Starsector: The 2D Space Sim That Ruined My Social Life

This game has officially ruined my life, I love it.
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Music is all from the Starsector OST (For this video I used the Main Menu, Core Exploration, and Faction Neutral themes)
Official Starsector art by dgbaumgart
Ranni Meme by Sostias: / the_end_to_rannis_ques...
Zuch Tri-Tach Meme by DablTrabl2: / hmm_this_tritachyon_sp...
Ludd Meme by WMGreywind: / when_you_a_humble_trav...

[@VCE4]

Starsector is that kind of game when you can blink twice- And suddenly it is already a morning behind the window

[@Soul_Tomato]

A bird chirper if you will

[@xjdjaws]

A Starsector player with morals? Unheard of! Finally I’m not alone

[@Soul_Tomato]

I mean I DID join Tri-Tachyon but other than that

[@RicWalker]

@@Soul_Tomato Well, its either Tri-Tach for the Paragon or Hegemony for the Legion and Onslaught. if you want to get the big ones legally that is.

[@Arenumberg]

You can get them legally in other ways, you just have to make your own faction and build them yourself when you get those BP's :D.

[@jcgamer892]

@@RicWalker Wait, you can get them legally.....😜😅🏴‍☠

[@kirktown2046]

@@RicWalker You can always salvage capital ships from bounties or find the occasional derelict. I've used almost every ship and have only done a faction commission(hegemony) my first run. I've grown fond of the the Conquest, if you only arm one side of it the broadsides can put out some really impressive fire without charging in.

[@rottenfootfungus6527]

Man, I bought this game way back in 2012 when I was 13, back when it was still called Starfarer. I remember playing it late at night during a thunderstorm the day before the Mayan Calendar ended and at midnight a bunch of thunder and lightning occurred outside my house which made me think the world was ending. I have bought this game for so many of my friends and even family; I'm still surprised that so many people have no idea about this game. It's obviously come such a long way and you can really see the passion that Alex has put into the vision that he has.

[@Soul_Tomato]

One of the greatest passion projects in gaming for sure

[@yevanasvetya5486]

Bruh, thats just sky getting the new update

[@ricks4348]

All they need to do is put it on steam. I don't know why they are resisting

[@joe--cool]

@@ricks4348 Alex said he will. When it's done. He considers it too raw to sell for full price on a storefront. Talk about (over)delivering a fully featured product. Game is amazing already.

[@Thundah]

@@ricks4348Probably the cut that Valve takes. However, all they have to do is the Factorio approach and I am sure this game would get very popular.

[@jorikrouwenhorst7220]

Star Sector, give up your moral compass and start trading “recreational medicine” on the blackmarket, sell heavy weapons to the Luddic Path, start a food shortage to sell your stockpile at a higher price.

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’s a beautiful market after all

[@jorikrouwenhorst7220]

@@Soul_Tomato The biggest problem with Star Sector is waiting for your mods to update when a new version has been uploaded.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Yeah I can imagine

[@ptolemaicfoxxo3032]

The Sindrian Diktat annoyed me and my colonies enough to the point that now theyre only known as the Diktat

[@IamgRiefeR7]

If you can get a fleet of Atlas superfreighters, shipping ore and rare ores from Kanni and Chalcedon respectively from the Kumari Kandam system to Kapteyn Starworks in the Isirah system. You can then grab heavy weapons from them to sell back to Chalcedon and repeat the cycle every month. You may also be the cause for a massive wave of piracy that plagues the western core for the next 5 cycles which in turn causes Kapteyn Starworks to demand even more ore and the systems that mine ores to drop prices and have massive surplus, thus repeating the cycle.

[@brndtkng]

One small correction about the game lore, I see this misunderstanding quite a lot actually. In Starsector our sector is located in the milky-way on perseus arm of the galaxy. The domain of man did not span multiple galaxies, in fact they didn’t rule the entire milky-way, they only controlled a chunk of galaxy, and implied to be a relatively small one compared to the entire galaxy. All this info comes from the ingame description of the cryosleeper.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I think someone else pointed this out too. My mistake!

