I found that having a hired merc as help is always a good idea and that speedy retreats and complex maneuvers are a good way of splitting enemies up to deal with them individually. “Fights in Rebel Galaxy can involve a lot of ships and threat assessment is very important, especially when smaller fighters are mixed in with bigger missile corvettes and other gun-focused vessels.
In order to stay clear of enemy fire, boost accelerations and solid use of a disruptor that absorbs all damage are required, but that means less brain power for targeting, with weapons that are not directly controlled, managed by the computer. Rebel Galaxy focuses on the complexities of handling a capital ship during space combat, even if the development team has smartly abstracted some mechanics in order to make the task of the player somewhat easier.Īll movement and combat take place on just one plane, with no controls for pitch and roll, which means that gamers will only have to worry about one axis of direction for their vessel.īut in Rebel Galaxy, they also have to deal with a range of other combat tasks, including the firing of a range of weapon systems, dealing with shields, using some special powers and evaluating the strength of the enemies they are facing.Įngagements often involved enemy fighters as well as capital ships and the most importance resource a gamer will have to manage is his own attention. Rebel Galaxy is not a role-playing game in the classic sense of the word, but it does put the gamer at the center of the experience and invites him to create an interesting path for him as a captain and the crew he controls, taking advantage of all the opportunities that the big galaxy created by Double Damage Games offers. The various characters that players will interact with mostly lack personalities and serve mainly as ways to improve the player's ship than persons to try and reason with in an interesting way. Piracy is a valid option, vigilantism is actively encouraged, trading is important but threatened by factions preying on ships that move across the most important routes through the systems. Players will quickly meet an Artificial Intelligence and get hints about a bigger threat that they need to be aware of, and they can choose to simply move ahead to discover more narrative content and uncover the mysterious links to it.īut Rebel Galaxy is a game about the freedom to become anyone the player wants in a universe where violence and money are more important than morality, dialogue or solid government control over space and resources. Rebel Galaxy starts the player off by asking him to find his aunt and the first few missions he needs to undertake introduce a story that involves a long-lost aunt and some smuggling and also serve as a tutorial which explains the core mechanic. This space-based RPG is a little limited in terms of narrative and universe size, but it does manage to remain engaging in the long-term, offering gamers ways to become more powerful or more efficient as long as one tweaks one's ship and tactics. Rebel Galaxy is developed by Double Damage Games, a company led by a couple of industry veterans who have already worked on major titles like Diablo, Torchlight, Hellgate and more.
The same ship can be equipped with mining lasers and specialized systems to search for valuable minerals, can get a cargo expansion and some solid defensive weapons to trade across dangerous space or gain offensive upgrades and strong drives to engage in piracy or in hunts that target lawbreakers. The title offers a role-playing experience that ditches the fantasy space to move into space, combining exploration with combat, trade, character interactions and an engaging single-player story. Rebel Galaxy might just be the successor to Freelancer that many gamers have been craving for, a space-based video game that gives gamers the freedom to pursue their space dreams and use their ship to try and get that big score that will make them wealthy or famous or both.
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