How does this game compare?

[ZatroGamer]

How does this game compare to other space games involving spaceships like Empyrion: Galactic Survival, Space Engineers, and Starmade? I know very little on those 4 games but am curious what you guys think on how they compare. I have also heard of No Man's Sky and Star Citizen but know even less about those.

[ℜ | DDRMANIAC007]

Space Engineers and Starmade are more about the building aspect. This game is more about the gameplay as part of a crew aspect.

[Noob Van Noob]

this game is more like FTL combined with Star Trek Bridge Commander if anything. thats probably the closest comparison you will get .

[Zes Aelik]

Every singe one of those games are different, including this one. The only thing they have in common with each other is the building aspect, and they dont even share that with PULSAR.

[Spongie]

I find the total lack of building in pulsar very satisfying. I've been playing so many survival/inifiniminer/voxel games as of late. In this game you get your ship from get go and you can immediately jump into action. I don't know who is paying for all these new ships, but thanks!

I also like how the game is pretty generous (I hope this feature remains), while it takes a while to upgrade the entire ship you can get your hands on good parts fairly quickly and enjoy some space battles, with a capable crew you can be effective in battle from get go.

Also, in space battle if you are destroyed, the game is over. No extra lives, no continues. It's harsh for new players (like me), but gives every battle a sense of urgency and ship maintenance/upgrading is put on high priority. As it should be. The FPS portion is lacking , but it seems they want to make away missions more exploratory in nature rather than action packed, I'm cool with that. If I want an action packed FPS my Steam library is fully stocked with games specifically for that purpose. (there's like 13 in a dozen of these titles, really)

The game is rather shallow at this point, features are missing etc, but it has great potential. I really hope it doesn't go the route of so many Unity-based early access games where each release fixes one bug and introduces two more to the point where the game is unplayable. Ofcourse, that's a risk you take when opting in on early access or kickstarters and some of the most played games in my library are early access ones.

[Varenvel The Festive Dinosaur]

Noob Van Noob eredeti hozzászólása:

this game is more like FTL combined with Star Trek Bridge Commander if anything. thats probably the closest comparison you will get .

i can pretty much confirm that

[Slickvic]

I would suggest going to Youtube and searching all the game titles you asked about.

You will learn everything you need to know.

[obliviondoll]

ANother good comparison for Pulsar is Guns of Icarus. Except in Pulsar, you're on a spaceship instead of a steampunk airship.

[Noob Van Noob]

obliviondoll eredeti hozzászólása:

ANother good comparison for Pulsar is Guns of Icarus. Except in Pulsar, you're on a spaceship instead of a steampunk airship.

i second this comparison. think of it as Guns of Icarus in an open world pve setting. with ground combat

[Agent Zirdik]

obliviondoll eredeti hozzászólása:

ANother good comparison for Pulsar is Guns of Icarus. Except in Pulsar, you're on a spaceship instead of a steampunk airship.

I would distinguish that Pulsar is far more roleplay-oriented than Guns of Icarus Online, which is more PvP oriented. I still think that first-person FTL is a better comparison, or an open-world Artemis rendered in an FPS game engine.

But when Guns of Icarus Adventure Mode comes out . . . oooh, I hope it's like Pulsar!

[Maestro4202]

Spongie eredeti hozzászólása:

Also, in space battle if you are destroyed, the game is over. No extra lives, no continues. It's harsh for new players (like me)

I should be mentioned tho that captains can save the game. And any good captain does all the time.

[Spongie]

Yeah, as a captain you can save. Having the ship destroyed can also be avoided quite easily, it's just a hazzle that you have to restart the host and all players most rejoin.