Star Traders: Frontiers

This is one of those games that you have to slowly settle into and take your time learning. I don’t know how many captains I’ve been through. I don’t know how many character templates I’ve tried and discarded. There are a huge number of options, and not a lot of help. I don’t have a lot of time to be researching game mechanics, so over the last two months I finally found a website that taught me how to get a playable character started. I gave this five stars because once you get your head around it, it is really fun. There are so many nuances that starting over is fun. But if you don’t have the patience to dig deep into a game like this, it may not be for you. Also, the story doesn’t seem, to me, to be highly replayable. Maybe I could pick different options on my playthroughs, but the other options mostly seem repugnant. For this particular new captain, I am going to try ignoring the main quest, at least until I can’t ignore it anymore. All I really want to do is the trading and random missions. There are so many ship options that it is bewildering. Concepts aren’t at all clear, like the difference between ship armor and ship shields. There’s also a slew of unlocks, but many of them only affect new games, when what you really want is to unlock something in your current game. But take your time, nurture your crew, pick a strategy for your ship and outfitted accordingly, and do web searches for the helpful wikis and reviews that are out there. And you will have a blast.

Came across a weird glitch I think. Was working for someone, had two missions I was working on, when all of a sudden when I got to my destination the missions had vanished. I went back but the contact had also disappeared. Is that supposed to happen? Why did she disappear? Also for some reason have had a couple mutinies without cause. Like high moral and not short on crew, so if everybody is happy and we are fully staffed then why am I getting mutinies? Wasn’t even after a battle or anything jus random mutiny while traveling. And not sure if glitch or if Im doing it wrong but even if I get the perk and proper permits to capture a prize ship it dosent let me. Are the prize ships the main battle ships or the small ships launched durring battle? If its the small ones could you add some sort of system where we cab tow a captured main ship back to a port and repair and keep it or sell it for money. It would also be nice if all the dry docks were connected because I had left a ship at one before and wasn’t able to find it again. Maybe at least make a system that tells you where all your owned ships are? Also could you add some sort of help page so I don’t have to go through apple to report glitches? I feel like these aren’t usually read. Anyway aside from those glitches the game is really fun and I have been enjoying playing it.

I took a chance on this one, even though there was no demo, because I’ve been looking for a good space sim that lets me move about freely and choose my own career path. After looking into the game online, reading/watching reviews, etc., I bought the game. It has not disappointed. I’ve been having a blast with it! There are so many choices, and the universe goes on no matter what you do. I chose to ignore some of the main story to follow my own path, and events unfolded without my involvement. Now I want to replay it to see if I could have affected the outcome. I chose to play as a spy my first time through, avoiding combat as much as possible. I’ve been largely successful, except for one crew battle where I lost two of my best soldiers and was forced to surrender to spare the other two. I’ve got one faction so mad at me, that their ships attack me on sight, and their planets deny me all fueling, medical, and repair services! Thanks for the fun game. Well done!