Seems almost too good to be true. This is made by a single developer and although clearly not as AAA as Star Citizen, it does seem to combine most of its elements. I never played SpaceBourne 1, but it seems to have a pretty tight corps of followers. Anyway, at $15.99, there is no real downside.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1646850/SpaceBourne_2/ (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1646850/SpaceBourne_2/)
QuoteSpaceBourne 2 is a single-player, open-universe RPG and third-person shooter game with an abundance of features, including role-playing, mining, trading, piracy, crafting, and deep exploration. The story picks up where it left off in SpaceBourne, but now the player's goal is to build a new empire in the galaxy, with the methods of doing so being completely up to the player.
In SpaceBourne 2, players are offered tens of thousands of diverse solar systems to explore. Each system has a unique structure, featuring different planets with varied surfaces and areas to discover. The locations, from the solar systems to the planets, are procedurally generated, ensuring that each system and planet is unique and has numerous points to explore.
SpaceBourne 2 boasts massive planetary surfaces, each with its own structure, climate, and gravity, as well as cities, villages, caves, outposts, and secrets to interact with. With tens of thousands of different planets available, players are given an unparalleled amount of opportunities for exploration throughout the galaxy.
Every scenario needs a hero.
In SpaceBourne you have two of them; Your Pilot and your Ship
With the new character customization system and the realistic rendering feature of Unreal Engine, you will create lifelike characters and embark on an adventure with your ships that you have modified according to your own preferences.
In SpaceBourne 2, you have the ability to establish your own faction and wield complete control over it. You get to decide on the faction's internal operations, policies, governing principles, and management structure. By expanding your faction's military, capturing other stations and solar systems, or constructing new stations, you can become the supreme ruler of the galaxy.
SpaceBourne 2 offers a rich diplomacy system, featuring Starlords loyal to each faction, as well as houses connected to Starlords. Each house has unique characteristics, stations, planets, cities, and fleets, allowing for diplomacy not only with factions but also with Starlords and Houses.
Diplomacy can now be done not only with factions but also with Starlords and Houses.
The relations of the Starlords in the galaxy can change all diplomatic dynamics in the game. This forces you to think hard before you act.
"Any galaxy is too big for one person to rule. "
In SpaceBourne 2, you are not alone on your journey. You have companions who can assist you in combat and lead your team. Players can assign team members different roles on board based on their skills.
GUILDS
In the game, there are guilds available, a total of 7. The player can join the guilds they choose and progress within these guilds. Each guild can provide numerous side quests to the player within their respective areas of expertise. As the player completes these quests, they can rise in rank within the guild and gain access to unique benefits offered by the guild members.
SIDE MISSIONS
In SpaceBourne 2, players can expect to encounter side missions scattered throughout the galaxy. These missions not only offer a change of pace from the main storyline, but also provide an opportunity for players to earn extra rewards, learn new information about the game's world and characters, and immerse themselves even further in the game's rich and diverse universe.
LIVING GALAXY
In SpaceBourne 2, you will enter a living galaxy where opportunities for adventure and intrigue are waiting for you at every turn. With a vast array of spaceships at your fingertips, you can engage in communication with other ships, and experience random encounter events that will pull you into new stories and challenges.
Interesting...not too much risk for $15.99. Maybe at some point with more feedback.
I like the fact that the player can build up a faction. If there is the ability to command multiple ship fleets, direct land battles anywhere in the galaxy, and conquer planets I think I will give this one a try.
^Kind of like Mount and Blade.
This game looks nuts!! One guy created this??
Quote from: Gusington on February 17, 2023, 12:22:55 PMThis game looks nuts!! One guy created this??
Give him the Star Citizen funds :evil: .
:Dreamer: hahaha
Result: Spacebourne3 in 25 years! :evil:
The reviews for this on The Steam are glowing. JH have you played this? About to buy it because I'm a game whore :3musketeer:
Quote from: Gusington on February 17, 2023, 01:47:56 PMThe reviews for this on The Steam are glowing. JH have you played this? About to buy it because I'm a game whore :3musketeer:
Not yet. This weekend.
^Please post impressions :Party:
Quote from: Gusington on February 17, 2023, 01:47:56 PMThe reviews for this on The Steam are glowing. JH have you played this? About to buy it because I'm a game whore :3musketeer:
I've got my finger on the trigger too and I'm not practicing safe buying. Let us know what you think!
Had some time with it.....although impressive for a single person, not sure about this one yet. Controls are extremely touchy and finding it hard to control the ship. The voice overs are a little odd. I know its early access and pretty cheap so hard to make any judgments now.
I'll keep plugging away to see how it goes for now.
