Halcyon 6 Starbase Commander
- September 7, 2016
- Massive Damage, Inc.
- 24h median play time
It feels like a missed opportunity. It starts okay, but it’s not long before the downtime or micro-management begin to push the enjoyable segments of gameplay further and further apart.
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Get on Epic Games Store"Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander" is a strategy game where you reclaim and rebuild a derelict starbase to stop an impending alien invasion. Using gathered resources, you'll build station facilities, research new technologies, establish alliances, and manage diplomatic efforts. Inspired by classic games like Star Control and Master of Orion, Halcyon 6 also features base building and exploration.
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Reviews
- story310 mentions
- 22 % positive mentions
- 75 % neutral mentions
- 4 % negative mentions
- gameplay202 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 66 % neutral mentions
- 9 % negative mentions
- graphics142 mentions
- 44 % positive mentions
- 55 % neutral mentions
- 1 % negative mentions
- grinding140 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
- music91 mentions
- 52 % positive mentions
- 43 % neutral mentions
- 5 % negative mentions
Critic Reviews
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander Review
It feels like a missed opportunity. It starts okay, but it’s not long before the downtime or micro-management begin to push the enjoyable segments of gameplay further and further apart.
50%Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander Review
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander presents a tough game to rate: its composite elements set it up to be an awesome experience but it fails to meet the bar it raised. The mix of so many great franchises easily could set itself up to be a great game with crazy replayability; the problem is as it currently is, the novelty wears off quickly and the grind becomes real with no end in sight. The resource gathering is far too bland and repetitious, the battles start cool but devolve into similar, repetitive outcomes. There is nothing new as it is just more of the same, which was grindy to begin with. All the elements present come close to being this awesome game, but in the end the repetition of the core elements and the endless grind make it hard to recommend at this point, which is very unfortunate.
50%Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander Review (PC)
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a fun (and funny) game with great art and novel ideas. For a casual experience, it’s a game that offers a lot of enjoyment, but can get a little stale pretty quickly. It’s a large improvement on everything that’s good about the games I love on iOS, but it doesn’t manage to bridge that gap to a full-fledged PC game completely, leaving you hanging in a few areas wishing for a bit more depth.
60%
