Question

[PlyrBZ]

Hi, is this a difficult game to play and how do you played it i never played it before, I saw it was 100% free right now and was thinking about checking it out but not 100% for sure if it's worth it.?

[WaffleGPT]

It's free and you're worried it's not "worth it". Wut

[PlyrBZ]

Originally posted by WaffleGPT:

It's free and you're worried it's not "worth it". Wut

I never played it before or heard of the game I have no clue what it's about and your suppose to do.

[pLx]

You know Google and YouTube exist right? Why don't you look up some gameplay instead of starting a discussion on Steam where nobody ever answers something serious. Come on man...

[Fractard]

You are managing a spaceship 4 6 crew members, it means:

While in fight
• Assigning them their job place, pilot seat, power control, turrests, ...
  
• Moving them on the ship, tell them to grab tools and where to go
  
• Using their perks, better aiming, auto detec ennemies, ...
  
• Choosing your ship behavior, go on objective, defensive piloting, ...
  
  In the base
  
• Managing your crew, choosing secondary job, hiring better crew
  
• Upgrading your ship
  
• Choosing your mission

And if it worth it? Its free and once you grab it sty on your library. Test it, unistall if you don't like, you won't loose anything.

[Lexter]

Be aware! If you take it for free, you must play it every day for two hours and that six years long.
Make a wise decision!

[PlyrBZ]

Originally posted by Fractard:

You are managing a spaceship 4 crew members, it means:

While in fight
• Assigning them their job place, pilot seat, power control, turrests, ...
  
• Moving them on the ship, tell them to grab tools and where to go
  
• Using their perks, better aiming, auto detec ennemies, ...
  
• Choosing your ship behavior, go on objective, defensive piloting, ...
  
  In the base
  
• Managing your crew, choosing secondary job, hiring better crew
  
• Upgrading your ship
  
• Choosing your mission

And if it worth it? Its free and once you grab it sty on your library. Test it, unistall if you don't like, you won't loose anything.

Is this a difficult game and something you recommend to a player that is new at this game and thinking about playing it I don't just grab every paid game that is free.?

[PHOBIE]

I'm sort of torn whether it's worth it.

Firstly because there is no menu to turn music off in the main menu, but you can do it later in the game, at least in the base.

Secondly, because the combat is severely limited by having to use a giant periscope, with the traversal speed of a snail, to aim across space and mark enemies (otherwise your guns won't shoot at them) and while you do that you neither see nor have control of your ship and what's going on; it's like its own game-mode.

This regularly lead me to coming back to a jumpscare, where aliens had boarded my ship or something was burning. Of course it would be no problem to let crew simply do their job without manual intervention needed, but apparently developer wanted an obstacle system requiring busy-work.

The other issue that's nagging me is that you simply don't have enough crew to man all your guns and stations because the developer thought it's meaningful gameplay if players are constantly stressed trying to opportunistically fill in positions they don't have enough people for.

And this synergizes badly with the previous issues of having to mark enemies, because while you mark them (which takes time) you don't see if a gun has an angle to shoot on them, and crew doesn't simply run to the gun that has a good angle, nor run to the next station where they should do a job.

Instead you have to do that manually between scoping for enemies, fending off raids, healing, fire-fighting and repairing damaged systems, making use of skills when they come off cooldown, grabbing and using items such as med kits or fire extinguishers, and planning for your next hyperjump.

Between all that annoyance it's a sort of promising-looking game that teases intuitive clicky-snappy controls, without actually taking advantage of them; because the more hectic the battle, the more the micromanagement scales out of control.

Also Bomber Crew (same dev) and Space Crew share a similarity where coming back to the game means learning the ropes once again; submitting to the arbitrary ruleset imposed requires forced suspension of disbelief to enjoy the game enough to be ready for a learning experience.

With that in mind it's still hard to say whether a game I have my issues with is the same for you. What can be said; most of the difficulty during on-boarding comes from idiosyncratic design choices rather than nail-biting adrenaline-soaked action.

Hope this helps.

[PlyrBZ]

Originally posted by PHOBIE:

I'm sort of torn whether it's worth it.

Firstly because there is no menu to turn music off in the main menu, but you can do it later in the game, at least in the base.