[@YourLocalMairaaboo]

Mind you, it is an understandable mistake, since the Domain managed to squeeze substancially more out 9f each star, makig it more powerful than many actual sci-fi galactic empire.

[@cibiky]

Time for some (REDACTED) gameplay

[@Soul_Tomato]

We making it out of [REDACTED]

[@Ceyrenn460]

This is the first time I have heard of Starsector, and you have instantly hooked me. Love these style of games and the devs that craft them into works of art.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Welcome, I hope you enjoy not sleeping or seeing your loved ones

[@Ceyrenn460]

@@Soul_Tomato Sorry, got distracted playing Starsector. I blame you for this.

[@laglord]

Consider checking out Escape Velocity Nova at some point! The EV games are 20+ years old at this point and have less features overall, but they're very accessible and well-executed takes on this genre. They were originally Mac releases and never hit Steam, so people don't seem to remember them as much as they deserve.

[@davidburnett5049]

Burn bright

[@jairo8746]

There are a few games that i am genuinely scared to play... but because i know i would get lost in them, this is one example.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Dew it

[@jairo8746]

@@Soul_TomatoNoooo!..

[@LonelyKnightess]

Yoooooooooo Starsector vid, its been my jam ever since it was Starfarer.

[@Soul_Tomato]

It has an absolute stranglehold on me, LK.

[@dnoordink]

Wow I just looked up my preorder, it was Sep 30, 2012.. can't believe it's been that long. Love this game.

[@LonelyKnightess]

@@dnoordink 11/17/12 for me! Did you find it after the Total Biscuit video too? 🤣

[@dnoordink]

@@LonelyKnightess I honestly can't remember, it's been so long. Possibly, I was watching him back then!

[@Arenumberg]

I love coming back to Starsector (nearly called it Starfarer then) once every now and again. enjoying the new updates and the continuing fantastic work of modders, especially in the realm of ships and the faction "building" side of the game. Glad to see you're enjoying it!

[@DewaKrishna_]

I really appreciate that you touch on the story and writing because my god it is so well done for what it is currently and quite a lot of people seem to just either ignore it or never fully engage with it (which i don't blame them for). I'm a sucker for good writing and I have never dropped anything so much just to be able to read a screen of text thoroughly like i have while i was doing the various story missions you can find and just be absolutely sucked into the immersive and powerful storytelling that they have

[@Soul_Tomato]

Imma sucker for a good text based story

[@fwra1234]

I hope eventually they flesh out the reputation and relationship aspect of the game, like being able to do missions for the quartermasters and base commanders, and have events trigger on planets based on your relationship with planet notables. A mod I like is the Mayasuran Navy, i like the idea of a storyline where you can rebuild that system, or a story where i can follow in the footsteps of warlord leonis

[@Soul_Tomato]

Yeah I agree

[@PeterDivine]

It's an incredible game, I just wish it had more in terms of story quests to do. Once I'd made a faction that had destroyed the Diktat and taken over Volturn, monopolizing the lobster trade and also unrelatedly controlling over 50% of the galactic market of all other supplies, pulling in 1,000,000 credits a month, there just... wasn't a whole lot left to challenge.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I think that’s probably going to be the last bits added from what I could tell.

[@Capt.Steele]

And that's when you start downloading the mods! The modding community is so extensive you'll pretty much never run out of new things to do because new things are always being made!

[@czechmate1974]

you're so RIGHT. how to finish my meanigless tasks at home / work to increase play / experimentation time is what i've been thinking about last week. ..non stop. love the game trying to understand modding etc. wow. a UNIVERSE within a UNIVERSE. what a grand time to be alive!

[@Soul_Tomato]

Safe travels spacer

[@ankangaroo5372]

Having put in well over 200+ hours. I was so surprised playing as Luddic path or Pirates wasn’t in the base game. So used to modded gameplay I took it for granted playing as a raiding, smuggling and guns blazing pirate 😅

[@TCBYEAHCUZ]

Bought this game way back when scott manly first played it and you were only able to do battle scenarios, can confirm that it has grown into an epic open world game with unique stories to tell. I absolutely love the colony management aspect too.