Quote from: Grim.Reaper on February 17, 2023, 08:37:47 AMInteresting...not too much risk for $15.99. Maybe at some point with more feedback.
Got it this morning after reading this post. No clue when I will try it.
I'm enjoying it and overall I'm impressed. For one guy? It's a real achievement.
Does it look at as good as Star Citizen? Nope...but I intended to check it out and look around for a few minutes and an hour and a half later, I had to force myself out.
In the three missions I ran, I got to run around planetside, take off in a ship and travel in system to an asteroid field, engage in space combat, EVA and float down to a hidden pirate base on an abandoned platform, engage in combat on foot, travel to a new system and check out a few stations.
There's a lot going on here and so far its really fun.
Again...for one guy? Early Access? $15.99!? It's a must buy in my book.
Dammit I was hoping it would suck :cool:
Single Player
Third Person Tom Clancy like space combat
One guy dev team seems very dangerous but it's a great effort. I was tempted to make a chatGPT joke, but will abstain.
Does this have seemless interior and exterior ship play like star citizen?
Not for me, but glad you guys like it.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on February 17, 2023, 10:01:22 PMI'm enjoying it and overall I'm impressed. For one guy? It's a real achievement.
Does it look at as good as Star Citizen? Nope...but I intended to check it out and look around for a few minutes and an hour and a half later, I had to force myself out.
In the three missions I ran, I got to run around planetside, take off in a ship and travel in system to an asteroid field, engage in space combat, EVA and float down to a hidden pirate base on an abandoned platform, engage in combat on foot, travel to a new system and check out a few stations.
There's a lot going on here and so far its really fun.
Again...for one guy? Early Access? $15.99!? It's a must buy in my book.
Hell. I'd almost made it for almost an entire week without buying a game.....
been watching someone play this on twitch. very impressive for a one man dev team. $15.99 until the 24th. i went ahead and purchased it.
After watching some gameplay videos on YouTube and hearing feedback by JH I think this game is worth a buy, worth a try.
I'll let you know what I think once I get it. :azn:
Ok so I've now spent over 3 hours with this game. While it is a bit rough around the edges I am enjoying it. The game is still in EA so I'm sure once it releases for real it's going to be polished. It already looks fairly decent as is.
If you have any specific questions let me know. I found it very hard to pull myself away from this game. It has a certain charm to it. Game play is solid, story is ok, and the ability to do stuff outside of the main story is plentiful.
This game continues to impress. I'm really enjoying it.
It really is like a "budget" single player Star Citizen and when I say "budget", I don't really mean that negatively. It has just about everything Star Citizen has in terms of mission variety, gear, ability to enter and exit vehicles and travel from space to planets and stations.
I just did a mission that had me travel from a space station down to the surface of a planet. Land, get out of my ship, investigate a mission plot point, engage in combat on foot. Get back into my ship. Engage in atmospheric, low-gravity combat. Pull up next to a large cargo vessel. EVA and board the ship to search for documents. Destroy the ship. Get back on my own ship and get back to the space station. There is a lot going on here.
Still amazed that it's one guy and it only costs $15.99. Whether you think you're going to play it or not, this guy deserves your money.
Out of curiosity, how much of an advance is it on the first game, which is still being sold for only a few dollars less on Steam?
Quote from: JasonPratt on February 19, 2023, 09:30:10 PMOut of curiosity, how much of an advance is it on the first game, which is still being sold for only a few dollars less on Steam?
I don't know. I never played it.
I wholeheartedly agree, their is a lot going on in this game.
I'm at the point now where I've advanced far enough into the story line that I can start hiring soldiers, getting ships, and laying the foundation of my faction empire. I have a feeling the deeper one gets into this game the more they will be sucked in.
I feel sorry for my other games because they are going to see a lot less love for a while as I delve deeper into SpaceBourne 2.
Anyone play the ship to ship space combat yet?
Quote from: Gusington on February 19, 2023, 11:34:53 PMAnyone play the ship to ship space combat yet?
Yes. The game has you doing that from the very first mission. I actually prefer flying with mouse and keyboard, although there are good options for configuring game pad and HOTAS.
^Awesome, definitely getting this.
How good is the ship to ship combat?
I'm also playing with mouse and keypad for ship to ship combat. The beginning few missions are a bit easy but I suspect that is to get you acclimated with the game. Combat is smooth and fairly easy to keep up with what is going on. (i.e. even with a lot of ships flying about it is not too hard to pick and choose targets and keep track of them)
I'm about to engage in my first "real" combat leading 4 squadrons of space fighters and 1 squadron of ground assault troopers into battle. Will update...
Here's a quick video review from Splattercat.
https://youtu.be/QnvE19h4OhA
I think Splattercat also ran a demo video of
Executive Action 2... https://store.steampowered.com/app/510500/Executive_Assault_2/
Here are both videos:
Executive Assault and Executive Assault 2 are both very good games. Also impressive for a solo developer.
