That's a good attitude for a game developer to have. I'm sick of game developers who are in it for the money, giving you unfinished crap and then abandoning the game.
They delivered over 200 free updates over the last years, all of them full of content, and the game was already a finished and polished product at launch. Trese Brothers love their games, that's why I love Trese Brothers...
I just wanted to mention that the devs have updated the game with new content every two weeks for at least the last year, that I own this game. Plenty of content and made with love.
Several years in fact, compared to most other game developers this is friggin incredible. And all the updates are full of content, it's almost to good to be true.
@@maddllamakmh1040 You better believe the Alpha team will help ensure that Cyber Knights Flashpoint is ready for prime time. I am excited that STF is growing again and that CKF will be super exciting moving into 3D game space.
and advantages and disadvantages, personality quirks, their own moral value... (though they range in detail, the captain is the most detailed, then the officers and the crewmen least)
@@bara8928 You can also promote crewmen/women to officers and customize them further if deemed prudent. Of course, your ship has a officer limit too, so keep that in mind and choose carefully. However, promoting crew members to officers only allows them to select more jobs and grants more skill points (as well as the ability to equip gear), it does not grant attribute bonuses as directly hiring from contacts does.
I would just add that while each crew member can have up to 3 jobs (essentially skill trees), there are a fixed amount of jobs, thus you are destined to have some crews with the same skill trees, which is how the game is supposed to be played. Equipment-wise it is the same thing, fixed amount of gear, some crew will be using the same gear.
Yeah, it's been on my wish list for a while, but platoon sized crews with full per person customization from the get go is enough to take it into buy me now territory.
@@gnaskar Just some facts about the game: the maximum number of crew is currently 42 (7 officers and captain). Each crew member right off the bat of being recruited has a job, which cannot be changed, unless they are promoted to officer, which then they can take on two additional jobs but still retain their original job. Depending on your captain's level, up to 5 non-officer crew can equip gear. Job talents are fixed but you can decide what to train for your build. Appearance and names can be customized. Each crew has their own unique positive or negative traits (albeit sourced from a large pool of traits) of up to 5 (abusing some bugs allow for more than 5). Crew attributes can only be changed via gear. Crew skills can only be changed via job leveling besides original hiring bonus skill points (1-6 bonus pts).
At first the sheer amount of info to digest looked a bit intimidating but going on with the video, I realise how attentive to details and inspired the game is, it's brimming with life and I can easily get how compelling it is. A labour of love no doubt, thanks for showing it off Splatt'
I've played Trese Bros games for about the same amount of time as you. The name is Star Traders btw. Great people, set a gold standard for what devs should aspire to.
I like to call this game the Dwarf Fortress equivalent for playing a starship captain, only without a user-hostile UI. It's not quite that obsessively detailed, but I figure it's a decent elevator pitch. Edited to add: You can filter characters ready to level up in your crew screen, it's quite useful.
Updated almost daily, and now a totally different game than when it came out, with much more content and gameplay! The phone game Splattercat played, plus two other earlier games, are all set in the same gameworld! As to the crew. You can filter the crew in various ways, including just the crew that have levelled. This makes micro-managing your crew really easy, as no more than 3-4 crew level up at the same time.
Anyone else worried about the amount of people about to join the STF community and realize just how insanely in-depth it is? Not to hate on the video, but it doesn't really scratch the surface, but then again its only 30 minutes long. Be prepared y'all, what you see in the video is less than 5% of the game. It also has a very steep learning curve. Pro tip: if you don't actively be creative with the game and just follow the story, it will be exhausted in under 5 hours, so be ready to pursue goals and try out unique builds. Also, join the discord.
The only flaw I see that I don't understand why they haven't done anything is not implementing some form of community interaction in the game itself. Not sure what exactly to do, but they're brilliant devs, I hope they think of something.
@@ClockworkAnomaly I know it's an older title. Hence my use of the the phrases "used to" and "back in the day". I was just remarking how I'm pretty sure I played the same phone game that Splatt alluded to, and I am pleased these guys are still making games.
This is one of my favorite games since it first came out in early access. If you aren't familiar with there vignettes you should at least learn about that feature. Its the idea that the story will move on without you and that you can influence the outcome of things going on around you. But this game actually did it right and it is amazing.
I've been playing this game for a good while... on the easiest setting. You have to be good at both ground and space combat, or those surprise bounty hunters will kick your derriere.
Hey Splat, just so you know, that game was star traders. Frontiers is the sequel. Had to say it because I always forget its name whenever I want to download it again to play.
Treese Brothers are the awesome bomb. As soon as you post up a bug they squash it and release an update. I support them with everything now... own this on Steam and also bought it on my phone. Plays great at places like the DMV lol...
Wooah...the details of this game...is just staggering! 😮 I absolutely love this! This is the type of game that I have long been wanting to play, really. ☺️
So, this is basically Escape Velocity with a few minor changes, and a few quite major ones. I love remakes of that game, so this is definitely getting wishlisted if it's not out yet. One thing I would miss from EV is the mission board. Before taking each mission, you could click on each one, and know the destination, and it's star system, allowing you to grab a bunch at a time for more money while going in the same direction. In STF, it looks like a single mission proposed to you at random when you ask for it. I do love how it shows your possible profits in the trading post, and the whole personnel manifesto. I also like the spice reference, and how it effects moral, like booze does for Stronghold Crusader. One thing I'd love to see in the future, and yes, it's something from EV... The sequels were moddable, allowing players to create scenarios, weapons, quests, and all sorts of things, for an ever growing game with infinite replay value. It's something that games like Starbound, Vintage Story, and Minecraft have that really made the games easy to keep playing, even after thousands of hours.