[@akodotain]

Has vibes of the Escape Velocity series from the 90s

[@stevenlarson3316]

That's what I was thinking too. Looks cool.

[@phalamy9180]

You come for the unparalleled exploration experience, you stay for the eldritch nightmare lying in wait behind the gates, singing a song that sounds oh so strangely familiar.

[@Soul_Tomato]

The song of home

[@l0rf]

You've heard this music before, you know it. You just don't quite know when that was... or who you were when you heard it.

[@Capt.Steele]

Just discovered your channel through After the end CK3 Lore videos and I would absolutely love if you did a playthrough of modded Starsector! I've been playing this game for almost a decade and the modding community is what keeps every new campaign fresh and interesting!

[@Soul_Tomato]

steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3192256710 AtE released on Steam today btw

[@ahowl7mx]

Would be great that on the trade screen - if I'm checking best prices I should be able to right click and set nav to the system/planet that has the best price. Right now it just gives a general heading and distance and you have to go to map screen and find it yourself.

[@Soul_Tomato]

It gives distance as well

[@Konradius001]

Ah yes! I was totally hooked on this a year ago. Ok, time for a reinstall. (oh, also bought it back then)

[@Tampahop]

Your commentary was spot on. The list you mentioned are “labor of love” games. I am hooked as well. One thing I would stress is the economics of the game. Basic trade is almost impossible due to the 30% tariff… unless you want to trade on the black market and be hated by everyone. Trying to keep your fleet in fuel and supplies is just as important as keeping every Ghengis Khahn wannabe from jacking up your fleet. The most recent patch has really applied a hard mode to late game play. I guess it’s time to learn new tactics. Burn brightly!

[@headrockbeats]

I've played over 1,000 hours of StarSector (possibly way more), but put it down two years ago after realizing how much time I was spending on it. I am spending a lot of mental effort not going back to check what the new update offers... because I don't know if I'll be able to stop again this time.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Succumb. You know you want it in your heart of hearts.

[@headrockbeats]

@@Soul_Tomato Oh, I totally want it, there's no argument there. The problem is I can't play StarSector if I've died of starvation.

[@MichaelTranoid]

​@@headrockbeats There's a solid amount of new stuff in 0.97a. I highly recommend throwing your life away to bombard the sector. You can even visit the bottom left portion of the map, and find [REDACTED], which you can use to [REDACTED]. All the while exploring new and unforseen comic horrors and existential dread. It's very [REDACTED].

[@3sbon]

New player tip: DO NOT START A COLONY. YOU ARE NOT READY FOR THAT PAIN.

[@Soul_Tomato]

This is solid advice

[@fictitiousnightmares]

Bought this a long time ago and should play it again soon. At the moment I'm trying to get back into Avorion, but while it was one of my favorite games, I am having issues getting hooked again. Sad when that happens.

[@FreeLee123]

For the old folks around here this game has (pen and paper) Car Wars or Mech Warrior vibe to it. It’s the game 13 year old me would have loved to play. Some of the mods do compliment the game well. Buy it, it’s worth it. Independent developers like this amaze me. Great video, I need to reinstall this game!

[@haydenkohn5801]

Reminds me a lot of Escape Velocity, the old shareware game from the 90s.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Haven’t heard that name in a hot minute

[@Ultramanfan14]

Ludd has truly blessed discerning captains with D-Mods and Derelict Operations.

[@Soul_Tomato]

As it was written

[@Danyel992]

I've had tons of fun with this one. My go to builds usually involve safety overrides and assault chainguns! Pure mayhem xD

[@Soul_Tomato]

The more dakka the better

[@elkpants1280]

Nexerelin, HMI, industrial evolution and various QOL mods are amazing for the next playthrough. It basically quadruples the amount of content of an already content dense game.

[@cowking1st]

I always just love being a low-tech mishmash fleet and just using burndrives with mass gun emplacements to win the day.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I wanna do a run like this some time

[@user-ve1gc9kd9y]

So, you really want to become my favourite youtube channel. Best CK3 mods, now Starsector. Can't wait for classical smuggler walkthrough!

