![]() You’re upgrading your ship because the game’s central treadmill requires upgrading your ship. I spent plenty of time floating around space casually dogfighting and exploring parts unknown, blowing up asteroids for easy money and capturing ships for slightly-less-easy money.īut outside of the campaign there’s not much in the way of lore, of tailored boutique content, that would get you invested in your ship and your character and your role in this galaxy. New planets and new space stations are largely interchangeable, outside of the specific items they’re trading.Īs I said, it’s not unenjoyable. The third time you start to wonder why there are so many wormholes in this universe. ![]() The first time you encounter a wormhole it’s exciting. There’s no reason not to do the missions, since they’re short and pay well, but there’s also no reason to cheer when your opponent’s ship is finally engulfed in flames.Įven the environmental discoveries are lackluster. No explanation of why is wanted by or any other flavor text that would, you know, actually get you invested in this side content. Every “Assassination” mission, for instance, features the same exact text-” wanted dead or alive! willing to pay compensation.” That’s it. There are just people who like me and people who don’t-no readily accessible lore to tell me why the Empire hates me but the Iolian Pact thinks I’m a pretty okay dude.įreelance jobs quickly become repetitive, without even a veneer of flavor text to distinguish one from the other. ![]() There are dozens of factions, but after hours with the game I couldn’t tell you what any of them stand for. You can sort of “write your own story” across the universe, but there are only so many stories that can be told with the limited actions at your disposal-basically pirate or do-gooder, rugged ruffian or peaceful trader. Your reputation is a linear scale that shifts between lawful and unlawful. There are factions, but they don’t interact with you in any meaningful way. That’s the feeling I get after hours and hours of Starpoint Gemini 2.
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