Man, this game actually looks good. Maybe Chris Roberts should hire this dev, star citizen might actually be finished this decade.
Quote from: Skoop on February 24, 2023, 07:04:04 PMMan, this game actually looks good. Maybe Chris Roberts should hire this dev, star citizen might actually be finished this decade.
Someone posted a Steam review that said: "wow. Star Citizen has made some real progress."
...and I laughed. :2funny:
This is another game I bought but have not played. It is getting constant updates!
So is UA Dreadnoughts, aaand Shadow Empires got a new beta 2 or three days ago. My cup runneth over.
So I think light, medium, and large capital ships are unlocked through story and or level progression. The only ships I've run across at the market are fighter class.
Quote from: W8taminute on February 25, 2023, 03:04:15 PMSo I think light, medium, and large capital ships are unlocked through story and or level progression. The only ships I've run across at the market are fighter class.
My understanding is that there are no player controlled capital ships presently in the game. The developer is considering adding them as a feature.
Its far from perfect, but this game continues to amaze me. Its got rough edges, the dialogue is wonky and there are some graphical and technical glitches, but for early access, and again, a one man development, it is staggering how complete of an experience this game is. There are so many elements and features it literally puts Star Citizen to shame. For a solo, single-player experience, this game is extremely notable and the developer deserves a God damn medal.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on February 25, 2023, 04:45:38 PMQuote from: W8taminute on February 25, 2023, 03:04:15 PMSo I think light, medium, and large capital ships are unlocked through story and or level progression. The only ships I've run across at the market are fighter class.
My understanding is that there are no player controlled capital ships presently in the game. The developer is considering adding them as a feature.
Oh I see. I have no doubt that capital ships will be added at some point. Even if he ultimately decides not to add large ships there is so much to do in this game that I can overlook their absence.
The latest patch added some new space station types for the player to visit. Brilliant!
Update:
So I've progressed the game far enough to where I have my own faction now. Currently it is composed of 47 civilians, 3 space-fighter teams, and 1 ground assault team. I've conquered 2 space stations from a minor faction.
Money is starting to pour in through my personal trading as well as taking stuff from this minor faction I'm at war with. I need to figure out how to trade for material, research points, and other building blocks need to construct my own space stations. I feel guilty stealing it from others.
One thing I will say, this game is in early access so many of the features are not implemented yet. Caveat emptor.
^Are you following the story path by doing those missions, or are you just playing the game in sort of a sandbox style mode?
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on March 06, 2023, 10:10:54 AM^Are you following the story path by doing those missions, or are you just playing the game in sort of a sandbox style mode?
I've been strictly playing the story mode up until the mission where it wants me to construct my command space base. I'm stuck on this mission so now I've veered off the road and playing sandbox style until I get the resources and money I need to construct that command station.
Quote from: W8taminute on March 06, 2023, 10:13:20 AMQuote from: Jarhead0331 on March 06, 2023, 10:10:54 AM^Are you following the story path by doing those missions, or are you just playing the game in sort of a sandbox style mode?
I've been strictly playing the story mode up until the mission where it wants me to construct my command space base. I'm stuck on this mission so now I've veered off the road and playing sandbox style until I get the resources and money I need to construct that command station.
I'm still at the point of the story that has me running around the galaxy to solve why my android went postal. Honestly, I'm losing interest in the story, but don't feel like I've progressed far enough to go sandbox either.
Quote from: Jarhead0331 on March 06, 2023, 10:16:45 AMQuote from: W8taminute on March 06, 2023, 10:13:20 AMQuote from: Jarhead0331 on March 06, 2023, 10:10:54 AM^Are you following the story path by doing those missions, or are you just playing the game in sort of a sandbox style mode?
I've been strictly playing the story mode up until the mission where it wants me to construct my command space base. I'm stuck on this mission so now I've veered off the road and playing sandbox style until I get the resources and money I need to construct that command station.
I'm still at the point of the story that has me running around the galaxy to solve why my android went postal. Honestly, I'm losing interest in the story, but don't feel like I've progressed far enough to go sandbox either.
IIRC that mission was a little buggy. Sometimes the tracked mission text in the upper left hand corner tells you to wait until so and so comes back. If you sit there an wait so and so never comes back. Try going back to your hidden base or simply fly to the nearest 'escape point' (that orange colored station on all system maps). That should trigger the next event you need to get past the mission.
I'd go into more detail but I don't want to spoil the story. You can go sandbox at this point where you are currently, you just won't be able to do a lot of the faction building stuff.
SB2 is on sale at Steam for $12.