It seems to be just like the just-announced Starpoint Gemini 3 shall be a major departure from Warlords, earlier in Little Green Men’s area sim collection. Rather than proceed down the trail of sunshine 4X technique and fleet administration, the brand new game places gamers into the cockpit of smaller craft. There’s first-person cockpits, and also you’re capable of meet characters face-to-face in planetary and station interiors. It’s a reasonably large change, contemplating the collection has been a largely impersonal affair up till now. The game is due out a while this yr – see the announcement trailer under.
The trailer is an oddly wonky factor, isn’t it? I admit that I like that skull-shaped ship that will get missile’d within the large steel face, however there’s a conspicuous absence of area fight on this teaser. Here’s hoping for extra long-form footage quickly. Players will management “wisecracking hero Captain Jonathan Bold”, which seems like a bargain-bin Han Solo if I ever noticed one. Sadly, you’ve not bought a Chewbacca stand-in, however your ship AI, ADAH, can apparently switch herself to a drone to can help you full “off-ship” duties, together with “exploration of space structures”.
Little Green Men are calling this one a single-player motion RPG, with area fight, an explorable universe to wander and the standard space-laser fight you’d anticipate. While the collection hasn’t been recognized for its gripping dogfights up till now, I can’t assist however really feel that this one’s going instantly up towards Rebel Galaxy Outlaw. Curious that two area sim collection (admittedly Rebel Galaxy was just one game) are each pivoting in direction of simulating life as a bar-trawling area rogue. Not that I’m complaining – it’s a very good, cosy area of interest to be in.
The game’s retailer web page doesn’t give a lot data, however builders are answering questions on the Steam boards, and have confirmed that there’s no capital ships to fly this time. It’s simply you in your cockpit with dogfighting fight. There’s a modular ship improve system, but it surely sounds such as you’ll technically be in the identical craft all game lengthy, even if you happen to can Starship Of Theseus it slightly.
Starpoint Gemini three is out later this yr. You can discover it on Steam, with slightly extra information on its official page.
