Space Rangers: Legacy

I've never played any of the space rangers games - never heard of them actually. I recently downloaded Space Rangers: Legacy thinking I would uninstall it in favor of the handful of other space games I had installed at the time. as it turns out, it was the best of the bunch. I can't put it down, it's engrossing with engaging gameplay that holds my attention for hours on end. I've visited 3 sectors and logged approximately 18-20 hours running missions between a dozen or so star systems - each with a handful of planets. another dozen or more sectors remain outside my reach. a couple things - I wish I could start a new game with a different character without needing to delete the one I'm already playing. some kind of guide or instruction or even simply a mention of it on the company forum would be helpful. and i really would like to play it massively online with others.

I thought it was pretty cool looking, but I have to uninstall it due to the sales tactics they use to push iap bundles. Don't get me wrong, it's not like a typical freemium game where you hit a pay wall and have to either wait 50 hrs or pay out some money. In fact, the way they have their IAP's is perfectly acceptable in my books, I just have a problem with seeing a hover button on the side of my screen letting me know there's a purchasable item on sale while I'm trying to get immersed in the game. I'm also not a fan of games which sort of prompt you to rate their game early on before you can get a feel for it. That can make ratings misleading because most people don't take the time to update their review either positively or negatively. The 4*'s isn't due to the quality of the game, from what I've seen, it's absolutely well developed and runs buttery smooth and is playable offline. You can tell the devs care about the game. The 4 *'s instead of 5 is due to the ever present special deal button on the main gui while playing online and ONLY because it doesn't go away, it's just sitting there with a timer working its way into your subconscious trying to trigger a buy impulse constantly... I'd even raise it to 5 *'s if an update made it flash on the gui temporarily, but was a persistent in the game menu. I suppose some people may consider that a nit pick, but it's something I bring up because people like me tend to close their wallets instead of open them when that tactic is used. So, uninstall for now. Maybe I'll pick it up later when I've $10 to spare to support the devs because you can definitely can tell TLC was put into this port and it IS high quality otherwise.

It is getting somewhat repetitive: it is much easier than the original PC game, but it is harder to maintain peace in your area. It sucks that there are no other missions than delivery/kill a ship/patrol. No jail or quests! It was the best part of the PC game. Multiplayer would be amazing. Game is not very intuitive for people that haven't played it before. Other than that - it is perfect. Cannot stop playing.