So, I've just played for about an hour, and noticed one detail that should be looked into. It's hard to figure out where to click... at least in the beginning. like Splattercat said, the crew manifest seems a bit harder to read than it should be. One of the sorting options at the top should be 'sort by level *up* ', or that should be the default. This keeps the player from having to scour their manifest, looking for green bits. The windows in general are a bit of a pain, as just about nothing has a close box, forcing you to esc, middle-click, or hit the back button every time. Yes, this actually makes things easier, but it's not automatically assumed, leaving people stuck going from page to page, hoping for an exit button, or something. Lastly, the map could use one little improvement; Your quest list, and destinations. As it is, unless I'm missing something, you need to go to your quest list, click the quest, hit Waypoint, and close out into the map to see where you need to go... for every quest. I'd stick a small area in the map for quests, with simple one-click waypoint switching within the map itself, so you can quickly see where each quest takes you. Perhaps a permanent ghost path system would be useful as well, showing all the quest waypoints at the same time. Anyway, that's just my take. I've played a *ton* of games like this. Aside from a few tweaks here and there, this one is turning out really great.
My personal favorite space ship game. I am glad to see it getting some love. Not enough good things can be said about the Trese brothers. I will be buying cyber knights purely because of them.
@@TreseBrothersGames Seriously a good time! side note I've never seen Splat, or his comment section talk about a game's developer so much, in an industry where things can get real toxic, real quick sometimes. y'all have made a great community with your fans, much appreciated.
Wow man great video! I'll definutly add this one to my wish list! I can see myself putting HUNDREDS of hours into it with all the cutomizations and watnots in the game! Edit: Wait! its on sale for 9$ right now???? alright its bought, will play it tonight once I'm home from work lol
@@gamingtonight1526 Not all of them. The Star Traders, Heroes (of Steel) and Cyber Knights IPs are all separate mythos and universe. Made by the same company but distinctly in separate universes.
There's definitely a learning curve to it so your crew isn't deserting you hard like they did splat. You should at least check how the dice checks works, it'll significantly improve your survival.
@@efkelley LTNS, Cap'n. You were last seen in the Twitch portion of the Void. We've sent care packages and carrier pigeons. Glad the Xeno didn't get you.
It's even deeper, with War of Assassins being a thing, noble houses, ships being ran by essentially independent people, the setting is extremely Dune-ish.
I have played it and while it's a solid game, it's basically just a PC expansion of their mobile game of the same name. Sure, there is effort in making it a PC game, but if you've played the mobile game, much of the features are the same. I'm not saying it's not a good game, though, just that if you've played the mobile game, you have played a significant part of this game.
24:15 while he is espousing his dislike of the game not telling you who deserted, in the lower right corner of the screen, in the event log it says "Level 3 soldier deserted." Influencer brain, it's a hell of a thing.
This game is both *so good*, and at the same time *so bad* :D It's like Dune-level space opera storyline, massive amounts of ways to fit your crew and ship, ships to try, etc. I have over 200 hours in it. I have unlocked exactly ZERO of the unlocks I think. They all rely on me doing seemingly impossible things lol.
Quality game from a quality developer. There's mods now on Steam, and the mobile port is 100%. It's the only real game I play on my tablet. The rest are time wasters.
Has anyone played Chronicon? It surprises me how little if at all I've seen anyone play that game and it has really good reviews. I played it a long while back and it was ok but has had some big updates lately and thinking of giving it another go. Just surprises me that like no one i follow on UA-cam etc. has played it. Not even SplatterCat!
it is a hard question but let me tell you some of the main differences that might answer it anyway. Star traders has a much bigger starting learning curve and the world does not wait for you. Things are rolling from the day 1, passage of time is a main factor things you miss out on are gone once they pass. You can take part in it or not. So the main difficulty is to be efficient with time while building up or you end up behind curve. Also it has huge amounts of information and menus it is hard to wrap your head around it when you start out. Starsector lets you pace yourself start slowly build up at your own pace. Things will not get super out of hand no matter how long you take to get to the end game. Challenges are waiting out there but are fixed to the areas or to your own development. For example you will not have to deal with big invades before you have your colonies developed. Or you will not have to deal with strongest enemies in the game unless you go to where they are. So when it comes to pacing and growing in game time star traders is much harder. On other hand star traders is a turn based game, while starsector is real time. If you want to be very good at starsector it will take practice. So when it comes to actually being mechanically good at the game starsector is harder. And finally there is RNG. Big point in Star traders difficulty is how you deal with RNG and sometimes if you are unlucky you are just unlucky and you cannot do anything about it. Yes you can choose to mitigate it by going full skill save skills but then you lack other skills and are weaker on that front. In Star Sector RNG is more forgiving. It is limited to things like world generation, quest generation and so on. Once the fight starts its fair. Also a lot of things that seam random usually have cause and effect and they are actually not as random as it might seam at first. Both games are really good it just depends what you like more. Because they are so different if you like space management games i would suggest to try out both. Not sure about developers but star sector has huge moding comunity so if you are into extending your play experience that is the way to go. If you are looking for story and quest on that front star traders is stronger. there is very little of story in star sector apart from the tutorial. Hope that helps, have fun :).
space combat is turn based. 1 vs 1 ship combat with various abilities and tactical choices. 5 combat positions with different strengths for different ship systems and crew complements. Possible to board the enemy ship if you get close then it turns into 4v4 turn based positioning combat similar to darkest dungeon. Sometimes it feels really unfair and super rng. it is also kind of slow and tedious. There are also land combats, 4v4 darkest dungeon style. Building and equipping your fighting dudes and levelling them is much more refined and "fun" than the actual combat. If you are into that sort of thing. Anyhow i would say people who would like and love this game would do it for different reasons than combat. Combat is in my opinion a necessity for make sense reasons to be there rather than the games strength. I personally like to juggle information and plan and build up and collect and for me navigating menus in this game when i tried it was interesting and fulfilling experience but if you are looking for action look elsewhere this is not it.
