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Looking for a spaceship/sci fi game to play. Any thoughts? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by ThunderQuack@kbin.social to c/gaming@kbin.social

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I’m a massive sci fi fan and played the ever loving shit out of Star Citizen for a while there. Loved the 6 degrees of freedom and the capability to be a person or a starship.

I know Starfield is coming in September and I’m excited for what is has to offer but in the interim does anybody have a sci fi/star fighter game they can recommend? I kickstarted Everspace 2 so I can give that a go and I’m almost done with the current No Man’s Sky expedition

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[–] MooseGas@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

I'm hopeful for Starship simulator. It is not out yet, but it looks promising. I've always wanted a game with a ship with a working crew you interact with or become a part of. I have not ever found anything good enough.

I enjoy X4, but I actually though the exploration aspect in Rebirth was better (unpopular opinion I'm sure). I do like how you can give your captains orders and then just hitch a ride and see how it goes.

Everyone always says FTL, which is fun, but the crew don't really have roles or personalities. They are there and they man the ship, but that's it. And you're always in a rush to do anything which always just ends with a space battle.

Similar for Space Haven. If the crew has assigned departments and ranks rather than just assigned tasks I think it would be closer.

[–] BaldProphet@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

How about Empyrion - Galactic Survival? Kind of like Space Engineers but with better singleplayer content.

[–] NecoArcKbinAccount@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Eve Online (I have not played Eve)

[–] Gorbatron5000@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

Definitely get the Mass Effect Trilogy. You could probably play through the whole thing before starfield comes out if it hooks you like it did for me.

[–] xiannic@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

If you like the idea of building your ship and then using it to blast pirates into little pieces, you could give Avorion a go. It’s currently half price on Steam and is a bit Minecraft in space. It had no player view though, everything is done from space craft from mining to trading to combat.

Combat mand flying feels like The Expanse if you have seen / read that.

[–] emilmuzz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

While not a flight sim I'll give a recommendation for Hardspace: Shipbreaker. Spend some time salvaging old spaceships in zero-g.

[–] SpathiFwiffo@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If you want something smaller scale but fun:
Transcendence. https://store.steampowered.com/app/364510/Transcendence/

Also, "Strange Adventures In Infinite Space"
and the sequels to that. The sequel (Weird Worlds) is on steam.
Very short and silly, but fun.

[–] Hondolor@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Not exactly in the same vain as 3d game but Endless Sky and all the Escape velocity games. Escape Velocity is the grand daddy of all space games, and was even pseudo 3d when that was a rarity for games.

[–] indigojasper@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

J.U.L.I.A.: Among the Stars

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