
As Captain Kayto Shields, embark on a galactic voyage of heroism and survival. With his home world destroyed and his nation conquered, the inexperienced Captain Shields, and his newly minted vessel, the Sunrider, are left as the only hope against a galactic evil intent on subjugating all sentient life.
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More fun than expected. This is actually the 1st and 2nd game in one pack.
Negative review for one primary reason: a strategy game with only one valid strategy is not a good game. Period. Spoilers below! Combat: -The only viable strategy is to turtle all your units together to maximize shield/flak bonuses. Leaving your bubble with your melee unit, for example, results in instant death for that unit. -The recommended default difficulty level is next to impossible, especially for a first time play through. You need to bump it down a level to be playable. -The upgrade system provides a nice math challenge to determine which upgrades are most effective. -The enemies have infinite missiles and you only have a few. Even if you had infinite missiles they are ineffective due to the amount of enemy capitol ships with flak coverage. -The combat UI gets really laggy with more than 15 units on the field. Visual Novel: -Actually pretty good. The story hooked me at the start and was pretty interesting. It starts exploring some darker themes halfway through the story. -The choices felt meaningful when making them but don't actually impact the story in any way. -Most of the girls have an attraction to the main character but nothing actually materializes, and your choices throughout the game don't seem to influence this. -The nudity tag seems to have been added due to one short shower scene which provided nothing to the story. I don't know why the devs included this one scene, it should've been removed so the nudity tag could be removed so the game could reach a wider audience. -The story ends on a cliffhanger, but due to how flawed the combat system is I can't recommend anyone spend money to buy the next game in the series.
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Ставишь высокий уровень сложности, застреваешь на миссии с сопровождением, читаешь гайды, переигрываешь, грамотно покупая грейды на корабль. С этого момента можно начинать получать удовольствие от геймплея: сохранить игру > выстрел > загрузить игру, повторяешь данные шаги на протяжении 50 часов, наслаждаясь игровым процессом.
Personally, I find Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius to be a thrilling adventure fraught with drama, colorful characters, and intrigue. Is it a perfect system? Certainly not. Is the plot something revolutionary? Not really. But it is highly entertaining and engaging. I'm currently replaying the series so I play Captain's Return, but honestly, I've been wanting to replay it for a while anyway, and not for alternate endings or for the achievements--just because I enjoyed it and wanted to revisit it. And I personally think that says something. The only thing I wish more of the game is for the developers to put the OST out there on the internet somewhere. I'd love to be able to add some of its tracks to my Spotify album, they'd make excellent background music for when I run mecha TTRPGs.
Initiating shock and awe!
First of three part Visual Novel/Strategy RPG. Story is serviceable with some surprising twists. Strategy game is turn base hexa game and it is quite difficult evemn on normal difficulty. Lack of planning and errors will be punished severely. This part is free of charge and there is on reason not to play it if it fits your preference.
A guaranteed loss on 2nd fight, yay, no thanks.
класс!!!!
Unfortunatley, even after 2 fresh installs of the game it crashes before the first battle even starts... cant recommend a game that cant make it past 5 minutes without crashing.
剧情一般,但是星战加战旗挺加分,再加上免费,还是蛮值得一玩的
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