Starsector trailer shows top-down fleet action

Building up your own fleet of customised spaceships, recruiting crews, trading goods, and blowing the merry heck of enemy fleets in top-down tactical battles sounds pretty great. "That Alice," a rhetorical device mutters, "off daydreaming again!" But no, this is a real video game and I'm not simply pouring whimsy into a text box. A new Starsector trailer warped in yesterday, showing just those sorts of galactic lovelies.

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Building up your own fleet of customised spaceships, recruiting crews, trading goods, and blowing the merry heck of enemy fleets in top-down tactical battles sounds pretty great. "That Alice!" a rhetorical device mutters, "Off daydreaming again!" But no, this is a real video game and I'm not simply pouring whimsy into a text box. A new Starsector trailer warped in yesterday, showing just those sorts of galactic lovelies.

Developer Fractal Softworks describes Starsector as an "open-world single-player space-combat, roleplaying, exploration and economic game," which may not sound snappy but does sound nice. It drops you into a procedurally-generated sector of space to find fame and fortune as you see fit, and maybe decide the future of the area. It's pretty dang pretty, too.

Instant alpha access is on offer if you pre-order now for $10, half the price of the finished game. It's coming to PC, Mac, and Linux. Hit the official site for more info.

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    March 28, 2013 5:15 PM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Starsector trailer shows top-down fleet action.

    Building up your own fleet of customised spaceships, recruiting crews, trading goods, and blowing the merry heck of enemy fleets in top-down tactical battles sounds pretty great. "That Alice," a rhetorical device mutters, "off daydreaming again!" But no, this is a real video game and I'm not simply pouring whimsy into a text box. A new Starsector trailer warped in yesterday, showing just those sorts of galactic lovelies.

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      March 28, 2013 5:39 PM

      Space? Mac support? $10 to play it now? Done.

      UNF

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      March 28, 2013 5:40 PM

      I bought this but I forgot the name it used to be under

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        March 28, 2013 6:14 PM

        Used to be Starfarer.

        Awesome game, though still pretty barebones last I played - it's been getting regular updates and is going to 0wn!!!

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          March 28, 2013 6:30 PM

          i bout into the alpha of starfarer! do you know if we will be given this considering starfarer is what it used to be?

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            March 28, 2013 6:38 PM

            The only thing that changed is the name. I'm pretty sure you're still considered to have bought the game.

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              March 28, 2013 7:00 PM

              excellent. i had not checked on this in awhile, kind of forgot all about it TBQH

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                March 28, 2013 7:21 PM

                Yeah, I bought it as Starfarer too. About 3-4 months ago it just changed names, but otherwise the same thing.

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        March 28, 2013 6:36 PM

        Starfarer. I keep forgetting the new name.

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      March 28, 2013 5:54 PM

      I think I'm buying this.

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      March 28, 2013 6:17 PM

      Sweet! I can see myself wasting years on this game...

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      March 28, 2013 6:33 PM

      Damn you spaceship games! Bought'd....

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      March 28, 2013 6:52 PM

      This flux and shields mechanic is pretty neat. You really have to juggle offense vs defense.

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      March 28, 2013 7:06 PM

      This game is fantastic, by the way. Buy it.

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      March 28, 2013 7:34 PM

      This game is sorta Mount and Blade in Space. You start as a small fish, take on other small fish, and hopefully grow. It's just a small sandbox right now, but I burnt dozens of hours on it anyhow.

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        March 31, 2013 8:11 PM

        i played the crap out of the original mount and blade, and now im playing the crap out of star sector. your comparison is spot on, and i love both games for the way they handle sandbox style gameplay and army building etc.

        great fun.

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      March 28, 2013 7:37 PM

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      March 28, 2013 7:41 PM

      Haven't played this in a long time, will download it again.

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      March 28, 2013 7:49 PM

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      March 29, 2013 7:18 AM

      For some reason, it not being on Steam makes me not want to buy it.

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        March 29, 2013 7:24 AM

        Holy fuck you shithead. Do I have to buy this for you?

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          March 29, 2013 7:43 AM

          Haha, no, I just have this big fear of "losing" games that I don't keep on Steam. I'll consider this one.

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            March 29, 2013 7:45 AM

            I rebought Weird Worlds on Steam because I couldn't even be bothered to look for my disc. So I feel your angst.

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              April 1, 2013 12:32 AM

              what's weird worlds like? i noticed that on steam just recently, looks interesting

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            March 29, 2013 7:53 AM

            How would you lose it if you have the full installer on your computer? You can copy it as many times as you like.

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              March 29, 2013 8:00 AM

              You don't know this guy like I know this guy. Trust me...he could lose it.

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              March 29, 2013 8:00 AM

              Because I don't normally keep full installers on my computer. I normally just click download on Steam, hehe.

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