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An indie motion RPG has a cool twist on the style, having your character as a starship with components and a crew to be upgraded relatively than the traditional single warrior and their stock of random stuff. Starcom: Unknown Area seems to be like simply that, a extra low-key however nonetheless very fulfilling motion tackle the area sandbox style that additionally blends in narrative occasions as you land on and discover new planets.
Starcom: Unknown Area calls itself “an motion journey RPG of area exploration, ship constructing and fast-paced tactical fight” with a “huge open-world universe stuffed with alien factions vying for energy, unusual worlds to discover, mysteries to analyze, and a sinister enemy that threatens the galaxy with an historic energy.”
So, you recognize, the traditional sci-fi sandbox setup… however with ARPG gameplay. Maybe like a extra chill Starsector.
One of many coolest issues in Starcom is certainly the hex-grid that you simply construct your spaceship on. You equip modules, engines, weapons, and different components like they’re gear to get your format proper then take the design into fight—with specialties like speedy strike ship, armored battlecruiser, and versatile science ship. On the similar time, your “tech tree” of analysis into new issues can also be your talent tree, of types, letting you select the place to focus efforts as you improve the ship.
A part of Starcom can also be assembly bizarre alien factions to commerce, combat, and befriend. Their habits modifications based mostly by yourself towards them over the course of 60-some story and sidequests throughout the open world—which, very properly, you may set an autopilot in to get you again to locations you’ve got already been.
You’ll find Starcom: Unknown Area on Steam.