Stilted animation, low polygon models, and even being low-resolution and pre-rendered just makes the game look old as hell and from a by-gone era that simply aged very poorly.Īnd yet there is a real duality here, as once you are in the game, all that melts away quickly. Graphics: DarkStar One is an old game, having been released over a decade ago, and the cutscenes certainly show this. This becomes exceptionally obvious as you get within the last quarter of the game, cheapening the whole thing and just being a really good example of REALLY bad writing/pacing when a game wants to tell an epic story and just can't quite pull it off. The biggest symptom of this is just how trusting literally everyone in the plot is! Anyone who was an enemy 5 minutes ago, could suddenly be friendly with little to no explanation so long as it serves to bring the player to the next plot-point, and vice versa. Most of what you do is simply an ends to a means to find Jack, leaving most of the main story to be little more then superficial and quickly pushed through when the game finally gets to it. The result is a main plot that while established quickly, just as quickly becomes a back drop as you discover personal and political issues you will help your allies with, ranging from simply collecting minerals in asteroid fields to blowing up rouge cruisers, all of which will push forward the general picture of what's going on in the galaxy.īut there is a serious pacing issue in how this is done. To do so, you will need the help of many cast members from the different alien races that make up the galaxy, helping them in return. Filled with justified rage, Kayron swore revenge on the spot and began his search for the traitor.įrom this point, you will begin a galaxy hopping story, most of which will be chasing down Jack to get your revenge. And the heinous deed was done by a man named Jack who both Kayron's father and Rob unfortunately trusted. And while they are indeed only one of the races they were the only one that chose to close themselves off rather then join the Galactic Union after galactic war had ravaged everyone so as to prevent it from ever happening again.Īnd while this should be a devastating blow, he was also told that it wasn't simply a battle that took his father's life. And while he was certainly excited to hear this, he was also informed of his father's death at the hand of the Thul, one of the alien races inhabiting the galaxy with mankind. He also watched the DarkStar One, the most advanced fighter ship in the galaxy and secret project his father built for this company fly in only to be told it was his. He was just congratulated by Robert, one of the co-founders of the security firm he was going to work for as he completed his pilot training. Story: Kayron just had one of the most intense hours of his life. so what the hell, why not? I am SO glad I took this chance. Having just finished with several smaller games, I was ready for something bigger and I hadn't done much with real space flight sims. Sometimes, you really do just need to play something different.
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