![]() There are also outside influences to consider as not all visitors are well-meaning and you also have competition on your hands, but after an initial sense of being overwhelmed Spacebase Startopia is easy enough to handle.Ĭombat is handled a little differently than it was in the original game, and borrows a little from the Dungeons titles in the direct control you now have over the units you send into battle. In between is the fun deck, which is more visitor-oriented and drives your incoming economy. Once you’re comfortable, it’s your job to manage the base’s three decks – from the ‘Sub Deck’, which is essentially the nuts and bolts to keep everything running, to the ‘Bio Deck’, which is about everything green and nutritious. While Frontier’s games generally translate quite well to the console experience, those interested in the management sim dynamics in Spacebase Startopia will likely struggle on consoles – we can imagine the handheld mode for the Switch to be especially troublesome in this regard. We tested on a PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, and the general feel of the user interface was that it felt quite PC-centric in how it used menus with a ton of information and choices stored in some of them. We found these to be quite essential, because the UI can be less than intuitive and appear cluttered to the uninitiated. A lot of the game, at least in the single player campaign, is narrative-driven, and you’ll be shown the ropes during a few tutorial missions as well. When playing through the campaign and its ten missions you’ll notice plenty of other nods to the original game as well, but there’s some new stuff to enjoy as well. Speaking of circles – Spacebase Startopia retains the original game’s circular spaceship design, and longtime fans will instantly recognize the visual style. If you’re unfamiliar with the studio – they are the developers behind the Dungeons series, which in turn was inspired by Dungeon Keeper – the circle is complete. That launched way back in 2001 though, and the IP was only somewhat recently picked up by Kalypso – who has Realmforge Studios work on the game. The original Startopia was developed by Mucky Foot, which came from a Bullfrog background – a studio responsible for games like Dungeon Keeper and Theme Hospital – quality games that laid some of the groundwork for Startopia. It’s out now for PlayStation and Xbox as well as PCs, with a Nintendo Switch version to follow. Spacebase Startopia marks the return of an IP that will be familiar to sci-fi strategy fans, and is the first time that it’s available on consoles as well. ![]()
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