Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a retro space strategy RPG with base building, deep tactical combat, crew management and emergent storytelling.
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a strategy, space and indie game
developed and published by Massive Damage and Inc..
Released on September 08th 2016 is available in English on Windows, MacOS and Linux.
It has received 1,308 reviews of which 1,097 were positive and 211 were negative resulting in a rating of 8 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS *: Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8 or 10
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Graphics: 128MB
- Storage: 400 MB available space
MacOS
- OS: Mac OS X
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Storage: 400 MB available space
Linux
- OS: Linux Ubuntu
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Storage: 400 MB available space
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Yes. Old final fantasy battles with xcom base building, Star Control 2 factions, Star Trek inspiration and good bit chime music. 9.8/10 Update 8/2017: They're still providing DLC sized free updates. 10/10 .
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A great sci-fi turned based stratergy game. Reminds me a little of FTL... Pros: +Lovely pixel art +Satisfying combat, each attack feels great +Lots of ship and captain customisation +Base building, clear parts of the space station and then build the rooms of your choice +Plenty of difficulty choices, so play as chilled or intense as you want +A decent amount of interesting story and each captain has their own background +Both ship to ship and ground combat +Easy to play a few minutes or loose yourself for a few hours Neutral: =No major bugs or gliches for me so far, but it does crash everytime I exit the game =Grinding. It's a love or hate situation. Personally I felt that it has just the right amount of grinding for levels/resources, but others may find it a little boring =There are quite a few things that aren't really explained properly. I felt that this added a little sense of mystery to gameplay, but others may find it annoying Negatve -Combat does get somewhat 'samey' after a while. Once you figure out a good strategy, it just becomes a rinse & repeat scenario Overall, I really like this game. I bought it for 50% off in the summer sale but after playing I would have happily payed full price. It's one of those games (as with all great games) that after a bit of playing, you'll need to start a new game to exploit your new-found knowledge. IMO Buy It!! Exploit those hull breaches!!!
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I originally wrote a negative review for this game, then I played it again on a harder difficulty. I discovered that almost all of my complaints went away on a higher level, and I'm having tons of fun with it now. I recommend going a level harder than you think you should, because if the game is too easy it eventually becomes a grindey snoozefest halfway through. On higher levels the enemy is constantly breathing down your neck and you're forced to prioritize your actions and plan ahead. Don't be afraid, the game doesn't become frustrating, it just gets more interesting. By far the best aspects of the game are the graphics and the writing. The overall presentation is extremely charming and witty. The game has problems, but when you beat the game you get a message from the devs saying they have plans to fix the issues and spice up the gameplay. I've decided to trust them. If the devs deliver what they promise, this could be a classic on par with FTL, but it's not quite there yet as of this writing.
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Since patch 1.1 - best game I've played for months -gorgeus retro graphics -animations are top notch -great strategy aspect -and base managment -in depth turn based space battles but 1.1 is 1.0 in reality, and everything prior to that should have been flaged as Eearly Acces/was beta quality, grindy, repetitive, tedious gameplay, not to mention save game breaking patches. Let's hope developer learned a lesson - finish youre game before release. But it's a past now, everything was rebalanced, fixed and polished, and 1.1 is a blast to play - highly recommed !
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NOT AT ALL LIKE FTL OR XCOM Now that we got that out of the way, Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a difficult turn based space RPG. You are the reminants of an alliance that was all but destroyed by an unkown foe. Tasked with survivng and eliminating this unkown foe, you upgrade your starbase (Halcyon 6), train crew, gather resources and build ships to pilot in your strugle. Gameplay revolves around a time system. Activities outside of combat take X amount of days to complete, meaning time management is a core part of gameplay. The 3 resources that the game has you gather are mainly gained by visiting locations around the map by sending a fleet to retrieve them (there is travel time in days), winning battles, and finishing quests. These resources are used to upgrade your tech and build new ships. Combat is done in an old school turn based system akin to early Final Fantasy games, be it ground or space combat. Turn order is displayed for you to use for planning out your combat. However, the main flavor of combat comes from combos. Attacks can have two types of modifiers to them that enhance it beyond doing damage to add a status effect on your foe. Some attacks can be used to exploit a particular status effect to do bonus damage and remove said status effect. For example causing a hull breach (light DoT) then attacking with a skill that exploits it, will cause the hull breach to expire immediatly, but the attack will do more damage in return. All in all, its a fun, albeit stressful, game of time and resources management with the flavor of old school turn based combat. If that sounds fun, pick Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander up. 8/10
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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is currently priced at 14.99€ on Steam.
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99€ on Steam.
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander received 1,097 positive votes out of a total of 1,308 achieving a rating of 8.00.
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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander was developed and published by Massive Damage and Inc..
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is playable and fully supported on Linux.
Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander is a single-player game.
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Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander does not support Steam Remote Play.
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Massive Damage, Inc.
Publisher
Massive Damage, Inc.
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08 Sep 2016
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