GAME SUMMARY
Starships Unlimited 3.0, a real-time strategy game set in space, the sequel to Starships Unlimited: Divided Galaxies.
In Starships Unlimited, the starships themselves are the stars of the game. What differentiates Starships Unlimited from other 4x strategy games is the greater focus on starships compared to territory or resource management. Players can customize almost every aspect of their starships, limited only by their imagination; from multiple weapon subclasses, armor and shields, power sources and computer systems, to specialized equipment to assist in scouting, production or research missions. This gives the ships character instead of treating them as just another “soldier” unit. The ships gain experience gradually with each battle, leveling up to become more maneuverable in battle such as learning advanced moves such as sweeps, strafes and reverse twists. These added maneuvers are what make starship combat continually interesting and enjoyable.
The player enjoys a high level of involvement in building and developing the ships’ capabilities, which means that every battle is crucial, both as an opportunity to build up their starships, and yet also a potentially fatal encounter for their unique spaceship creations. Even other aspects of gameplay are closely linked to the emphasis on the starships as the game’s main focus. Researched technologies mostly result in some improvements to the ships capabilities. Exploration is a race against time with enemies as planets may contain artifacts to improve the starships’ capabilities. In terms of exploration, there are now expanded galaxy exploration opportunities as well as more galaxy shapes and sizes. 3.0 offers even more starship variety, including freighters and colony ships, an increase in ship size, as well as new technologies and artifacts to boost the starships’ capabilities.
