Dark Star One?

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3 total messages Started by Angus Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:41

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Author: Angus
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:41

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I see that GOG are selling Dark Star One for $4.99. Any views on the 
game? I'm still having a lot of fun with Edge of Chaos, so is there much 
similarity?

Thanks.

Re: Dark Star One?

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Author: Anssi Saari
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 11:19

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Angus <angus@_ANTISPEM_angusm.demon.co.uk> writes:

> I see that GOG are selling Dark Star One for $4.99. Any views on the 
> game? I'm still having a lot of fun with Edge of Chaos, so is there much 
> similarity?

Never played Edge of Chaos, but Dark Star One was pretty good. It does
strictly limit where you can go, you need to advance the plot to get a
bigger engine with which you can reach further star systems. 

Upgrading your ship is also a big part of the game and it's done by
finding specific artifacts inside asteroids which improbe areas of the
ship you choose. Since the asteroid diving was rather dull I think
they added an option where you can buy the artifacts from miners in a
late patch. Combat is fairly simplistic as I recall, I got a lot of
mileage out of invulnerable shields that lasted a short time.

The plot is more cliched than original. Certainly worth $4.99 though.

Re: Dark Star One?

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Author: Stri
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 09:02

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I couldn't get beyond the comically bad voice acting but Eurogamer
rates it and that's often good enough for me.

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