Starbound
Release Date: July 22, 2016
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An exploration game that eludes standard genre classification, developed by independent studio Chucklefish. Starbound combines elements of a 2D sandbox platformer and a strategy game. As you play, you explore and colonize other planets, provide for their inhabitants, construct useful items and vehicles, as well as fight hostile aliens. The game is set in a procedurally generated world,providing a great amount of freedom to the players.
Starbound for PC and XONE is an ambitious exploration game that combines a sanbox platform game with strong strategic elements. This is the debut production of Chucklefish, an independent studio founded by Tiyuri'ego who is one of the creators of the cult Terrarii.
Starbound for PC and XONE offers both storyline missions and typical sandbox, unrestricted space exploration. The game controls resemble a traditional two-dimensional platform game, but it offers much more than just hopping blocks. The authors have offered a great freedom of actions and the players are free to choose which planet they want to visit. What is interesting, the surface is generated procedurally. The system controlling it not only determines the shape of the terrain, but also the weather, gravity, difficulty of vegetation, and the appearance and the habits of the local animals. As a result, each location offers something new.
The game allows you to play solo or in co-operation mode with your friends. There are also competing modes available. Each generated planet has its own unique code, which we can share with the entire community of players and thus enable them to explore it. There is also the option of making any planet our home. After doing that, completely new possibilites open up before the player, among which we find terramorfing of the area, erecting structures (e.g. weather control center), and bringing colonists who are, in fact, previously met characters. Of course, the people of our new home have their own needs and do not hesitate to ask us for help in satisfying them.
Last updated on August 14, 2015
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Starbound Game Guide
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[1:33] Starbound Xbox Launch Trailer
[4:02] Starbound colony update
Kill Screen: 80 / 100 by Farah Rishi
Starbound likes to subvert expectations at every turn. With another player in co-op, Starbound’s combat moves firmly in the direction of ridiculousness, especially as you’re barking orders at each other about the need to avoid, of all things, damned penguins driving huge tanks, as if it were a weird game of Pretend.
Metro GameCentral: 8 / 10
Still a little unpolished in places, but with its huge variety of locations and gameplay elements this already stands toe-to-toe with both Terraria and Minecraft.
Game Informer: 8.5 / 10 by Daniel Tack
If you’re a fan of games like Minecraft and Terraria, Starbound is not to be missed. It can keep you enchanted for hours, whether you’re playing solo or on a server with friends
GAMERS Score
Average score from 285 votes. 990 players anticipated the game.
Starbound Summary
Platforms:
PC / Windows July 22, 2016
Xbox One October 24, 2024
Developer: Chucklefish
Publisher: Chucklefish
Age restrictions: none
Starbound System Requirements
PC / Windows
Minimum: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz, 2 GB RAM, graphic card 256 MB GeForce 6800/Radeon X850 or better, 3 GB HDD, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Recommended: Intel Core i3 3.40 GHz, 4 GB RAM, graphic card 512 MB GeForce 9600/Radeon HD 3870 or better, 4 GB HDD, Windows XP/Vista/7/8/10
Chucklefish Comments on the Exploitation of Young Programmers
Chucklefish's response to accusations of exploitation of young programmers during the development of sandbox game Starbound has seen the light of day. Not everyone is happy with the words in the studio's statement.
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Barth Faryna
September 3, 2019
Starbound is about to get update 1.0
Starbound's Early Access period is about to end. The developer has announced the release of update 1.0. As a result, players will be able to enjoy the full story campaign and lots of new features.
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April 4, 2016