SPAZ 3 when?

[Nero1024]

1st one is a blast, 2nd one is unfortunate experiment. I hope there is future for SPAZ 3

[Dr. Ya Ya]

Yeah, try making a proper sequel of the first game! :)

[vokiel]

Look elsewhere, this style of game is not uncommon and you can find games that way better balanced.

[Nero1024]

Originally posted by vokiel:

Look elsewhere, this style of game is not uncommon and you can find games that way better balanced.

For example?

[vokiel]

Drox Operative 1 & 2 comes to mind. Haven't played the sequel

Also I have Endless Sky in my library (free game), similar.

[Nero1024]

Originally posted by vokiel:

Drox Operative 1 & 2 comes to mind. Haven't played the sequel

Also I have Endless Sky in my library (free game), similar.

Ok, will check them out, thanks. But still, wish SPAZ 3 to happen. SPAZ was one of a kind unique experience that shouldn't die

[Ruiner]

Drox Operative 2 is unfortunately either really unfinished, or simply not that good.

However Drox 2 is basically like "Borderlands in space". The only thing that matters is your level and items, the other races are irrelevant as the fastest way to level is to simply re-make a new galaxy with your current character, because the game seemingly assigns sector levels upon universe creation. If you stick around in your first universe for too long, you're overlevelled and getting no XP. It's worth re-making the universe after you level up once or twice. There's an "XP debt" for doing this where you'll get no XP for x amount of experience, but it's still faster than sticking around in the current universe.

To get above level 25 enemies you need to up the difficulty level. Which increases the amount of random BS like plasma storms generating under your ship if you're stationary too long. Shields take far too long to regenerate, while you're trying to regenerate them you'll get "random" plasma storm generates under you which chips away at your shields. Or a convenient asteroid will hit you and strip your shields away while you're dealing with your inventory. The equipment window is not movable and literally sits dead in the middle of the screen, taking up the entire vertical slice while it's open.

There's also only one decent racial choice (which controls your skill tree, racial equipment slots and ship model) which is Scavenger as it has 2 useful racial slots. The other races either have straight our bad racials, or only 1 of the 2 is useful.

The game is poorly balanced and annoying. Unfortunately it's not a replacement for SPAZ 1. I tried to like it with 20+ hours, but SPAZ 1 was a masterpiece and there doesn't seem to be anything like it.

[paul_durkin1988]

Starcom:Nexus is really good too. Defo check this out. Its more like SPAZ 2 where you build the ships out of blocks but the gameplay is very like the first SPAZ with a little more exploration

[Ruiner]

Starsector seems like a good game as well, but I'm currently watching tutorials as I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.

[Nero1024]

Originally posted by Ruiner:

Starsector seems like a good game as well, but I'm currently watching tutorials as I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.

Yes, Starsector is good, but game didn't reach at least 1.0. Don't want to spoil the experience, until game is polished

[Ruiner]

Well after spending every spare moment playing Starsector, I can say although it's not the same as SPAZ, it's still a fantastic game. The most relevant youtube video I can find it this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acqpulP1hLo

[Veny]

Check Star Valor... it looks to me more like SPAZ 1 than SPAZ 2 did :D

[Idlemind]

Can we get spaz 1 remastered even? Nothing else comes close. Really sad the direction they went with spaz2 and then made a golf game. Spaz1 is still super appealing just needs a fresh coat of paint, maybe a 2.5D UE5 update.

[Twardy Janek]

Originally posted by Idlemind:

Can we get spaz 1 remastered even? Nothing else comes close. Really sad the direction they went with spaz2 and then made a golf game. Spaz1 is still super appealing just needs a fresh coat of paint, maybe a 2.5D UE5 update.

try star valor

[Ørvix]

general idea on this discussion: whilst it's true that there are very good space games out there, none captures the beautiful essence of SPAZ 1 and theres no arguing that, what MinMax games did here is phenomenal and deserves to have waaayyy more popularity, it is a one-of-a-kind experience and if i have to wait another 2, 3, 6 or 10 more years to have SPAZ 3 with it being everything a proper sequel to this game needs to be i'd gladly wait it.
SPAZ 1 is at least for me one of the most underrated games EVER and it deserved much better than it got, anyways i'm still optimistic that one faithfull day we'll get to play SPAZ 3, and it is going to be legendary.
PD: i speak of the games popularity for two main reasons, first it'd do wonders for MinMax and i really whish them the best, and two... imagine the sheer POTENTIAL of a thriving modding scene with an integrated steam workshop, like Noita's community for example imagine how beautiful that could be, the limitless possibilities, only major drawback would be the game's code limit i think...

[Idlemind]

Probably never, devs are hellbent on trying new things instead of catering to their SPAZ fanbase