Stardiver

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Stardiver is a single player simulation game. It was developed by Green Planet Games and was released on September 12, 2024. It received neutral reviews from players.

Stardiver is a sci-fi, single-player, action-adventure game where you pilot a ship, fight enemies, and slay Bosses. The game takes place entirely underwater.Stardiver will take you to an unknown world in which you’ll experience exciting fights, and discover new species and places. And you’ll take care of resources supply, crafting items in your base, and developing your own ship.

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Single-Player

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Audience ScoreBased on 29 reviews

graphics3 positive mentions

story3 negative mentions

The game features decent visuals and sound design, creating an immersive underwater atmosphere.
Exploration offers a lot of rewards, with a variety of environments and challenges to discover.
The concept of combining ship combat, exploration, and resource management has great potential and can be enjoyable once the controls are mastered.

The game suffers from numerous bugs and performance issues, including unresponsive controls and mission objectives not triggering.
Gameplay can feel slow and cumbersome, with a lack of clear direction leading to frustration during exploration.
The combat mechanics are often imprecise and lack depth, making battles feel shallow and unengaging.

gameplay
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Gameplay reviews highlight a mix of frustrations and praise; players criticize the cumbersome dodge mechanic, slow pacing, and underdeveloped mechanics, which detract from the overall experience. While the underwater exploration and combat offer some engaging moments, the gameplay is often described as shallow and repetitive, lacking the depth and polish needed for a fulfilling experience. Improvements to mechanics and more dynamic combat could enhance the game's potential significantly.
- “Grapple with foes and fish alike in dogfights, defeat powerful bosses both organic and mechanical, and find traces of the explorers who’ve come before you, all while scouring the seafloor of this strange yet oddly familiar sunken world to learn the secrets that lurk beneath the waves.”
- “The story is captivating, the visuals are beautiful, and the gameplay is smooth and engaging.”
- “This generally creates a very dynamic flight mechanic, where combat and exploration tends to become much more realistic, at least at first.”
- “The dodge mechanic when using a controller goes off every time you turn, and it doesn't seem to keep your aim where it was.”
- “Slow and cumbersome gameplay; the only advantage of which would be the underwater world, but it was not exploited either.”
- “Furthermore, despite its interesting concept, Stardiver suffers from shallow mechanics, simplistic combat, and repetitive environments, making it difficult to recommend to players looking for a deeper and more engaging experience.”
story
10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is described as captivating, focusing on uncovering the secrets of a civilization through exploration and evidence collection. However, players have reported significant issues with mission objectives not triggering, autosave functionality, and frustrating gameplay mechanics, which detract from the overall experience. Despite its potential, these technical problems hinder the storytelling aspect and player engagement.
- “The story is captivating, the visuals are beautiful, and the gameplay is smooth and engaging.”
- “The story focuses on uncovering the secrets of this civilization and is directly involved with exploration and collecting evidence you discover in the game.”
- “I was in the homestretch when the waypoints for the next mission disappeared and reloading the autosave didn't fix the issue.”
- “Auto save barely works and missions don't update, like in mission 4 where it says to return to base.”
- “There's no way to back out, which is a problem since some of the missions are frustrating as hell (I'm looking at you: tracking the drone, damage but don't destroy it).”
graphics
5 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics are generally praised as solid and beautiful, contributing to a calming atmosphere that enhances the gameplay experience. Users appreciate the combination of good visuals and sound design, which together create an engaging and immersive environment for exploration.
- “The visuals and soundtrack create a really calming vibe, perfect for relaxed exploration.”
- “The story is captivating, the visuals are beautiful, and the gameplay is smooth and engaging.”
- “The visuals are pretty solid, and there's decent sound design.”
music
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is generally praised for its atmospheric quality, contributing to a calming vibe that enhances exploration. However, some users noted that the volume can overshadow voice dialogue, and while the soundtrack is impressive, it may not fully engage all players.
- “The music is quite nice and atmospheric.”
- “The visuals and soundtrack create a really calming vibe, perfect for relaxed exploration.”
- “Although the game is visually gorgeous with a soundtrack that impressed me quite a bit, the truth is that it didn't pull me in.”
- “The music becomes so loud that it drowns out the AI voice.”
- “The soundtrack is repetitive and lacks variety, making it tedious to listen to.”
- “The music doesn't fit the game's atmosphere, creating a disjointed experience.”
stability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game suffers from significant stability issues, including numerous bugs, rough textures, and poor navigation that can lead to dizziness. Resource collection is particularly problematic, with ships frequently bouncing off surrounding objects, detracting from the overall experience. Overall, it feels incomplete and in need of further polish.
- “Unfortunately, it is far too buggy and too rough around the edges to be called v1.0 'complete'.”
- “The textures are buggy and visually lack richness, and the navigation isn't smooth, which causes a lot of dizziness.”
- “Resource collection is very buggy and challenging as your ship keeps bouncing off surrounding objects.”
atmosphere
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's atmosphere is highly praised, with users appreciating its engaging concept and the accompanying music, which enhances the overall immersive experience.
- “The atmosphere of the game is great; I really like the concept as well.”
- “The music is quite nice and adds to the overall atmosphere.”
optimization
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization is severely lacking, with players reporting poor performance even on high-end hardware, such as achieving only 90 fps at 4K resolution with an RTX 4090.
- “Performance is abysmal.”
- “I was getting around 90 fps at 4K with my RTX 4090, which suggests the game is heavily unoptimized.”
emotional
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players express a mix of frustration and amusement regarding the emotional impact of gameplay, as interactions with objects like rocks can lead to unexpected and disorienting experiences, evoking both laughter and exasperation.
grinding
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to lack depth, leading to a tedious experience that fails to provide meaningful rewards.
- “They offer no real depth and quickly become tedious rather than rewarding to the player.”
- “The grinding feels endless and lacks any meaningful progression.”
- “After a while, the repetitive tasks just drain the fun out of the game.”