Starlink: Battle For Atlas, Ubisoft’s collectable toys-to-games platform launches on PC on Tuesday, April 30th, minus the toys half. It appears that the plastic, whereas good to have a look at, simply wasn’t promoting so effectively, however Ubisoft don’t go away games behind nowadays. The PC launch coincides with a mushy re-launch for the game on consoles, too, and a free, digital-only growth known as Crimson Moon. Having performed a little bit of the Switch model, I’m blissful to see it making the leap, and abandoning the plastic. While not nice, it’s not a foul introduction to planet-hopping, space-dogfighting journey, particularly for the youthful crowd.
Starlink is a serviceable house shooter action-RPG, with a mix of house dogfights and terrestrial hover-tank battles towards massive stompy robots. On consoles, its two fundamental points have been that you possibly can solely unlock new ships or weapons by both shopping for their collectable toy bits (which, admittedly, have been cool to play with and could possibly be frankensteined collectively in some enjoyable methods), or DLC packs. The different downside was its uninteresting story and solid, feeling a bit like a poor man’s Saturday morning cartoon pilot. The upcoming Crimson Moon’s character designs look stronger than the primary solid. Perhaps an indication of enchancment?
While there’s no phrase on what the DLC construction for the game might be on PC, in the event that they go the identical highway as consoles, I’d advocate holding out for a reduced all-in-one bundle. While particulars on which might be nonetheless a bit obscure, Ubisoft have listed the full system requirements for the PC model. They additionally verify that it’ll help G-Sync displays, remappable controls, uncapped framerates and 21:9 widescreen. All the usual mod cons you’d count on from a contemporary PC launch. It’ll even help the PS4 and Xbox model controller mounts, so you should use the toys on PC too.
The Crimson Moon growth seems first rate, including racing missions, bounty hunts, an enviornment mode, extra fundamental story and new ship skins. The solely unhealthy information right here is whereas Crimson Moon is free for all (together with us), solely the Nintendo Switch model will get an non-obligatory chunk of paid Star Fox-themed DLC. Not fairly as compelling as Ubisoft’s weird mash-up of Mario, Rabbids and XCOM, however alluring nonetheless, particularly in case you’re me and might nonetheless hum your entire Corneria theme from Star Fox on demand.
Starlink: Battle For Atlas hits PC subsequent Tuesday, April 30th. It’ll be out there by way of Steam and Uplay. While no worth has been introduced, the console starter pack (toys included) usually sells for below £20/$30.
