Starcom: Unknown Space

This game is a significant improvement on Starcom: Nexus. Without mimicking what others have said. I'll keep it short and to the point. This game reminds me of the old text based games with the pictures, and you could select multiple options and it was so exciting. This is similar, you get that nostaglic hit (without chasing it), and it just fits in here really nice. This game feels quite melancholy, which I think fits the mood very well. The game map markers, dialogue with crew mates, specialties/traits that you use on mini missions, significantly better ship building. This game is fun and way less hand-holding than Nexus. That's not a bad thing. This game has more care and thought into it than multiple games put together. It has quite a thrilling gameplay loop. If you're in doubt and this game is on sale, buy it.

(2nd edit, truly f this game. It actually tells you "you wasted your time playing this" as a joke. Why would they do that??) I never ran out of things to do in Nexus and still considered it dull, that's not the case here. I guess it's the original, and sure "You just need to figure it out" but if I'm bored more than half the time playing, what's the point? I was so desperate for something to do I flew to the big white nebula hoping for SOMETHING, but that was a huge misake and it took 3x as long because I guess it "slows down the nav system", so 20 minutes of NOTHING followed by 10 mins between the few systems it has (and only one 2-way portal), I was rather upset. Why play a game that is almost guaranteed to upset? Anyway, I don't regret buying or playing the game, it has its moments but I don't think I can recommend it. Which is why there should be more ratings systems than that. (Edit: no it's the sequel! Or at least newer, so now I like it even less! It has fewer upgrade options and the rest are just the basic ones Nexus had! Plus the story is way less compelling, hell I'm not even sure WHAT the story is. "We gotta find a way back? Maybe not?" The Nexus story was almost original but at least it had one and it did it well. I'm at a total loss on this one)

light work

A shame there is no mod support. This game would go hard with late-game expanding mods

I liked story of the first game more. But this one is good too. Lots of fun, actually!

Amazingly fun game! Worth the money

This is close to capturing the magic of StarControl but it isn't quite ambitious enough. The Game Mechanics are mostly solid and a big step up, but the story and the aliens were kinda bland and the endings are disappointing. That said, I enjoyed the majority of my time in the game, but perhaps not enough to replay it in the future. Get this on sale and it's a great bargain.

This turned out to be a really cool game worth the price, which is rare for this old gamer from the 80`s. I feel like I`m getting to the end of the story though which is a bit disappointing as there wont be anything left to do after. I only wish it were 10x bigger with more factional warfare and bigger variety of EVERYTHING! Its like the classic arcade Asteroids game mixed with StarFlight from the Sega Genesis, playing it of the hardest difficulty is actually the most fun. I would preorder Starcom 2 just because this one was as good as it is compared to so much disappointment over the years from new games.