Talking about jarring, the Unity 3D engine seem to have a lot of trouble with this game. It seems like a simple thing, and perhaps a more adept gamer than I won't have this problem, but it was very jarring to me. I also lost many a ship for the opposite reason. Despite faction colouring, I kept trying to control allied or enemy ships, thinking they were mine. I had a lot of trouble navigating the camera, which works in unpredictable ways. Alas, between the beautiful designs and nebula's, it's hard to see what's going on. The tracks don't really do much by themselves, but sometimes do invoke feelings of say, the new Battlestar Galactica series, which is awesome. The environments are amazingly well crafted, and the ship designs are in a fine balance of lending off known tropes along with genuine creativity. Visually, the game is absolutely stunning. It's just that it doesn't really play well. There are some excellent ideas here, and the genre itself is woefully neglected, so this entry has a lot going for it in that sense. After following the game for a while, finally playing it is resoundingly disappointing. There are some This game puzzles me to great lengths. All rights reserved.This game puzzles me to great lengths. Trademarks belong to their respective owners. An engrossing campaign – The single player campaign comes with a pulsating story that follows epic battles and tackles philosophical questions about humanity and science whilst posing the question – what lies beyond?.Recruit more crew members along your journey. Choose your crew – Before each mission, choose up to three officers with special abilities that aid your progress through the missions.You decide what to enhance and what to leave behind. Various upgrades to player ships are applied throughout the campaign. Upgradeable progression – Your units can be upgraded.Command your fleet – Build, maintain and strategically use a multitude of ship types to deploy into battle, each with distinct tactical uses during grand strategic space warfare as you square off against notorious pirates and mysterious aliens.Deep space exploration – Each mission advances the plot further and introduces a new area of space being explored with secrets to discover and dangers to react to.A stellar cast – The game is voiced by fan-favorites from much loved sci-fi movies and television shows such as Star Trek: Enterprise, Battlestar Galactica and Firefly.Guiding you through the experience are the voices from sci-fi celebrities as Dina Meyer and John Billingsley. Chart your approach – from defense to offense and everything in between such as escort and stealth missions.Įmbark and explore the darkest recesses of space in this tale of strategic resource management and engrossing interstellar warfare. In time honored RTS tradition, you build and upgrade your fleet as you complete mission objectives and gather resources which allow you to progress further into the game. Overcome overwhelming odds and fight for your life and the survival of your ship and its crew.Īncient Space features real time strategic starship battles that encourages tactical maneuvering. Venture deep into space to uncover secrets and find the lost expedition! Ancient Space is a story driven single player real time strategy game where you take command of a fleet embarking on a scientific mission to chart undiscovered reaches of space called ‘The Black Zone’.
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