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Become the Captain of an interstellar cruiser and journey across the galaxy to save the Republic. During your journey you will have to make important decisions, improve the weaponry of your ship and fight against numerous enemies.
Between the Stars is a space, rpg and action game
developed and published by Isolated Games.
Released on March 07th 2024 is available only on Windows
in 5 languages: English, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, French and Russian.
It has received 2,301 reviews of which 1,724 were positive and 577 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.3 out of 10. 😊
The game is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for 0.89€ on Gamivo.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Win 7 SP1, Win 8.1 (64-bit Operating System Required)
- Processor: Intel Core i3-4330 @ 3.50GHz / AMD FX-4330
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GeForce GTX 660 Ti / Radeon R9 270X
- DirectX: Version 10
- Storage: 5 GB available space
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Most of my experience is in open world/sandbox style space sims, so I didn't know quite what to expect playing a more closed/narrative driven game. 25 hours in and I'm sold. I haven't been this 'into' a story for a long time, it's compelling and coherent. As for the actual game play, it's very fun. The combat I think might be a bit on the easier side, but also I'm playing the first time through on default difficulty. It would seem there is quite a bit of replay-ability here too. The text based narrative and dice roll combat is such a cool choice by the devs, it's a nice little break from blowing stuff up. Graphics are stunning, and the variety of weapons and ships seems to be quite large. Absolutely worth adding to your library.
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TL;DR: Nice game to sink a few occasional hours in with an interesting storyline to follow. + More playtime than expected (was expecting about 10-15h for main story line - more like 20-25h., when you read it through instead of just skipping text) + (subjectively) Interesting Storyline with a few decisional branches + several ships to choose from (most of the time) + a few different types of weapons for a more divers play-stile (however, I stuck to cannons to damage hulls and plasmas to get the shield down) + movement axis ( horizontally, vertically + strafing on each axis) + several side quests and activities to pick from (some even with some certainly unexpected turn of events, however the distress-/suspicious-signals getting repetive rather quickly) -> those side quests, even without the signal-activites may involve another 5-10h of activities +hidden achievemts, so you / your friend do not spoil the different decisions that can be made. ~~~~~ - controls need some "getting used to", felt a bit "jumpy" at times, even with the bigger and presumably "slower" and less agile ships - occasionally occuring graphic bugs like GUI 'residues' overlapping with currently display GUI (but +nothing gamebreaking or otherwise serious disturbance) -> like"Exit" being displayed in main menu were usually no exit-button should be -> or armament/gadgets/weapons still being displayed in ship's menue, when being in Crew member menue. --> luckily, exiting tghe shbip's/planet's/station's menu cleared that away as well. (And yes, I apologize, I did not really care to report those, as a friend of mine did not have those) -> like accessing the ships menue while assumingly being on a station/planet in a discussion with other NPCs (you could heal crew-members one by one then, while in-fight) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All in all, when your financial situation allows it, save call for 20 bucks, for 30 if you like (easy-going/arcade-ish) story-driven space combat. This game is a bit like the old "Star lancer", or the not-that-old "Freelancer" (without the trading part, and a less, less smaller studio behind it). Self-developed and self-published, I'd say, to them the 30 bucks as it is listed in Steam. They've probably earned it and did well. However, be aware, you have to read the story for yourself, there are some voiced parts, while being on ship. The important stuff is text box game. Oh, and the game saves fairly often. So feel free to add up your own savegame-skill and try the other-decision-you-havent-made-before. Then again... some of them may only show the severity of their consequence on the long run... Well done @Isolated Games, well done.
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I have been trying really hard to get into this game, because it's the one that gets the closest to Fractured Space's combat. While it falls short of FS's capital ship combat, the story and events on this game are really amazing. I got into the sidequests, and I gotta say, congratulations to whoever wrote the Cursed Ship, I really enjoyed that. Most of the other sidequests are amazing too, I am enjoying them more than the main story, but that is not a bad thing.
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Well, it would be a neutral, but I give it a recommend as I got it cheap. Pro: + It has a nice feeling for flying around with beautiful space background. Funny that you can fly through a sun. + Nice solution for planet landing + Good atmosphere. + Nice spaceship design + Simple controls and UI, maybe too simple + Dice and storytelling combination. Until now the story is not bad. Funny unique quests Cont: - Music not feels good after some time, so I mute it and found something at youtube for listening. - Most of the weapons and utility equipment are just bad/useless/not worth using. - Solar systems are empty, same ships graveyard and asteroid field everywhere, and not worth exploring them - Feels unfinished / half completed and have some bugs. - Bad station docking, it should be like planets, so to not waste time with docking. For the 100th time it is boring and time wasting. - Missing distance from enemy ships. So you can only guess if the are in your range or not. - Many missing opportunity, this game could and should be great. I hope the devs not given up on it, and fix / correct / expand what they can
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Campaign took me about 26 hours to complete. Pretty solid game, especially so if you can get it on sale. Somewhat similar in gameplay to Starpoint Gemini Warlords although not quite as involved in terms of the economics compared to that game. Fun little space combat game with a decent story.
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Between the Stars is currently priced at 28.99€ on Steam.
Between the Stars is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 28.99€ on Steam.
Between the Stars received 1,724 positive votes out of a total of 2,301 achieving a rating of 7.25.
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Between the Stars was developed and published by Isolated Games.
Between the Stars is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Between the Stars is not playable on MacOS.
Between the Stars is not playable on Linux.
Between the Stars is a single-player game.
There is a DLC available for Between the Stars. Explore additional content available for Between the Stars on Steam.
Between the Stars does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Between the Stars does not support Steam Remote Play.
Between the Stars is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Isolated Games
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