Star Shift Origins

I am one of the ones who originally bought this when this came out back during 2021 and played through it ( Though sadly got half-way through due to getting bored during an point in the game. ) ( Twice ) I've previously played the Star Shift Legacy demo that this game is a side-story to. Being about an 5-6 hour adventure depending on your skill-level, it was an interesting experience. While I have been waiting for Star Shift Legacy to release last year before it got pushed back to the end of the year, which is sad to see but still game-development is a pain sometimes. With the release of Rebellion and the announcement of Freelancer ( A fan-project that the developers decided to bring aboard to hold the release date of the main game ) I decided to play this again after Rebellion's release to catch up with the setting again, ( Though this was while a semi-interesting experience ; though a little old-dated ; discussing the reason that the game went Free due to the developers getting better at learning about the engine and plugin collections and not feeling it was up to their standards. ) The game is really sadly unpolished with several switches and variable checks that don't exist or don't work. Several assets clash with each other though it is understandable for such a small development team. However it can be distracting to see assets you've used in the past with the engine. They should stick with the mix between 1 - 3 artist and not a mix between 4 - 5 + RPG Maker asset packs. The assets are a mix bag though it that is understandable as it is reused form the base game and are more recolors with new assets. The skill system I hope is heavily improved to have more skills in the base game and more. The tactical combat sections also suffer as it is unpolished with enemy hitboxes for AOE attacks and depending on what happens, your ship can randomly take damage. Plus, while the final town you visit is interesting location, you will be walking through corridors that were randomly generated through RPG Maker engine itself sadly. Wish the tower had several floors that you could explore to access a computer to unlock the next floor. And not have the same blob drone designed to waste your time for 3 hours ( Literally ) . And the temple or ( Old City ) could have been ancient roads with abandoned houses that hold the stones and not the same generated hallways that last another hour at worst. One thing I noticed is that if you equip a item that has a skill connected to it, it is included as a gained skill in the skill-tree, resulting in skipping skills that I don't need. And that several skill just don't feel worth getting even with the bloated experience game. And surprisingly, the double-attack when leveled up to max was still pretty disappointing. I only had one major crash during a battle and a few graphical errors when playing. Since it's free now, you should at least give it a try. But when you had to pay money for it, I would say it wasn't worth it. Hopefully, the developer will continue to improve and to grow even if this game is surpassed by Star Shift Rebellion's release. To the developer's health and hopefully Star Shift legacy is as amazing as when I originally play the demo and moreso.