This game looks like starsector with a big emphasis on the crew ascpect. Everything else seems kinda dumbed down though :/ Will probably try this out one day, but atm there is no better space game than Starsector
but when it gonna update though!? I'm so excited about the next patch but it just won't happen... been waiting on my next playthrough until it comes out for months now
Depends what you are after really. While starsector does have lots of stuff star traders does not there are also many things and systems in star traders that starsector does not have. I would say biggest difference is that star traders has an evolving world which does not wait for you while in star sector you can take things at any pace you like. Also it actually has a story while starsector has a very limited one. And then there is the level of detail when it comes to crew management and skills it really lets you go deep and gives you many tools to fight the challenges. Also it is turn based which is important for people who do not prefer action based games. Influence and reputation system is a core game mechanic and it works well while i find the reputation system in starsector lacking. It improved over the time but for example NPC rep still does nothing at the time of writing this. Also do not even get me started on randomness of officer skill ups in starsector, why would anyone ever think that is a good idea. Ship balance could use some love as well. So while i personally do prefer Starsector because its way more in my alley because of all the nice things it does have which i will not bother counting because since you think its better game should be aware, there are as you see many reasons why somebody would choose star traders to be his or hers favourite game especially in areas where games like Starsector lack
nice game and good video-presentation; but why would you choose someone with a full beard in a SciFi game? Beards esemble and associate the prehistoric era. Future humans will be less and less hairy. As you wish.
There are reasons why he is losing people like he is. He is making long routes with no planning to visit spice planets on regular basis while ignoring bad things that happen to his people until his it at often far away goal. Its like ups this planet does not have spice. Its an in depth tactical game if you do not plan properly it will punish you. Also at the start the crew is unexperienced that means you have few tools to counter random events. Things get better as you grow stronger as long as you are careful at the start to actually get things going. That being said if he did all that not much would fit into 30 minutes it is not a fast paced game.
@@daebi37 yea there is a lot of micromanagement involved it has to be your thing to enjoy. If you are looking something space more on the action side maybe check out starsector. You are welcome have a nice day :)
24:00 "... either that OR what they could do ... " ... OR you could click on that goddamn-obvious message on the right that informs you that "Simmer Tunduaen left and did not return. Level 3 Soldier Deserted" What more do you need, seriously? A developer to grant you eyesight? In all seriousness I'm not sure if a genie from the lamp could grant you such a wish. I don't mind you being a lousy gamer, I got used to it. It's ok, I kind of like you regardless... In a way father would still like his perception-challenged son. However: You need to stop giving advice, as this not only makes developers appear semi-capable and the game undercooked, but is also horribly unfair to everyone who puts their trust to your blind judgement.
well that is harsh. You are taking stuff way to seriously. In my opinion there is nothing bad about giving out ideas, advices and so on as long as they are in good manner and with good intentions. Yes it is annoying when he just misses stuff and at this point i just gave up on reason when it comes to some stuff i saw on this channel. So what? It is really not a big deal. However i do prefer good pace with stuff missed over forever long videos which go over every single tiny detail and get nowhere. Besides he does good job at hovering over stuff which you can read and notice and pause and read so information is there. I also prefer more content over detailed content when it comes to game discovery. If i find the game i like on this channel i can investigate it further on my own. Also since you are obviously proud of your own eyesight and do not need a genie yourself use it, so what if Splatty misses some stuff if you care pay attention and you will not. Everyone wins. So... just chill? :). It is all okay.
@@TheNeomare I can't just "chill" exactly because there is a lot of money involved. game development is not a joke, and you basically end up hinging on some fleeting opinion from some half-assed reviewer. this is a business first and foremost. I don't mind him failing miserably and being goofy, but I do mind when his opinions generally affect the product's market perception without any merit to it. that is literally his job, he is literally paid to do it. and if that's questionable, what is to be expected from other areas? would you like if you were making chocolates, but some seller of yours said to hundreds or thousands of legit customers that he had a diarrhea after eating them? how would you feel if you knew this was because they had a stale taco prior to your chocolates? would they openly apologize? I'm sorry, but this is a very serious matter, as it has a potential to severely hurt someone's reputation or product placement, so it's a form of libel, severity of which depends on whether it was malicious or due to neglect. and I don't mind you for approaching this from a casual, gamer perspective, but you need to keep up with what I'm saying here. I am not being harsh, I am realistic, he has a long history of doing this, his voice is particularly strong because he managed to build up a large audience, and there has to be some responsibility involved. the aforementioned seller would be reprimanded at best, but youtubers always somehow get a free pass for doing their job poorly. in short, if you are to professionally criticize years of someone's work, and people's buying decisions depend on it, at least make sure to back it up with some sort of evidence of good intent and all kinds of facts based on your experience with the product, and other similar products. you can't just slack around and spread opinions formed around your own poor sight; you have a responsibility of OBSERVING and USING the product in a professional manner. if you have perception issues, spend some more time, speak to the developer, get to know the product! you perception needs to change: the world has changed, he's not a random youtuber anymore, randomly entertaining a bunch of people, he's a paid promoter of somebody else's work and somebody else's product! as much as I hate it, the word influencer exists for a reason.
