfortunately, this game has become all but unplayable over the past months. Issues ranging from consistent long load times (or the more likely failures requiring hard resets) at start up to freezes at the end of nearly every jump and worse. I gave it a shot because of the cheap price and concept, but as of 12/17/2014 it may as well be a pet rock. I wish the dev team good luck and hope one day to be given a reason to revise this review, but I cannot in good faith recommend this work in progress and suggest others avoid purchasing this alpha title until extensive work has been done to improve the overall game environment.

Seems to be abandoned. No content update for months. Devs only interact with community to tell us that they're going to start work again soon. Devs website is no longer up. I would strongly recommend you don't buy. Will update this when the game gets more content.

Played this for hours before it came on Steam. This is the only game I have ever played that got worse with each patch. This was a fork of Pioneer. Pioneer is fun, plays well, and it's free. Stay away from Jumpdrive. It's bad, I mean like pre-alpha bad and though the devs claim this is a full release, they didn't bother to change the name from Paragon (its original title) to Jumpdrive on the welcome screen. Additionally, the screen still shows this as an alpha build! Steam needs to police these things.

[strike] I love this game's aesthetic themed like an 80's sci-fi movie with retro-futuristic synth music, but unfortunalty this game has become unplayable. It also seems development has crashed into a wall at 100 MPH because there hans't been any updates for a decent amount of time without a word. At anytime before it stopped working I would've recommended this game, but unfortunately I can't. [/strike] So the devs of Meteoric Games reached out to me on my poorly written review I typed on my phone when I was bored to give the game another go, so I did. My points still stand. The game looks A+ for an independently made space sim, and the soundtrack still gets me pumped, but the large problem is just that; it's independently made. I'm not saying indie space sims are bad, but it's still too early in development for this game to be playable. - It's highly unstable and crashes happen in ways that confuse me. The crashes are frequent but never happen doing the same thing i.e. fast traveling, jumping to another system, or simply requesting take-off. - The new autopilot fast travel is frightening. One second you're in space, the next you're colliding with the inner mesh of a planet (it teleports you inside the planet). It was fine when autopilot actually flew you to your destination, albiet it would occasionally smash you into a station or planet. - The camera controls are stiff, and the flight controls for the mouse are too touchcy. - Things I haven't tested are combat, missions, trading... but that's only because I can't get to that point. Kudos for the team reaching out to it's audience, but sadly this is a review for the game; not the team's performance.

Game had huge potential but the new Dev team just disappeared. The official website is down, along with the foruns. Another Early Access letdown. Dont buy it.

Well I liked the game alot and bought it very early in the alpha stage but after coming back to it to check on progress it turns out it hasn't been updated in more a year or so at the time of typing this. It's a shame as this had huge potential since the market for good space sim games is very limited at the moment (especially on steam), I'll continue to play it every now and then since I still like it and the game file itself is small but I can not recommend for new players,

This game has been abandon by the developers, DO NOT BUY!!

Abandoned, and then shockingly(well not really this is Team EA after all) puked out as 1.0. I cannot strongly enough advise against purchasing this steaming pile.