[@Soul_Tomato]

You’re too kind

[@ProvidenceNL]

Im playing Starsector and needed more Starsector in my Starsector, so i ended up here. Nice vid man.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I felt that

[@thequimsnaim]

TRI-TACH-Y-ON

[@Soul_Tomato]

No (jk, but I thought that’s how I said it)

[@annabellerice839]

TA- KYON TA TA- KYON (TAAaaAAAkY-Y-Y-YON)

[@adamm2091]

​@@annabellerice839 cultured reference!

[@sauloaa1]

​@@Soul_TomatoIt's a reference to the Starsector review by Sseth, I think.

[@bonesnaps]

Forgot about this game til someone mentioned it on reddit. Great video, just bought the game and installed a ton of mods lol. Hyped to try it out!

[@Soul_Tomato]

Have a blast!

[@alexanderdooley4080]

This looks just like space rangers, and space rangers 2 rise of the dominators. Love those games. Would love to see a reboot.

[@alexanderdooley4080]

Gonna try this out.

[@themayoman1752]

Ahhh yes... Starsector My Beloved

[@Soul_Tomato]

Mine too TBH (we are expecting [REDACTED])

[@TonicsTallTales]

Solid vid. Loved the overall pacing, concise explanations, and sense of humor!

[@Soul_Tomato]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

[@TomKrysiak]

Heard of it Today, bought it the same day - insane that I did not know about its existence until now!

[@screamingseal4805]

Starsector my beloved I love this game.sadly I haven’t gotten to get the nexelin mod to work for it so haven’t played in awhile 😢

[@Soul_Tomato]

Come back. Hyperspace misses you

[@screamingseal4805]

@@Soul_Tomato I’m not that interested in the game without the 4k elements sadly

[@heavy0244]

The new update is working fine with Nex these days, I've just finished a game putting the entire sector under the heel of the League. Normally wouldn't side with them but 5% tax for unlimited AI usage thru the entire sector is pretty fair. No issues on the Nex side incorporating additional factions either, have fun on the next trip.@@screamingseal4805

[@winzyl9546]

​@@screamingseal4805play stellaris instead.

[@ashkumar4730]

Really entertaining chill review. Subscribed.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Thank you. I'd like to do more stuff like this on the channel going forward. Any suggestions?

[@Pikilloification]

Bought this one in 2014, thanks for reminding me of its existence. I'll install iy again.

[@flaviusiacob1558]

i'll say this, i might have bin spoiled, since i started playing the game with mods from the start. GOD BLESS THE UAF! Good video man, and awesome game.

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’s a fantastic game. And mods do spoilt you haha. Thats why I caution playing vanilla first for a bit.

[@owa1985]

The Syndrians tried to invade Lunamun yesterday. It was a good time.

[@varanzmaj]

Damn......I remember hearing about this game like 10 years ago, but I always thought that it was kind of jank and shallow, but you've really sold me on this. I'm getting this.

[@ptolemaicfoxxo3032]

I have been playing starsector and this is now what, my 6th run? AND IM STILL FINDING OUT NEW SHIT ABOUT THE GAME its unreal It took me all that time to now realize.. if you double tap your frigates during a pursuit battle you can deploy them to the sides And then the secret encounters and missions that you just have to sorta find by yourself and theres no indication that they exist or how to get to them, have fun knowing your not 100%ing the game :)

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’s truly incredible

[@theswordson676]

Just subscribed think this deserves a playthrough from you love the videos

[@Soul_Tomato]

I may do more on here if people are interested for sure

[@theswordson676]

@@Soul_Tomato regardless you got a sub from me great godherja series too the long form lore videos are the one you’ve got a voice for it

[@SoNorthitzSouth]