@@milanstevic8424 Well i suggested you to chill because that is most probably the best thing you can do. For yourself. What were you trying to achieve with your comment? I read comments a lot and and from what i can tell most of the people here are fans of the channel which got used and accepted how things are done here. I am relatively new and at first i was upset at stuff not because i think he can't do better but sometimes it seams he does not even try and uses the i am bad as an excuse. But then i chilled and decided i will not take things seriously and i am better of for it. Sure we can discuss if you like, you make some interesting points and yes in ideal world most of the things if not all that you said stand. But we are not. Doing influencer/entertainer/reviewer whatever you want call it impression videos is kind of a balancing act between giving useful information while providing fun and to me at least it seams its not easy and it is not for everyone. And he is doing a decent job in my opinion, people seam to like it, developers seam respect it and actually want to be shown on the channel. As for the quality you criticize i am afraid is the thing of quantity over quality. This channel is based around quantity, new video comes out each day and most games are semi decent at least, that means lots of effort is done to filter out the bad ones and not a lot of time remains to try out the game and make a quality video. To make a deep thorough review of the game you would need to put days into the game and that means it would have to sacrifice quantity and many people would not like that. Could he change the format? Go more in direction you would want it to? Maybe. But that would change everything and would not be fair to people who are following the channel because of what they are expecting to find here. So maybe its best that things stay the way they are. As for the developers if their product is good it is often enough for it to get some spotlight even bad marketing is still marketing people recognize what they like. So i would not worry about them.
@@milanstevic8424 I agree that with the chocolate example obviously that would be a very bad thing you describe. But in your opinion what are the measurements in which you decide if the youtuber is making a good job or not? If you decide its to make quality reviews up to high standards which means not making or making very little mistakes.. then yea maybe he is not doing such a good job. He admits himself he is making mistakes so yea... But for me youtuber is not same as reviewer. For me youtuber is making good job if he is interesting and/or relevant enough for people to come and watch the content. Because that is the whole point. Or am i missing something here? Yea it would be nice if there was more quality it always is but is the value enough to justify the cost? Also i never thought about this channel as review channel. More like impressions channel with some basic filtering beforehand. So that is why i give him way more slack than if for example he would act like being some big time reviewer or something. Maybe you should as well? And from developer perspective would you rather have your game spotlighted on a channel with decent audience even if the video is sloppy and does mistakes or would you rather you are most probably not at all? Because if there was more quality there would be far less videos and less games spotlighted i can tell you that. No one can cheat time.
you really have to be into this kind of games to like it. Encounters and fights are also turn based. It all comes down to tactical decisions and management and story. No action. Maybe take a look at starsector if you are into management + action gameplay.
The developers are one of the nicest in the industry and really treat the game as their kid. Game is really worth its money
Agreed heartily.
That's a good attitude for a game developer to have. I'm sick of game developers who are in it for the money, giving you unfinished crap and then abandoning the game.
I can attest that this and other Trese Brothers games are worth their cost. Some of the deepest games you can get on multiple platforms.
doesn't look like my cup of tea, however appreciate seeing your love of the devs.
They delivered over 200 free updates over the last years, all of them full of content, and the game was already a finished and polished product at launch. Trese Brothers love their games, that's why I love Trese Brothers...
I just wanted to mention that the devs have updated the game with new content every two weeks for at least the last year, that I own this game. Plenty of content and made with love.
Update #258 and counting!
o7 Indeed Cap'n.
You like updates? We got them in spades.
was gonna say the same thing, they're working on a new game right now but are still putting out updates, crazy amount of support.
Several years in fact, compared to most other game developers this is friggin incredible. And all the updates are full of content, it's almost to good to be true.
Supporting the developer is something I do for all of their products. The passion and support they have for their projects is unparalleled.
Best around! Cyber Knights is going to be great.
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You better believe the Alpha team will help ensure that Cyber Knights Flashpoint is ready for prime time. I am excited that STF is growing again and that CKF will be super exciting moving into 3D game space.
I'm so glad Star Trader: Frontiers is being covered. It's such a fantastic game! We need more games like this.
"All of these characters are your crew, they all have equipment and skill trees."
*heavy breathing, hands involuntarily flail*
and advantages and disadvantages, personality quirks, their own moral value... (though they range in detail, the captain is the most detailed, then the officers and the crewmen least)
@@bara8928 You can also promote crewmen/women to officers and customize them further if deemed prudent. Of course, your ship has a officer limit too, so keep that in mind and choose carefully. However, promoting crew members to officers only allows them to select more jobs and grants more skill points (as well as the ability to equip gear), it does not grant attribute bonuses as directly hiring from contacts does.
I would just add that while each crew member can have up to 3 jobs (essentially skill trees), there are a fixed amount of jobs, thus you are destined to have some crews with the same skill trees, which is how the game is supposed to be played. Equipment-wise it is the same thing, fixed amount of gear, some crew will be using the same gear.
Yeah, it's been on my wish list for a while, but platoon sized crews with full per person customization from the get go is enough to take it into buy me now territory.
@@gnaskar Just some facts about the game: the maximum number of crew is currently 42 (7 officers and captain). Each crew member right off the bat of being recruited has a job, which cannot be changed, unless they are promoted to officer, which then they can take on two additional jobs but still retain their original job. Depending on your captain's level, up to 5 non-officer crew can equip gear. Job talents are fixed but you can decide what to train for your build. Appearance and names can be customized. Each crew has their own unique positive or negative traits (albeit sourced from a large pool of traits) of up to 5 (abusing some bugs allow for more than 5). Crew attributes can only be changed via gear. Crew skills can only be changed via job leveling besides original hiring bonus skill points (1-6 bonus pts).
At first the sheer amount of info to digest looked a bit intimidating but going on with the video, I realise how attentive to details and inspired the game is, it's brimming with life and I can easily get how compelling it is. A labour of love no doubt, thanks for showing it off Splatt'
I've played Trese Bros games for about the same amount of time as you. The name is Star Traders btw. Great people, set a gold standard for what devs should aspire to.
