Startopia (PC)

I feel I must begin with an apology, or rather an excuse for not doing many ops for a while, but I’ve been busy doing stuff and learning what sounds “good” from a guitar. One speciality of which I’ve come to a conclusion I cannot perform, the other reason is I’ve also been getting into Franks Herbert’s Dune novels and so far I’ve got through the first ten pages of the third novel in the series: Children of Dune. Actually I might do something on that…but anyway let us begin). I first heard about this game in a PC Gamer mag, which gave the game 88% and I then played the demo that was released the following month, and ...  Read the complete review

Where do I start with this game, Startopia has to be one of the best games of the year by a long way. It combines the city building of Sim City with real time battles of something like Red Alert and resource management. This game play combined with superb graphics, sound and features make for a very addictive game indeed. ** Game Blurb ** ?Set in the aftermath of a huge intergalactic war between powerful and aggressive alien races, a once thriving network of space stations and plants have been left lifeless. You will lead the way in rebuilding the network of space stations to a standard accepted by the individual alien races. Thus ...  Read the complete review

When I first saw the review on startopia in a gameing magazine I instantly wanted to buy it. I love simulations and even more space sims. The screen shots that the magazine showed me all that I needed to know. The only problem was that I had to wait 8 months until it came out in the shops. I had forgotten about the game until several of my friends started talking about it, by this time it had already been out in the shops for a week. So I decided to buy the game. First thing that I have to say is WOW, the game loaded slow on my 400Mhz computer but while the sim is running it runs quite fast. The ingame graphics are the best that I have seen ...  Read the complete review

Theme Park and Sim City meets Theme Hospital, with a bit of Settlers in Space thrown in, that’s about the best way to describe this excellent and just released game from Eidos Interactive and Muckyfoot. The game is immense, and has plenty of options, which include online playing capabilities and is tipped to be THE next big strategy simulation game craze and my first impressions are, IT WILL. So what is Startopia all about? ------------------------------- Well, you are given the responsibility of running a alien space station, but these are no ordinary aliens, they are very particular aliens, and require certain things to help them survive, ...  Read the complete review

Startopia is a cross between Dungeon Keeper, Simcity and Theme Hospital. You play the role of ‘Galactic Administrator’ and are assigned missions by the various alien races. Initially I had a terrible time just getting the game to play. As soon as it was loaded it informed me that I didn’t have the correct color to play – it plays in 16 bit or higher, a bit strange considering my computer plays in 32 bit!! After a lengthy phone call to the technical service line they informed me that I would have to download a patch to correct these errors – good start isn’t it! The game itself isn’t very original but is quite ...  Read the complete review