When Sseth made his review years ago and shared his gamekey, I tried it out and played a ton of hours. My first character ended up smuggling AI cores en masse to tri-tachyon to make millions, then using the millions to acquire some of the finest ships in the galaxy, and using those ships to fight the government because my captain, being a libertarian, must destroy all who attempt to tax him. I then got bigger and better ships from fighting massive fleet battles, and refitted those ships with newer guns and systems, up and up the great line goes, so on and so forth. Eventually, I caused perhaps too much chaos, made too much money, and made too many powerful enemies that every day was a struggle to travel without ending up in some cataclysmic fleet battle. Such an awesome game, and comparing it to Mount and Blade feels very true to the core idea of both games: doing whatever you want in this wartorn landscape.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Sseth’s review very obviously inspired this one but it really is a great game I hope more people try

[@justicier10-7]

Good to see this gem getting more coverage. I know SSeth got a lot of people into the game years ago, but since then the game has developed and expanded further, and there's a lot of cool stuff. Just an awesome space game, it's a shame that so many are turned off by the 2d top-down aspect.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Honestly I almost one but when someone gave me their key to try it, well, I fell in love. It’s a hurdle but it’s worth it - obviously I think so I made the video but you get me haha.

[@Nogardtist]

another game that capable of doing that is space rangers a war apart its a really old game just that version is the HD remaster cause choose your own adventure games especially in 2000s is very rare

[@technoir2584]

This is kind of what Ark Survival Evolved did to me way back when it first come out. I even quit a job to defend the server when I got a discord text from a tribe mate letting me know our server was being raided by a rival tribe from another server. The fight for the server went on day and night for over a week. I was putting in 18-20 hours a day. Finally, on the 9th day of the war we emerged victorious. .... And jobless and my wife was mad as hell.

[@Soul_Tomato]

That’s literally insane levels of dedication. Are you still married?

[@technoir2584]

@@Soul_Tomato Yes. Same woman too. I don't know if you played Ark back then, but it was stress. You never knew if you were going to log on and find thousands of hours destroyed. I stay away from those types of games now lol. I just play EFT and Overwatch.

[@KingAnubis501]

Oh god star sector I feel I like many got introduced to this by Szethzeench, only game I played for weeks. Incredible writing and love a post-apocalyptic sci-fi story

[@Soul_Tomato]

Hey hey people

[@RicWalker]

for me it was SplaterCatGaming a few years ago. took me a while to not get constantly frustrated. The learning curve was high. but than it become a lot of fun, for the most part. Looking at you colony crises....

[@KingAnubis501]

@@RicWalker SplatterCat has been an incredible source for some really good kinda obscure games, I think I first started watching him when he made the video on Reus.

[@chillyavian7718]

Godbless that free key in the vid

[@MrPerson61]

I still use his code at the end of his video. If/when it comes to steam, I'm going to buy it for me and a bunch of friends to compensate.

[@akiwoo5205]

When I first got the game I nearly put it down because I didn’t quite get the combat. Glad I didn’t. It’s in my top 5 all time greats Also, I’m not a fan of the default combat controls. Thank goodness they have a more intuitive alt mode.

[@orctrihar]

Idk I tryed my game key last years and he worked but my setup is.. not a setup.. and that key was already 3years old at the time, honestly if I lose it I will buy it again, no regret.

[@Kyoummi]

You can join the luddic path just find ai cores sneak into their planets and hand them over till your nuetral

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

I know the feeling. This week i lose about an hour of sleep every night because of this game - "just one last thing to do before i go to bed" uh-huh. It was even worse last weekend when i set up the alpha core farm and couldn't get myself to save and exit until ~2AM because i was having too much fun blowing up wave after wave after wave of drone ships and raking in all that sweet loot. P.S. You can in fact get a comission from Luddic Path or Pirates. But without mods there is literally no reason to do so except to make everyone hate you for some kind of twisted challenge.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I really enjoy using the knights of Ludd mod and flying around delivering holy fire. Also I don’t think you can join them without mods but I could be wrong.

