Starbound

THIS REVIEW IS FOR VERSION 1.3 Starbound is the space game that all people who crave space games like I do will enjoy. From playing with your friends and colonizing an entire star sytem to role playing as a galactic bounty hunter, this game truly offers what all of us enjoy. Pros + Unique art style + Infinite procedurally generated universe + Creative alien races that are completely customizable + Pets unique to each race + A heart wrenching story that [Spoilers] makes you a hero + Crafting system that requires a plethora of materials + Mining and harvesting isn't a grind + Materials can be acquired through pickaxes, drills, mechs, and the infamous and upgradable Matter Manipulator + Devs constantly working to update and add new features + Every planet is different with several contributing features such as weather, temperature, radiation, and colonization + Many differe

10/10 would drink soda again

Biased review: I helm the largest mod for this game, and have more playtime than...well, anyone else on the planet that owns this game. Bear this in mind in my review. Firstly: Terraria players will both like and dislike aspects of Starbound. Going into this game as a Terraria player, do yourself a favor: Don't compare the two. Beyond the digging and building there are very few similarities in gameplay. Starbound is a sandbox exploration game, with emphasis on Exploration. You're meant to explore and see the universe, and in a way that is structured far differently from other titles in the "voxel" genre. It excels in giving the player fun places to visit and a variety of things to do in said locations. Building is exceptionally well handled and there is a very wide array of content suited to this sort of gameplay, including being able (for a modest fee) to 3d print things you have alr

For people who like story, or fast, reaction-based gameplay, this game isnt for you. With over 200 hours on this game, i have come to a conclusion. You don't play this game for the end goal of saving the universe. you play this game for the journey it takes you on. I realised this when I was playing with friends, and we where doing nothing but sitting around a campfire on logs playing music on our instruments that this was my favroite game. If a game can make sitting around a campfire an experience that is memorable, it has to be doing something right. 10/10, hands down.

11/10 would farm summer sale points again

More Than Just Terraria In Space I was initially attracted to Starbound because it looked like Terraria in space. This was appealing to me because I love Terraria – I presently have over 290 hours in that game – and I love science fiction. After 100 hours of playing Starbound, I came to the realization that despite their surface similarities, Starbound and Terraria have subtle and not-so-subtle differences which distinguish between the two games. Starbound focuses more on completing quests and uses procedural generation more extensively. It also is more of a survival game than Terraria is – on survival and hardcore difficulties, your character must eat to survive. While both games have exploration and combat mechanics, Starbound tends to be more focused on exploration and less on combat, as most weapons are found in chests distributed across the surfaces and caverns of planets rather t