I like to call this game the Dwarf Fortress equivalent for playing a starship captain, only without a user-hostile UI.
It's not quite that obsessively detailed, but I figure it's a decent elevator pitch.
Edited to add: You can filter characters ready to level up in your crew screen, it's quite useful.
That's a legitimate analogy.
Updated almost daily, and now a totally different game than when it came out, with much more content and gameplay! The phone game Splattercat played, plus two other earlier games, are all set in the same gameworld! As to the crew. You can filter the crew in various ways, including just the crew that have levelled. This makes micro-managing your crew really easy, as no more than 3-4 crew level up at the same time.
I love this game. It's insanely addictive.
Anyone else worried about the amount of people about to join the STF community and realize just how insanely in-depth it is? Not to hate on the video, but it doesn't really scratch the surface, but then again its only 30 minutes long. Be prepared y'all, what you see in the video is less than 5% of the game. It also has a very steep learning curve.
Pro tip: if you don't actively be creative with the game and just follow the story, it will be exhausted in under 5 hours, so be ready to pursue goals and try out unique builds. Also, join the discord.
The only flaw I see that I don't understand why they haven't done anything is not implementing some form of community interaction in the game itself. Not sure what exactly to do, but they're brilliant devs, I hope they think of something.
Dude, I used to play Star Traders on my Android back in the day as well. Glad to see those developers are staying at it.
That's an older title- this is Star Traders: Frontiers
@@ClockworkAnomaly I know it's an older title. Hence my use of the the phrases "used to" and "back in the day".
I was just remarking how I'm pretty sure I played the same phone game that Splatt alluded to, and I am pleased these guys are still making games.
Yeah same guys I played it too
Being a player trumps being a looker any day. Keep up the great work, Splatty!
It tells you who leaves in the text log on the bottom right Splatt "Simmar Tunduaen left and did not return. Level 3 Soldier Deserted"
They weren't going to measure up at all anyway. Good riddance.
Væ Victis!
This is a great game! And the developers are great about continuing to support it with new updates and content.
How have I not found this game before?! This looks so up my alley! Glad I watched, thanks Splat
This is one of my favorite games since it first came out in early access. If you aren't familiar with there vignettes you should at least learn about that feature. Its the idea that the story will move on without you and that you can influence the outcome of things going on around you. But this game actually did it right and it is amazing.
I've been playing this game for a good while... on the easiest setting. You have to be good at both ground and space combat, or those surprise bounty hunters will kick your derriere.
Developers are awesome and the game is amazing with lot of depth. Love this one. Get it if you haven't. Its Available in android aswell.
Hey Splat, just so you know, that game was star traders. Frontiers is the sequel. Had to say it because I always forget its name whenever I want to download it again to play.
it makes sense that this is a space game.... it's deeper then a black hole!
"What always was will ever be."
Treese Brothers are the awesome bomb. As soon as you post up a bug they squash it and release an update. I support them with everything now... own this on Steam and also bought it on my phone. Plays great at places like the DMV lol...
Wooah...the details of this game...is just staggering! 😮 I absolutely love this! This is the type of game that I have long been wanting to play, really. ☺️
templar battleforce is one of my fav little indie games, trese brothers product too :)
"Waaay back in 2009 or 2010..." - that was only a couple years ago, right?
For the wise, yes. For the young and ignorant though, that can seem like an eternity.
I thought this game would be a bit simpler and lighter to get into than Starsector. I was mistaken. Drastically mistaken.
I have star-sector and loves it would I enjoy this one aswell?
So, this is basically Escape Velocity with a few minor changes, and a few quite major ones. I love remakes of that game, so this is definitely getting wishlisted if it's not out yet.
One thing I would miss from EV is the mission board. Before taking each mission, you could click on each one, and know the destination, and it's star system, allowing you to grab a bunch at a time for more money while going in the same direction. In STF, it looks like a single mission proposed to you at random when you ask for it.
I do love how it shows your possible profits in the trading post, and the whole personnel manifesto. I also like the spice reference, and how it effects moral, like booze does for Stronghold Crusader.
One thing I'd love to see in the future, and yes, it's something from EV... The sequels were moddable, allowing players to create scenarios, weapons, quests, and all sorts of things, for an ever growing game with infinite replay value. It's something that games like Starbound, Vintage Story, and Minecraft have that really made the games easy to keep playing, even after thousands of hours.
So, I've just played for about an hour, and noticed one detail that should be looked into. It's hard to figure out where to click... at least in the beginning.
like Splattercat said, the crew manifest seems a bit harder to read than it should be. One of the sorting options at the top should be 'sort by level *up* ', or that should be the default. This keeps the player from having to scour their manifest, looking for green bits.
The windows in general are a bit of a pain, as just about nothing has a close box, forcing you to esc, middle-click, or hit the back button every time. Yes, this actually makes things easier, but it's not automatically assumed, leaving people stuck going from page to page, hoping for an exit button, or something.
Lastly, the map could use one little improvement; Your quest list, and destinations. As it is, unless I'm missing something, you need to go to your quest list, click the quest, hit Waypoint, and close out into the map to see where you need to go... for every quest. I'd stick a small area in the map for quests, with simple one-click waypoint switching within the map itself, so you can quickly see where each quest takes you. Perhaps a permanent ghost path system would be useful as well, showing all the quest waypoints at the same time.
Anyway, that's just my take. I've played a *ton* of games like this. Aside from a few tweaks here and there, this one is turning out really great.
@@lukusblack6442
This is not a game you complete in one go. It can take multiple play throughs to see everything
I just brought it on sale with 40% off on steam I will now say good bye to the next few days these game looks so cool
Welcome to the bridge, captain!