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

@@Soul_TomatoI have just tested things and it seems you're right - it is indeed impossible to sign up with pirates or pathers without a nexerelin mod. Knights of Ludd is my jam, even if reputation gain is still very buggy. Lunaria class battleship set up for infinite dakka as my flagship, at the head of a bunch of Larkspurs, Tamarisks and Eagle XIV in "your shields are forfiet" configuration.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I love that one that has the (I think) redemption launch propulsion as it’s special. Shaped like a bubble letter d. Can’t remember the name. Absolutely owns tho. I have two in my fleet called the left and right Hand of Ludd. I just crash into enemies and unleash a missle barrage

[@Self-replicating_whatnot]

@@Soul_TomatoThat'd be Alysse, the other KoL battleship.

[@ignasignas9469]

Hello, so during the intro you were stuck in a slipstream, the only way to get out of it during most of the playthrough is to emergency burn and manualy controll your fleet. You are welcome.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I wasn’t stuck? I was riding through it

[@WadeStar]

@@Soul_Tomato Your destination arrow showed you were riding it past your destination, which is probably what he was referring to and so he assumed you were "stuck" in the slipstream as opposed to deliberately riding it to its terminus.

[@TTHJJD100]

Find omens, buy omens, put reaper and whatever energy on omens, Fill omens with officers, Wolfpack tactics. Enjoy

[@Soul_Tomato]

Gg wp

[@jasperzanovich2504]

This looks like Space Pirates and Zombies but with sober artwork.

[@l0rf]

The tone is ... strangely similar. While I think John Bain narrating could make it even better, StarSector plays itself more straight than SPAZ, but the comparison really can be made.

[@l0rf]

I had it since it was called Starfarer. Every few months or when there is a big release, I install it again to listen to the music of the Janus Device while I sell drugs and bombs to terrorists while striking deals with the [REDACTED]. And the mods, oh the mods. Just... just buy this game.

[@foolchecker123]

Glad you are bringing more attention to this game! It’s amazing and the developers deserve all the success in the world

[@Soul_Tomato]

Happy to contribute, no matter how small

[@frosty848]

Reminds me of Armada on the Dreamcast

[@ImmersiveReactions]

Songs of Syx is doing this to me right now the game has been running 24/7 for 2 weeks even when I sleep lol

[@Soul_Tomato]

Looks a little like dwarf fortress meets factorio

[@StewTubeGaming]

Ohhh I can see myself sinking a lot of time into this like I did for mount and blade. Thanks for the excellent mini review/preview!

[@Soul_Tomato]

Good luck and have fun!

[@joearnold6881]

Just what I needed, to be reminded that I have this game. You owe me all the sleep I’m gonna miss in the next weeks! I def concur. Ppl should buy this

[@Soul_Tomato]

i regret and apologize for nothing

[@anthonyreyes2554]

I already had no social life, and now I'm in negative social life because of this game.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Excellent

[@gorilmod9667]

tri tachyion is not evil, they are perfect, they are managed.. they are.. great.

[@KillyBilly141]

may ludd grant you mercy for i will not.

[@amannamedsquid313]

Blink twice if a corporate loyalty assurance enforcer is making you type that at gunpoint.

[@JackShepardPlays]

This game looks great and i really enjoyed your review. I am getting this game right now! I have share your video on my socials, hoping that more people pick it up and support the devs.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Hey that’s kind of you, thank you!

[@Psykeeper993]

just can't stomach this graphical style and 2D game set in space which is all about being infinite in all directions

[@joey4track]

Been playing this game for over 10 years, such a hidden gem, can't wait until the world discovers Starsector

[@Soul_Tomato]

hopefully sooner than later to give them more money to make us more stuff :)

[@ayadealjanabi1544]

I rp as a galactic "Aid" agency, delivering "vaccines", "donor organs", and "agricultural equipment" across the sector!!

[@Soul_Tomato]

A true humanitarian

[@TheyCalledMeT]

you can not join the pirates? hmm .. then i was able to trough a dlc .. but i definitively did a start as pirate run

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’s a mod for sure. Vanilla they are not joinable as far as I know

[@TheyCalledMeT]

@@Soul_Tomato probably, heavily moded my game after the first run and wasted a heck of a lot of time playing it ^^

[@TK-nn8jd]

It's always nice to see Starsector getting some attention. Also, it's still just $15, that is lot a LOT of value considering how much time you'll likely spend playing it.

