Should I Buy?

[Gambit]

I really want to get into this game. It looks like Planetside 2 but for space combat. It genuinely looks like a blast. BUT Im fearful of picking it up and not getting the full experience due to what appears to be a lack of player count. And at it's current price tag, thats a lot of money to spend on a game that Im frankly not too sure will be alive for very long without a larger player base.

[Random_Passerby]

Buy it on the basis that it genuinely looks like a blast. Full experience as it is stated in description on Steam does rely on servers full of players, but it doesn't mean the game is outright empty without them. Quite a lot of work has been done to make low-pop server play interesting, and current plans also include singleplayer with modding. In due time, fingers crossed.

Trello board of things to hopefully come:
https://trello.com/b/jNevKnfQ/infinity-battlescape

The game has not been marketed yet, that will be on full release, so it still is early for inviting those who come for other players only. It's the right time for those who like the game by itself. It's explorable, and masterable, and there are players visiting servers. It is also a nice time for bug hunts — finding and reporting bugs and problems may help improve experience tremendously, and for everyone.

Personally, I found joining regardless of player counts a choice that paid off. Sure, there are some perceived issues that better have solutions to them, but both complete and day-to-day experience is still positive. So much so, it expanded beyond the game itself, in fact, maybe worth expanding on someday.

[Gambit]

Originally posted by Random_Passerby:

Buy it on the basis that it genuinely looks like a blast. Full experience as it is stated in description on Steam does rely on servers full of players, but it doesn't mean the game is outright empty without them. Quite a lot of work has been done to make low-pop server play interesting, and current plans also include singleplayer with modding. In due time, fingers crossed.

Trello board of things to hopefully come:
https://trello.com/b/jNevKnfQ/infinity-battlescape

The game has not been marketed yet, that will be on full release, so it still is early for inviting those who come for other players only. It's the right time for those who like the game by itself. It's explorable, and masterable, and there are players visiting servers. It is also a nice time for bug hunts — finding and reporting bugs and problems may help improve experience tremendously, and for everyone.

Personally, I found joining regardless of player counts a choice that paid off. Sure, there are some perceived issues that better have solutions to them, but both complete and day-to-day experience is still positive. So much so, it expanded beyond the game itself, in fact, maybe worth expanding on someday.

Youve sold me. Your response almost felt warm and welcoming like I was a guest being invited in. I cant wait to give this a proper try and see what else they offer in the future. Thankyou!

[HardStrike]

Honestly, i know this post is late, and i dont know if youve tried it, but even solo against AI is a blast.

The mainstay of this game isnt killing other players, its the scale combat, the AI itself is VERY capable and you can still lose battles against them while playing solo.

its of course more fun with friends.

SIngle player/Private hosting update being worked on, and mod support will come after.

[Gambit]

Originally posted by HardStrike:

Honestly, i know this post is late, and i dont know if youve tried it, but even solo against AI is a blast.

The mainstay of this game isnt killing other players, its the scale combat, the AI itself is VERY capable and you can still lose battles against them while playing solo.

its of course more fun with friends.

SIngle player/Private hosting update being worked on, and mod support will come after.

I got it, and while the game is sadly empty player wise, the AI battles are still a good time!

[StickB0y]

No

[Gambit]

Originally posted by Stickb0y:

No

you dont even have it so.

[Shev]

I jump in when there's a big update just to see how it's progressing. My gaming group and I bought it years ago and we really liked the massive scale of the battles, and even though we were mostly fighting AI; the AI is EXTREMELY good and makes you think tactically to take important ships off the field as a group.

We loved having a bomber squad being backed up by the smaller repair gunships; the repair gunships would hold a position and keep it safe from fighters/interceptors, and we'd follow our bombers in as they did strikes on the destroyers/capital ships.