25
Mar
2010
Infinite Space
Product Description
From the same creative minds that brought you Steel Battalion, PlatinumGames and Nude Maker, have once again joined forces to bring you Infinite Space, an epic sci-fi RPG with an engaging battle system. Embark on a space adventure and play as a young space explorer named Yuri. Command a fleet of spaceships and battle against enemies from tyrannical dictators to deadly space pirates, all in the midst of a galaxy on the verge of war; as you search the universe for a mystical epitaph that is known to have power to change the world. In this heroic space saga, follow Yuri on his path to becoming a man powerful enough to prevent another war and possibly universal annihilation!
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This is a quality RPG for the DS! As the DS 2 approaches us, the DS 1 is ready to go out with a bang, as it has many quality games being released in it’s last few months, ala Pokemon HeartGold, SMT Strange Journey, Glory of Heracles, and this. Everyone needs to get this complicated RPG, as it already seems like it’s going to be rare since it just came out and yet it is already on backorder. Buy it while you can, folks… This one is gonna be rare.
Rating: 5 / 5
On popular gaming review sites this game is being rated between 65% and 80%.
Do yourself a favor, dismiss those reviews. This game is a 10 out of 10, a 5 out of 5, a game you’ll consider a sin to ever resell.
The miracle of it all is that on two 2.5 inch screens you will really feel like you are finally role playing in a space opera on par with the best Star Trek wet dream you’ve ever had.
The battles feel real, your enemies feel threatening (and they are … save often!) and the story, which starts out simply with a boy wanting to see the stars (a la Star Wars and Gattaca), keeps unfolding into something greater and greater, giving you quite an appetite to experience what happens next.
The battle dynamics, in which you have to manage your power output (do you you fire off a normal attack or do you wait until your guns are charged for a volley?), distance (are you in range for a good shot … are you out of range of your enemies guns?) and direction (are you trying to close or expand the gap between you and your enemy?) in real-time make conflicts feel urgent and real, especially when you encounter new ships whose powers and capabilities are a total mystery.
Like Demon’s Soul for the PS3, this game is bound to change what we come to expect from a role-playing game.
The shame of-it-all will be if this game ends up being a cult-classic when it should just be a flat-out-classic to be played by the masses.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m going to be brief and to the point on this. Everything about this game just demands that you pour hours of your gaming life into it almost as soon as you start it up. It doesn’t have much along the lines of backstory to set you up beforehand, but did you want to watch Luke Skywalker prior to his surprise introduction to the Empire? Did you want to see him go about his day to day life maintaining his landspeeder and the water vaporizers? No? Not your bag? Mine either. You start out with your character right when his life becomes interesting, just like in Star Wars.
What happens next? He runs into an oh-so-chummy space pirate that wants to show him the intertstellar ropes. Sound familiar? Well, you’ll be in for a surprise that I’ll leave you to discover. This is no Han Solo, but the character’s function to the story is roughly the same. Anyway, from the get-go, this game just continues to thrust you into the meat of the goings-on, and it seems like a wonderfully drawn out space opera; Star Wars fans, Mass Effect fans, and Star Trek fans, take note!
Oh, what’s in it for the Trekkers, you ask? Almost as soon as you start the game, you become captain of your own battle cruiser! That’s right! You’re Captain Kirk AND Luke Skywalker, all rolled up into one big ball roughly three hours into the game. You can customize your ship to your liking, and it is all reflected on screen. Its great. The combat is where it feels most like an RPG, but since you’re ‘in command’ of a large ship, it feels less like an RPG battle, since so many delays on firing weapons and thrusters would actually take time like it is represented here.
Wow, and I wanted to be brief. I’ll agree that this title could become coveted after a while, so if you want to get it before it hits the gray market at hyper-inflated prices, there would be no better time. Well, I’ve gotta get back to constructing my ship. See you later!
Rating: 5 / 5