[@Soul_Tomato]

It’s beyond worth the price

[@robdead4550]

Welcome to the party my man.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Ty my friend

[@jamesclark-uv5nq]

Promise worth the buy ppl. Finally built my on gaming rig at the end of last year and this was one of the games I had my eyes on. It's not that expensive either like 15 bucks. And I'm addicted to the game as well and I'm not best either. And already put so many hrs in it. Lol great game 10/10.

[@RoosterSauce69]

Reminds me of old school 'Netrek' Too bad this has no multiplayer

[@brentritchie6199]

I have owned it for like 1 - 2 years and played it repeatedly, watched a ton of videos on it, but I just can't get into it. Even though I love the graphics and the look of the battles etc. I keep trying but there is no spark I don't know why!

[@Soul_Tomato]

Honestly I would have bounced off it if not for my discord helping me - it’s a lot to learn and wrap your head around on your own I agree.

[@lucsteffens]

Ok, less then 20 euro.. Social life is way more expensive. I did this for financial reasons 😁😁😁

[@Soul_Tomato]

You’ve done the right thing

[@luke4010]

Makes me happy to see this game get some love and views

[@Soul_Tomato]

It deserves all its flowers

[@dnaxsplays3798]

Please do more reviews like this

[@Soul_Tomato]

Any suggestions? :)

[@Njordin2010]

You should mention the 'handholding' mod

[@Soul_Tomato]

Idk what that is 🤔

[@Njordin2010]

@@Soul_Tomato nobody does. Because nobody would want to offend the Unofficial Starsector Discord Server Gods. All hail the almighty defenders of truth and virtue.

[@VeganCheeseburger]

Wish it would come to Steam

[@joe--cool]

One correction: Of course you can join the pirates. A pirate playthrough is pretty amazing, tbh. Or you can even be a religious fanatic if you choose. Just have to befriend the faction first.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Befriend isn’t exactly the same as join but I see your point. Idt you can commission with either in vanilla

[@joe--cool]

@@Soul_Tomato True. It's much more fun being a pirate with the Nexerelin and Underworld MODs. If you want to try it, you'd lose another social life though. ;)

[@Waldons24]

Never heard of this game buy it looks really good!

[@curiouspers]

Is this top down x4: foundations?

[@Soul_Tomato]

Uhhhh kinda?

[@XUndergroundRap]

Attention spacers! You can now update to j23 just check the forums!

[@AdmiralNesence]

I bought star sector years ago, back when it was called starfarer infact. but my harddrive died a few months back and i dont have the old product code… i suppose ill just have to buy star sector again to give the dev more money.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I suppose so :)

[@quentinchambon9362]

Chek if you didn't receive an email when you bought it, your product code should be in it

[@FurArmoredBear]

Should be in your email somewhere

[@13Nightowl13]

I'd pick this up if it were on steam... Hopefully one day. :D

[@Soul_Tomato]

But you could just go to their site and buy it 👀 It’s not difficult.

[@solrak164]

Well, I believe that the dev said it was going to be on steam once the 1.0 is released, but not 100% sure

[@fuzclock8561]

Humanity did not extend accross glaxies. It colonised the entirity of the Orion arm of our galaxy and began to extand to the Persean arm. Then it began to go to *censored*.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Ah I see

[@fuzclock8561]

@@Soul_TomatoYeah, the Domain was advanced, but not to THAT extend.

[@mkat1868]

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes you’re on the ball

[@roger_something]

this is one of my top 5 games of all time.

[@Soul_Tomato]

An excellent choice. What are the other 5?

[@roger_something]

-Total Warhammer 2 -Stellaris -Kenshi -Mount and Blade Bannerlord/Warband Those are some of my favorite games I still play to this day. I dont game as much as I use to back in the day so I found a couple of titles I really enjoy and could play forever. In the case of Kenshi and Starsector, I like that its made by a small group, but yet they deliver games that dont treat the customer like an ATM. Starsector isnt even finished and yet has been delivering me and many others with hundreds if not thousands of hours of gameplay. Another thing with these 5 games is that they have an amazing modding community that adds even more hours of replay-ability@@Soul_Tomato

[@CorruptDemocratsJ6]

@@roger_something What's wrong with Total Warhammer 3? Kind of a weird take to go with 2 and not 3.

