Space Colony: Steam Edition

Firefly Studios · Apr 30, 2015

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Half way across the galaxy with limited resources, a mega corporation looking over your shoulder and a ragtag crew expecting a pay cheque, it's up to you to survive and turn a profit. You have a base to build and hostile alien threats to neutralise, but ignore your crew and the colony is doomed. Each colonist has a mind of their own, so keeping them safe, happy and alive is no easy feat. Nurture your crew and they’ll team up to protect your intergalactic empire, forget to pay them and you’d better post a guard at the reactor!

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Critic 7.1 (3 critics) · Gamer 7.1

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Game Watcher
Chris J Capel · Apr 30, 2015
5.5
It was merely an okay game back in 2003 so it’s pretty mediocre now. The original does have its fans because there aren’t too many games like it, but at the same time Startopia Startopia good god Startopia. Managing the base is pretty fun and progression through the campaign is satisfying and well implemented, but the objectives can be dull, the colonists are all annoying brain-dead cretins, and the base defence side isn’t all that fun.
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TheSixthAxis
Aran Suddi · Apr 29, 2015
8.0
Space Colony: Steam Edition brings a classic game to the present with a great deal of polish applied. In a way it is surprising just how well the gameplay has held up after twelve years. Every character brings their own quirks and needs which have to be managed, though some characters are more prominent than others. The strangeness of seeing some things interact properly while others ignore it can take you out of the zone for a moment, but, as far as sim management games go, Space Colony is one that is worth checking out.
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IGN
Claudio Chianese · Jul 06, 2015
7.8
Idea eccentrica, che genera un sacco di situazioni curiose. Il problema è uno: l'IA dei coloni è pessima – peggiore di quella dei Sim – e quindi dovrete far loro da babysitter, altrimenti non verranno a capo di niente. Ora, il compito non è impossibile, ma richiede un considerevole gusto per la microgestione – che io, personalmente, avevo in abbondanza all'epoca della prima uscita, ma ho perso con l'età.
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