Starblazer
- September 14, 2020
- Starcade Arcade LLC
Get on Steam"Starblazer is a Science Fiction RTS game, offering both multi-player and single-player options. Build unique fleets with 8 ship types, and engage in strategic combat across various maps. The game features simple 'rock-paper-scissors' mechanics, providing depth for both casual and experienced players."
Reviews
- The game features excellent graphics and immersive maps, enhancing the overall experience.
- It offers a solid real-time strategy (RTS) gameplay with depth, making it enjoyable for both veterans and newcomers.
- The developers are responsive to feedback and actively work on updates, improving the game significantly over time.
- Controls are often poor and can be frustrating, leading to a less enjoyable gameplay experience.
- The game lacks essential RTS features such as resource gathering and unit queuing, making it feel incomplete.
- Bots and AI behavior can be uninteresting, resulting in a lack of strategic depth during combat.
- optimization4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- -25 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The game's optimization has seen ongoing improvements, with developers actively working to enhance performance, which is a positive sign for early access titles. However, some players have experienced significant performance issues and poor controls, leading to refunds, though there is hope that updates will address these concerns. Overall, the community remains optimistic about future optimizations.
“The multiplayer aspect is a bragging right in the community, which consists of very talented and respectful players. The game is constantly being worked on, improved, and optimized, unlike many early access games on Steam.”
“If you bought this, please try the new updates and post a review because this is a great strategy game, provided the performance is good, which has apparently been fixed.”
“I will reconsider my refund and buy again if they ever fix the performance.”
“Had to refund due to poor performance and even worse controls.”
“The multiplayer aspect currently feels more like a bragging rights competition within the community, but the game is constantly being worked on, improved, and optimized.”
- graphics2 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The graphics are highly praised for their quality, but players have reported performance issues, with frame rates not exceeding 65 fps on high-end hardware. Additionally, the presence of a non-functional settings menu button limits in-game graphics adjustments.
“The graphics are very well done.”
“The game mechanics themselves are pretty cool, but with an i7 6700k and a 1080, it never got above maybe 65 fps, even with no supersampling. They have a placeholder settings menu button, but it isn't clickable, so I can't adjust in-game graphics.”
- gameplay2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The gameplay is praised for its excellent concept and engaging mechanics; however, performance issues are noted, as players experience low frame rates even on high-end hardware, and the inability to adjust graphics settings in-game due to a non-functional menu button detracts from the overall experience.
“Excellent concept and really cool gameplay.”
“The game mechanics themselves are pretty cool.”