[@aptspire]

Base game is fine, but maybe look up the current state of the mods, some of them have recently appeared suspect after a sizeable debacle n the community.

[@Soul_Tomato]

As a rule I almost always avoid interacting with every game community on the grounds they are, by and large, a bit silly

[@pimmpslap]

Man I bought this game a few years ago but every time I try it I just end up giving up, getting filtered by the learning curve of the combat.

[@Soul_Tomato]

It takes a while but honestly once you get used to one ship it’s just a matter of time before you try others. I struggle with the faster, zippier ships but do fine as the larger more heavy firepower ones

[@solrak164]

I bought it like 2 weeks ago and honestly the first 2 hours or so, I could not even get past the tutorial fight (pirate destroyer I believe). I thought for a moment "why did I bought this game, maybe its not for me". But i persevered, using the auto pilot on combat helped me out to learn my ship and once I got past that point it was tons of fun. Now this lasts weeks have been pure starsector nonstop, I too lose hours of sleep just because I want to play "a bit more"

[@surg23]

Is this another one of those games like Barotrauma where the game, due to physics calculations or otherwise, is by default already exceeding it's own capacity for what the engine can handle with no headroom at all for mods that intensify combat or inject more life into the game world? I'm over bothering with games like that.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Not at all

[@l0rf]

If I throw in a truly absurd amount of mods with graphical effects modded in and ships that aren't exactly perfectly optimised, yes. But vanilla runs really well unless you encounter truly staggering odds and then you can just reduce the amount of ships allowed at any time.

[@surg23]

@@l0rf Thanks for the honest reply. So it is as I presumed to be another engine with no real headroom for worthwhile modding. At least that should be assumed given that it can struggle under naturally occurring circumstances. Reason I asked is because I don't buy games where you are restricted to normal balancing and scope of warfare. With few exceptions I need to mod those things by several magnitudes to be content with it. Reserving my money for games with good optimization and headroom for large-scale modification.

[@SourBogBubble]

Live where there's actually winter. Play this game. Itll be spring before you know it.

[@Soul_Tomato]

That’s essentially been my life

[@omganotherun]

You should check out IroncladLion's vid on how to upgrade Starsector's performance by tinkering with Java 8, vmparams and settings. You can increase the fleet battle size to 1000 points and the software won't crash and burn like vanilla Starsector would otherwise. Something about how the old Java behind Starsector severely limits performance. It's sooo good.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I’ll give it a look!

[@omganotherun]

@@Soul_TomatoOh, and definitely add the "More Military Missions" mod. You can commonly find a "defend this station" quest at the bar and X number of hostile fleets will swiftly spawn in to attack it. For me, they just keep getting bigger. Like, why yes, I would love having 14 fat fleets of random faction varieties swarm me all at once. Once had just 2 fleets of those Omega Tesseract AI ships roll in. That... did not go well. And ALSO check out changing the settings file to increase your fleet and colony limit, 'cus why not. 50 fleet size works well for me.

[@XUndergroundRap]

This is now old news there's an update to j23 that's even better!!

[@melvinbrennaniii2355]

Have you played X4 Foundations? Would be interested in your review of that.

[@Soul_Tomato]

I’ll give it a gander!

[@Zoey--]

The lack of a good stargate mod considering they basically use stargates does cripple my sanity somewhat :D

[@Soul_Tomato]

The modding community is fairly small tbf

[@lycon7000]

Will this game come on steam?

[@Soul_Tomato]

I’d assume eventually

[@harvbegal6868]

I keep losing my key and buying another one. I think I've bought the game like 4 times now, even though a simple email will get them to send you what your key is.

[@Soul_Tomato]

For the sector it’s worth it

[@ForgedEggs]

Starsector will be the best 15 bucks you ever spend on a game. I got it for free at first, but then I spent the money on it because it's honestly worth it.

[@Soul_Tomato]

Exact same scenario and agreed