At some point you'll have to get your hands dirty and dish out some pain. Those hoping to trade their way through the game in the style of the X series, I'm sorry, this game isn't for you. Darkstar One is first and foremost an action game. Game-play wise Ascaron Entertainment have recognised absolutely what gamers want. A solid story (though one that doesn't throw too many surprises) helps raise the level of immersion further. Other sound-effects remain convincing and robust. Still, it's an admirable effort, and the game is packed to the brim with speech - everything from story scenes and banter between ships, to your co-pilot enthusiastically crying with delight as you blast another pirate out of the sky. It's often hard to say what's wrong, but they often just don't feel right.
Sadly many of these voices do not live up to their German counterparts.
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With the review code comes full English voice-over work. The preview build I played featured German voice-acting. As you progress through the game, you'll quest for the man who killed your father, and maybe stop an interstellar war along the way. The story itself concerns your character, Kayron, who inherits the titular Darkstar One, an experimental ship with organic, evolving properties. What's more, there's plenty of them, every story point or dramatic event is accompanied by either an in-game cut-scene or CGI movie. You might remember from my preview the quality of Darkstar One's cut-scenes. Couple this stellar beauty with some cool-looking ship models, and graphically Darkstar One ticks all the right boxes. Asteroid fields hang densely providing an impressive backdrop for light from stars to filter through. Ships arc gracefully across your field of vision, leaving behind multi-coloured jet trails. Explosions ripple out waves of heat before igniting, giving you clues before cruisers burst apart like supernovas. Now, with the game finished, has the Darkstar One lived up to expectations? In many ways, yes it has, though it falls just short of the high standards it sets itself early on.Īs you've no doubt noticed, Darkstar One looks gorgeous - this isn't a cold, dark space, but one saturated in colour and drenched in atmosphere. When I last encountered Darkstar One I was impressed with what appeared to be a hugely entertaining game that promised to be the first really fulfilling action-orientated space game since Freelancer.
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