My personal favorite space ship game. I am glad to see it getting some love. Not enough good things can be said about the Trese brothers. I will be buying cyber knights purely because of them.
This game really scratchs my Star Command (the 1988 one) itch
Just went to add this to my steam wishlist and the game is on sale! Sold!
On sale now!
Already have this but if you havnt played thia series you need too. The devs deserve the support
the Devs behind this made the best mobile RPG I've ever played "Heroes of steel"
Aw, shucks. That is one of my (Andrew here) all time favorite storylines!
@@TreseBrothersGames Seriously a good time! side note I've never seen Splat, or his comment section talk about a game's developer so much, in an industry where things can get real toxic, real quick sometimes. y'all have made a great community with your fans, much appreciated.
*Legends of Steel will enter the chat in about 5 years*
It's on sale at the time of this video posting for $8.99. I scooped it up instantly.
Wow man great video! I'll definutly add this one to my wish list! I can see myself putting HUNDREDS of hours into it with all the cutomizations and watnots in the game!
Edit: Wait! its on sale for 9$ right now???? alright its bought, will play it tonight once I'm home from work lol
4:14 I see your inner spirit energy is Nikolai Dante [2000AD] haha good vid, good game!
Years ago I played a mobile version of this game... this is an upgrade I guess? The faction names are familiar.
All Triese Brothers games are set in the same gameworld.
@@gamingtonight1526
Not all of them. The Star Traders, Heroes (of Steel) and Cyber Knights IPs are all separate mythos and universe. Made by the same company but distinctly in separate universes.
This is one of those games I load up, play for a bit and put it down... it's fun, but I wind up goofing off in it vs focusing
Definitely one of my favorite games.
There's definitely a learning curve to it so your crew isn't deserting you hard like they did splat. You should at least check how the dice checks works, it'll significantly improve your survival.
This looks awesome. It's on sale on steam right now too. I bought it right away.
I hope the Trese bros know we bought the game cause you sold us on it Splat!
This game is awesome and they keep adding things to it.
You play off this game so well
You returned. Welcome back, Captain Splattercat!
I think their older mobile game is also called Star Traders
Star Traders 4-X Empires was the older one, yeah.
You're both correct.
Star Traders RPG/Elite launched first.
Star Traders 4X Empires launched later.
@@LordofSyn Heya Sin! It's LordScrod here. Good to see you!
@@efkelley
LTNS, Cap'n. You were last seen in the Twitch portion of the Void. We've sent care packages and carrier pigeons. Glad the Xeno didn't get you.
"Navigator (Available when Spice Rating > 5)"
*THE SPICE MUST ALWAYS FLOW!!!*
Yup - Dune doesn't seem going out of style anytime soon...
It's even deeper, with War of Assassins being a thing, noble houses, ships being ran by essentially independent people, the setting is extremely Dune-ish.
Great video! Thanks for providing indie game overviews for us!
Great stuff friend 👏 👍
Star Traders were some of my first mobile games.
I hope you do a full playthrough~
I think the game he's talking about may be thier space sim version of star trader, the sub title of frontier isn't simply a artistic choice
Do a stream of hero's hour. It's free and great. Super nice Dev.
I have played it and while it's a solid game, it's basically just a PC expansion of their mobile game of the same name. Sure, there is effort in making it a PC game, but if you've played the mobile game, much of the features are the same. I'm not saying it's not a good game, though, just that if you've played the mobile game, you have played a significant part of this game.
Considering it's on sale at the moment, why not. Looks like my kind of game.
I just got this on steam. thanks!
Very cool looking game but the fiddliness of the crew desertion seems like something that would get under my skin.
If it annoys you, you can just pick jobs and skills that constantly help morale, so you don't have to pay much attention to morale anymore.
@@tristanwegner Ahhh thank you, that does sound good.
awesome introductory vid
That was a high quality adieu.
24:15 while he is espousing his dislike of the game not telling you who deserted, in the lower right corner of the screen, in the event log it says "Level 3 soldier deserted." Influencer brain, it's a hell of a thing.
Great game and great video.it's so frustrating that the game has no been translate.
tb games are dangerously addictive
25:59 They showed who's deserting in the log there on the right
YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY LOOK UP Dark Deity
I wish there was more content for Trese Brothers games
Great game!!
This game is both *so good*, and at the same time *so bad* :D
It's like Dune-level space opera storyline, massive amounts of ways to fit your crew and ship, ships to try, etc.
I have over 200 hours in it. I have unlocked exactly ZERO of the unlocks I think. They all rely on me doing seemingly impossible things lol.
This looks great for me
🖤
Quality game from a quality developer. There's mods now on Steam, and the mobile port is 100%. It's the only real game I play on my tablet. The rest are time wasters.
Has anyone played Chronicon? It surprises me how little if at all I've seen anyone play that game and it has really good reviews. I played it a long while back and it was ok but has had some big updates lately and thinking of giving it another go. Just surprises me that like no one i follow on UA-cam etc. has played it. Not even SplatterCat!
Bought game, installed, didn't work...had to update first. Damn the developers update fast...
Dwarf fortress in space?
I feel like you should go longer then 30 mins if the game demands it.
If I avoid cards in board gaming and tabletop, I don't get why I would look for that in pc gaming.
Whats harder Starsecter or Star traders? Whats better ? Witch creators are better these brothers or Alexander and his friends?
it is a hard question but let me tell you some of the main differences that might answer it anyway.
Star traders has a much bigger starting learning curve and the world does not wait for you. Things are rolling from the day 1, passage of time is a main factor things you miss out on are gone once they pass. You can take part in it or not. So the main difficulty is to be efficient with time while building up or you end up behind curve. Also it has huge amounts of information and menus it is hard to wrap your head around it when you start out.
