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Starbound
You’ve fled your home, only to find yourself lost in space with a damaged ship. Your only option is to beam down to the planet below and gather the resources you need to repair your ship and set off to explore the vast, infinite universe… In Starbound, you create your own story - there’s no wrong way to play! You may choose to save the universe from the forces that destroyed your home, uncovering greater galactic mysteries in the process, or you may wish to forego a heroic journey entirely in favor of colonizing uncharted planets.
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27 reviews found100
DarkZero
Sep 8, 2016
Starbound is a game that, after a few hours of play, starts to seem like an instant classic you’ll be revisiting from time to time over the next unknown period of years. I’ve actually already gotten my roommate hooked, and she wouldn’t know Minecraft from Minesweeper.
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Games Master UK
Sep 6, 2016
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IGN
Jul 28, 2016
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MonsterVine
Aug 24, 2016
Starbound is the kind of game you’d expect to be a cluttered mess, but all of the pieces work in tandem to create a dynamic experience with many interesting features and solid fundamentals. Though not perfectly optimized, the team’s track record with updates and patches promises a bright future.
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GameSkinny
Sep 16, 2016
Explore the farthest reaches of space to discover new planets and fight unique creatures while trying to find the perfect place to call home.W
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Eurogamer Italy
Aug 8, 2016
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IGN Spain
Sep 1, 2016
Summary and quote unavailable.
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GearNuke
Jul 30, 2016
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CGMagazine
Aug 10, 2016
Progression can be slow at times, while still feeling too brief in the grand scope of the game, and the combat can be a bit of a yes/no gear check, but critically, none of this mars the experience, nor can it ever upset the beauty of the game’s randomly generated worlds, the vibrant colour palettes, the stunning parallax, and the overall “feel” of the game. For the $45 I forked out for the game in the way back of the long-long-ago, I’m pleasantly surprised at how Starbound turned out.
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Game Informer
Aug 3, 2016
Starbound is a satisfying space sandbox that rarely disappoints, with occasional minor bugs or mandatory missions offering minor quibbles with unbridled, endless exploration. This ambitious indie project has something for everyone buried within its retrograde graphical framework.
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