Secondly, because the combat is severely limited by having to use a giant periscope, with the traversal speed of a snail, to aim across space and mark enemies (otherwise your guns won't shoot at them) and while you do that you neither see nor have control of your ship and what's going on; it's like its own game-mode.

This regularly lead me to coming back to a jumpscare, where aliens had boarded my ship or something was burning. Of course it would be no problem to let crew simply do their job without manual intervention needed, but apparently developer wanted an obstacle system requiring busy-work.

The other issue that's nagging me is that you simply don't have enough crew to man all your guns and stations because the developer thought it's meaningful gameplay if players are constantly stressed trying to opportunistically fill in positions they don't have enough people for.

And this synergizes badly with the previous issues of having to mark enemies, because while you mark them (which takes time) you don't see if a gun has an angle to shoot on them, and crew doesn't simply run to the gun that has a good angle, nor run to the next station where they should do a job.

Instead you have to do that manually between scoping for enemies, fending off raids, healing, fire-fighting and repairing damaged systems, making use of skills when they come off cooldown, grabbing and using items such as med kits or fire extinguishers, and planning for your next hyperjump.

Between all that annoyance it's a sort of promising-looking game that teases intuitive clicky-snappy controls, without actually taking advantage of them; because the more hectic the battle, the more the micromanagement scales out of control.

Also Bomber Crew (same dev) and Space Crew share a similarity where coming back to the game means learning the ropes once again; submitting to the arbitrary ruleset imposed requires forced suspension of disbelief to enjoy the game enough to be ready for a learning experience.

With that in mind it's still hard to say whether a game I have my issues with is the same for you. What can be said; most of the difficulty during on-boarding comes from idiosyncratic design choices rather than nail-biting adrenaline-soaked action.

Hope this helps.

Sounds like this game is way to slow and lot less controls and fun stuff instead it's cool theme Game just lost of clicking involved and can get tiring after a while or to some people pretty quickly.

[Fractard]

Marking ennemies is indeed the most annoying part. Hopeully you have a slowdown mode, even if it is limited, that allow to mark them quite safely.

For the rest I just populate each turret and zoom out from the ship to what is happing and scan ennemies and tell the pilot to be on defensive cruise. I zoom in when I have action to do inside the ship and if I need a break there is a dodge perk that you unlock quickly. You have will have EMP a bit later.

This a challanging game, its not 2 Point Campus or else where you can sit and wait. You need to monitor the action, use your perk and move your crew accorrdingly. If main mission become too hard do secondary ones aand farm XP and money to upgrade your ship.

[Si Cwan]

there is an option you can turn on that if you have someone in the radio seat, it will auto mark enemies

[Seath]

Just get the game already...you don't need to play it, you know? It's free after all...Can't beat free at all!

[PlyrBZ]

Originally posted by Seath:

Just get the game already...you don't need to play it, you know? It's free after all...Can't beat free at all!

Yes actually you can beat all free games Is really easy to do if your not sure about and never played the game before or games like it or have any idea what it's about and not for sure it's worth it and not getting any answers to your question or good ones then don't bother witch is it actually what Is happening to me and I am gonna do I do get all game just cause there free.

[Thunderbolt]

There is a special menu in the mess hall (lower left) which allows you to make the game as easy or as hard as you want. everything from an extra crew member to auto tagging by default. Go ahead and get it and enjoy it at your own pace!

[Myst Leissa]

@op, The Game is difficult, but not impossible, if your worried about a heart attack from "Gamer Stress" - don't be, unless your the kind of person that has a really thin skin for permadeath (yes crew members die permanently once their KO timer runs out, and your ship can be destroyed wasting all your upgrades, but overall it's not the gain of power but the fun of the game that determines value)

[Myst Leissa]

Originally posted by Fractard:

You are managing a spaceship 4 crew members, it means:

While in fight
• Assigning them their job place, pilot seat, power control, turrests, ...
  
• Moving them on the ship, tell them to grab tools and where to go
  
• Using their perks, better aiming, auto detec ennemies, ...
  
• Choosing your ship behavior, go on objective, defensive piloting, ...
  
  In the base
  
• Managing your crew, choosing secondary job, hiring better crew
  
• Upgrading your ship
  
• Choosing your mission

And if it worth it? Its free and once you grab it sty on your library. Test it, unistall if you don't like, you won't loose anything.

6 - 7 Crew Members, Warm Bodies are free, gear and levels not so much.