Starsector lets you pace yourself start slowly build up at your own pace. Things will not get super out of hand no matter how long you take to get to the end game. Challenges are waiting out there but are fixed to the areas or to your own development. For example you will not have to deal with big invades before you have your colonies developed. Or you will not have to deal with strongest enemies in the game unless you go to where they are.
So when it comes to pacing and growing in game time star traders is much harder.
On other hand star traders is a turn based game, while starsector is real time. If you want to be very good at starsector it will take practice. So when it comes to actually being mechanically good at the game starsector is harder.
And finally there is RNG. Big point in Star traders difficulty is how you deal with RNG and sometimes if you are unlucky you are just unlucky and you cannot do anything about it. Yes you can choose to mitigate it by going full skill save skills but then you lack other skills and are weaker on that front.
In Star Sector RNG is more forgiving. It is limited to things like world generation, quest generation and so on. Once the fight starts its fair. Also a lot of things that seam random usually have cause and effect and they are actually not as random as it might seam at first.
Both games are really good it just depends what you like more. Because they are so different if you like space management games i would suggest to try out both. Not sure about developers but star sector has huge moding comunity so if you are into extending your play experience that is the way to go. If you are looking for story and quest on that front star traders is stronger. there is very little of story in star sector apart from the tutorial.
Hope that helps, have fun :).
I really loved this game on mobile. Question - if anyone knows, what is the difference between PC version and version on android?
I own both. And I havent seen any difference. Just the ability to use your mouse.
The only difference is in the UI implementation for touch/mouse/keyboard. All features and content are identical.
@@TreseBrothersGames Thanks. Played quite a lot of games in these series. Glad that mobile versions had offline manuals.
Looks cool. Maybe too much management for me.
I want that
Played this one and i tell you guys, I can't stop playing for hours. Check it out.
What's the combat like?
space combat is turn based. 1 vs 1 ship combat with various abilities and tactical choices. 5 combat positions with different strengths for different ship systems and crew complements. Possible to board the enemy ship if you get close then it turns into 4v4 turn based positioning combat similar to darkest dungeon.
Sometimes it feels really unfair and super rng. it is also kind of slow and tedious.
There are also land combats, 4v4 darkest dungeon style.
Building and equipping your fighting dudes and levelling them is much more refined and "fun" than the actual combat. If you are into that sort of thing.
Anyhow i would say people who would like and love this game would do it for different reasons than combat. Combat is in my opinion a necessity for make sense reasons to be there rather than the games strength.
I personally like to juggle information and plan and build up and collect and for me navigating menus in this game when i tried it was interesting and fulfilling experience but if you are looking for action look elsewhere this is not it.
Skyyyybeeeeast!
SECONDs please
everytime you sing, something bad happens.
This game looks like starsector with a big emphasis on the crew ascpect. Everything else seems kinda dumbed down though :/
Will probably try this out one day, but atm there is no better space game than Starsector
but when it gonna update though!? I'm so excited about the next patch but it just won't happen... been waiting on my next playthrough until it comes out for months now
@@MrGeyt2006 The 9.5 update was announced about 2 weeks ago. Will come out in a month or two. And the update after that one should be 1.0
@@KillerOfLight woohoo!
Depends what you are after really. While starsector does have lots of stuff star traders does not there are also many things and systems in star traders that starsector does not have.
I would say biggest difference is that star traders has an evolving world which does not wait for you while in star sector you can take things at any pace you like. Also it actually has a story while starsector has a very limited one. And then there is the level of detail when it comes to crew management and skills it really lets you go deep and gives you many tools to fight the challenges. Also it is turn based which is important for people who do not prefer action based games. Influence and reputation system is a core game mechanic and it works well while i find the reputation system in starsector lacking. It improved over the time but for example NPC rep still does nothing at the time of writing this. Also do not even get me started on randomness of officer skill ups in starsector, why would anyone ever think that is a good idea. Ship balance could use some love as well.
So while i personally do prefer Starsector because its way more in my alley because of all the nice things it does have which i will not bother counting because since you think its better game should be aware, there are as you see many reasons why somebody would choose star traders to be his or hers favourite game especially in areas where games like Starsector lack
@@MrGeyt2006 9.5 released a few hours ago!
this game seems to be stuck in 1985 or some by the way its made, u could run this in the public library pc lol
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I love/hate this game ^____^ ha ha
nice game and good video-presentation; but why would you choose someone with a full beard in a SciFi game?
Beards esemble and associate the prehistoric era. Future humans will be less and less hairy. As you wish.
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Dude you are getting buried real fast here.
Seems way too easy to lose folks. Hard pass.
There are reasons why he is losing people like he is. He is making long routes with no planning to visit spice planets on regular basis while ignoring bad things that happen to his people until his it at often far away goal. Its like ups this planet does not have spice. Its an in depth tactical game if you do not plan properly it will punish you. Also at the start the crew is unexperienced that means you have few tools to counter random events. Things get better as you grow stronger as long as you are careful at the start to actually get things going.
That being said if he did all that not much would fit into 30 minutes it is not a fast paced game.
@@TheNeomare So it is a second job? Hard pass +1 Thank you kindly for the confirmation.
@@daebi37 yea there is a lot of micromanagement involved it has to be your thing to enjoy. If you are looking something space more on the action side maybe check out starsector.
You are welcome have a nice day :)
Really bad game, combat is the worst aspect of it.
24:00 "... either that OR what they could do ... "
... OR you could click on that goddamn-obvious message on the right that informs you that
"Simmer Tunduaen left and did not return. Level 3 Soldier Deserted"
What more do you need, seriously? A developer to grant you eyesight?
In all seriousness I'm not sure if a genie from the lamp could grant you such a wish.
