Good game. I got it in Humble bundle for about 11 pounds, its worth more. I have played for about 30 hours and havent completed the story line yet. Lots of different things to do.

My issue with the game is the simplicity of it, its not always a bad thing but I would have preferred a bit more difficulty in scanning and docking etc. Its like freelancer pretty much. Pretty straighforward. good graphics, nothing mindblowing and I would have preffered nicer and more varied skyboxes and a better drawdistance. That said its still pretty and will run on most computers I would imagine even very old one but I could be wrong.

The amount of weapon syustems and ships is also very good.

oh, I would have preferred a bit more depth in the trading aspect, larger storage etc but again what it does is enough to entertain.

I would definately recommend this game to people, and even though I paid only a fraction for the gold edition I would say the game with its dlc would be worth a whole lot more in terms of gameplay value, dare I say 30 pounds or so.

7/10

i actually like this game very much,.big space to explore, changing ships, leveling up, taking quest, easy to control (compared to X series imo) etc,.althought trading goods is not really my forte, i just sell all the misc items i got from pirate and others. The only problem for me (i dont know if others have this problem) is that, the game will suddenly minimize if I let it be for some minute and i cant open it to continue. I will need to close it and open it back, quite stressful if i were in the middle of nowhere with no planet to save my journey and suddenly i have the urge to use the toilet

I like this game, I do, but 35$ I feel is too steep for what it offers. At first I thought this game was like Mount and Blade in space, with so many factions, different types of outposts, and skills oriented to being a leader. That however is not the case, the game is more or less a dungeon crawler RPG without the dungeons.

The story is fairly bland, and frankly the voice acting of the main character is so outright awful I had to turn off dialogue volume, and I just quickly got bored with the story missions.

Theres no real "looting" and going out of your way to be a merchant king through cargo hauling is a waste of time, the early portion of the game is farming money to get better ships, once you have better ships you just capture enemy ships for quick cash and farm levels. Looting ships for weapons is a waste of time, as all stations are static and theres no random element to their inventories, simply fly to the station selling the best weapon of your chosen class, and buy it, everything quickly becomes a monotony of going from X to Y and repeating.

The biggest issue I have with the game is saving, the save system is abysmal. You can only save while anchored at a planet or base, if you arrive at a friendly base and find it swarming with enemies (in some sectors this happens constantly) you can find yourself trapped in a prolonged battle, or killed, when all you wanted to do was save the game and go have dinner.

You cant side with factions, or take over stations, or influence anything, so dont expect any depth with the politics of the world, you are either "good" or "bad" and that determines who is friendly, nuetral, or hostile. Good being the vast majority of the galaxy. So the dozens of factions in the game, may as well be two factions.

"Commanding a fleet" isnt as exciting as I hoped either, its not so much a fleet, as you having two hirelings, hence part of my comparison to the game as a dungeon crawler.

There is plenty of good though, the actual gameplay is fun, you are more captain than pilot, you configure power usage, set speed, battles arent about quick manuevering so much as overwhelming firepower and good positioning. In a star wars example, you are piloting a Star Destroyer, rather than a Tie Fighter. (fighter squadrons are in fact a system on later ships) Just be sure to go over the controls, I spent far too long without realizing you could activate automated fire.

Bounties are probably my favorite aspect, unlike most games, bounty targets arent static, you start the game with a full list of bounties, and they move around the galaxy on their own, when you choose to hunt them you have to go by "last spotted" information and attempt to cut them off. These are also the most challenging fights available, and shouldnt be taken lightly.

After a while though I begin questioning my goal, Its not difficult to get better equipment, at least not after a certain point, and the only thing you have to upgrade is your ship. A uninteresting campaign that I cant be bothered to finish? The bounty targets to award money I dont really need? Side missions that are much the same as the main missions?

This game could be improved by aspects of strategy (something I think Warlords addresses, though the game is very very early access so I dare not bother with it yet.) and aspects of procedural generation. Non static stores, to put more of a emphasis on looting (Perhaps ships produced by that faction are much, much more expensive, but always available and the randomly generated ships are cheaper, like buying a new car vs. used car.) and procedurally generated weapons Diablo style. A star system you can purchase as a home base, to build your own colonies, defenses, shipyards to give you more to do than just upgrade your ship.

The game has so, so, so much potential, and the team that worked on it seem dedicated and helpful to their community, the framework is here for a game unlike any other, and I am excited by where the team goes with warlords once its finished. If you can nab this for $20 or less, do it. But in the end, whats that phrase? A mile wide, a inch deep.

Fantastic, I played Starpoint Gemini 1 and enjoyed it but wow this is complete upgrade. One of the best space traders available. For those who love Eve Online but have real lives outside of gaming.

I had fun tooling in this game. It's got a good sense of progression, and it's not exactly lacking in depth or scope. One complaint is that it's not as polished as it could be. Released in 2014, you can tell a lot of great art and design work was put into this game but it's already starting to show it's age.

I personally compare it to a game like Elite Dangerous, which has a high amount of finish and looks great, but is ultimately a very boring game which lacks depth and has a very frustratingingly long grinding progression.

Starpoint Gemini on the other hand, has better pacing. While it may not be as technically complex or broad in scale, it's a good break as a single player game.

Do not buy this game if you want to use a joystick. The developers seem to have gone to the extreme to make this the most frustrating experience possible if you want to do so. I spent about an hour trying to find a good way to use one, but either mode you choose (you are offered the choice of using a joystick or mouse as a primary controller), you will be disappointed, as I was.

Good game.

If you get Aethera and Titans DLC, i recommend getting the Titan last, as once you pilot a Titan, the rest of the game is trivialized.

Fun space rpg, as the description suggests

Worth checking out. Play origins first because its the original game on the new engine.

27-Jul-2016 : Finished main story + extras
Equipment : MSI GT80-2QE Notebook

REVIEW :
First thing first, this is not arcade space sim combat like Elite Dangerous, this is RPG game with space sim combat. You start with a small ship and you can play it like arcade space sim combat since the RPG elements seems irrelevant at the beginning. But as your rank get higher and you get access to bigger ships, you find yourself constantly outnumbered and outgunned. Tactical combat and RPG elements (properly developed character and ship) becomes essential to win a combat.

The game is open world. To be powerful enough to progress through the main quest, you can do faction side quests, freelance quests, mining. trading, bounty hunting, pirating and capturing ships. The graphics and soundtrack is great, the story is mediocre with really bad voice acting. This game is not a high budget A-List game, so there's no fancy 3D cutscenes with motion tracking and real voice actors.

The game also really mod-friendly. You can edit stats and even your savegames using a simple text editor. This mod-friendly approach is more handy that it seems. For example, my favorite Carrier-class ship doesn't come with a cloaking device. Easy, edit the ship stats file using Notepad and add the cloaking device myself. There's also Mod Tools to build your own contents. If you're a Trekkie, make sure you try the Star Trek Ship Mods in the Steam Workshop.

The developer also generous enough to give a free DLC titled "Origins". This free DLC offers 30 storyline missions of the original Starpoint Gemini, re-envisioned and ported to SPG2 engine. So if you never play the 1st one, you can play it now without extra cost. Basically you get 2 games for the price of one.

CONCLUSION :
Recommended on full price, a must-have on sale price.