I don't mind you being a lousy gamer, I got used to it. It's ok, I kind of like you regardless... In a way father would still like his perception-challenged son. However: You need to stop giving advice, as this not only makes developers appear semi-capable and the game undercooked, but is also horribly unfair to everyone who puts their trust to your blind judgement.
well that is harsh. You are taking stuff way to seriously.
In my opinion there is nothing bad about giving out ideas, advices and so on as long as they are in good manner and with good intentions.
Yes it is annoying when he just misses stuff and at this point i just gave up on reason when it comes to some stuff i saw on this channel. So what? It is really not a big deal. However i do prefer good pace with stuff missed over forever long videos which go over every single tiny detail and get nowhere.
Besides he does good job at hovering over stuff which you can read and notice and pause and read so information is there.
I also prefer more content over detailed content when it comes to game discovery. If i find the game i like on this channel i can investigate it further on my own.
Also since you are obviously proud of your own eyesight and do not need a genie yourself use it, so what if Splatty misses some stuff if you care pay attention and you will not. Everyone wins.
So... just chill? :). It is all okay.
@@TheNeomare I can't just "chill" exactly because there is a lot of money involved. game development is not a joke, and you basically end up hinging on some fleeting opinion from some half-assed reviewer.
this is a business first and foremost. I don't mind him failing miserably and being goofy, but I do mind when his opinions generally affect the product's market perception without any merit to it.
that is literally his job, he is literally paid to do it. and if that's questionable, what is to be expected from other areas? would you like if you were making chocolates, but some seller of yours said to hundreds or thousands of legit customers that he had a diarrhea after eating them? how would you feel if you knew this was because they had a stale taco prior to your chocolates? would they openly apologize?
I'm sorry, but this is a very serious matter, as it has a potential to severely hurt someone's reputation or product placement, so it's a form of libel, severity of which depends on whether it was malicious or due to neglect.
and I don't mind you for approaching this from a casual, gamer perspective, but you need to keep up with what I'm saying here. I am not being harsh, I am realistic, he has a long history of doing this, his voice is particularly strong because he managed to build up a large audience, and there has to be some responsibility involved. the aforementioned seller would be reprimanded at best, but youtubers always somehow get a free pass for doing their job poorly.
in short, if you are to professionally criticize years of someone's work, and people's buying decisions depend on it, at least make sure to back it up with some sort of evidence of good intent and all kinds of facts based on your experience with the product, and other similar products. you can't just slack around and spread opinions formed around your own poor sight; you have a responsibility of OBSERVING and USING the product in a professional manner.
if you have perception issues, spend some more time, speak to the developer, get to know the product!
you perception needs to change: the world has changed, he's not a random youtuber anymore, randomly entertaining a bunch of people, he's a paid promoter of somebody else's work and somebody else's product!
as much as I hate it, the word influencer exists for a reason.
@@milanstevic8424 Well i suggested you to chill because that is most probably the best thing you can do. For yourself.
What were you trying to achieve with your comment? I read comments a lot and and from what i can tell most of the people here are fans of the channel which got used and accepted how things are done here.
I am relatively new and at first i was upset at stuff not because i think he can't do better but sometimes it seams he does not even try and uses the i am bad as an excuse.
But then i chilled and decided i will not take things seriously and i am better of for it.
Sure we can discuss if you like, you make some interesting points and yes in ideal world most of the things if not all that you said stand.
But we are not. Doing influencer/entertainer/reviewer whatever you want call it impression videos is kind of a balancing act between giving useful information while providing fun and to me at least it seams its not easy and it is not for everyone.
And he is doing a decent job in my opinion, people seam to like it, developers seam respect it and actually want to be shown on the channel.
As for the quality you criticize i am afraid is the thing of quantity over quality. This channel is based around quantity, new video comes out each day and most games are semi decent at least, that means lots of effort is done to filter out the bad ones and not a lot of time remains to try out the game and make a quality video.
To make a deep thorough review of the game you would need to put days into the game and that means it would have to sacrifice quantity and many people would not like that.
Could he change the format? Go more in direction you would want it to? Maybe. But that would change everything and would not be fair to people who are following the channel because of what they are expecting to find here.
So maybe its best that things stay the way they are.
As for the developers if their product is good it is often enough for it to get some spotlight even bad marketing is still marketing people recognize what they like.
So i would not worry about them.
@@milanstevic8424 I agree that with the chocolate example obviously that would be a very bad thing you describe. But in your opinion what are the measurements in which you decide if the youtuber is making a good job or not?
If you decide its to make quality reviews up to high standards which means not making or making very little mistakes.. then yea maybe he is not doing such a good job. He admits himself he is making mistakes so yea...
But for me youtuber is not same as reviewer. For me youtuber is making good job if he is interesting and/or relevant enough for people to come and watch the content. Because that is the whole point. Or am i missing something here?
Yea it would be nice if there was more quality it always is but is the value enough to justify the cost?
Also i never thought about this channel as review channel. More like impressions channel with some basic filtering beforehand. So that is why i give him way more slack than if for example he would act like being some big time reviewer or something.
Maybe you should as well?
And from developer perspective would you rather have your game spotlighted on a channel with decent audience even if the video is sloppy and does mistakes or would you rather you are most probably not at all? Because if there was more quality there would be far less videos and less games spotlighted i can tell you that. No one can cheat time.
All menus no gameplay. Doesn't look fun.
you really have to be into this kind of games to like it. Encounters and fights are also turn based. It all comes down to tactical decisions and management and story. No action. Maybe take a look at starsector if you are into management + action gameplay.
looks like a lamer version of Starsector
Quite trashy graphics. Even 80s games were better designed.
They're STILL adding content to it lmao WOW