

Your ship’s primary weapons are its broadsides, which are fired by aiming off the side of the ship, charging a shot, and then firing. Lather, rinse, and repeat until you’re the baddest mofo this side of Orion’s belt.Ĭombat in Rebel Galaxy is a dance both tactical and complex, while still being simplified enough to not become overwhelming. The more credits you amass, the better the ship and equipment you can afford. You can make your fortune by mining resources from asteroids, taking on various missions, trading goods at stations, or by hunting other ships – legally, as a bounty hunter, or illegally, as a pirate. This genre died out for a couple of decades for whatever reason, but has had a resurgence of late with titles like Star Citizen and Elite: Dangerous.īasically, you are captain of a spacefaring vessel in a dangerous part of the galaxy. The premise of Rebel Galaxy will be familiar to anyone who has played similar games like Freelancer, Escape Velocity, Elite, and many others. Related Video Over on YouTube, we streamed the game a couple of days before release! Go check it out:

The last couple of times we talked Rebel Galaxy, we were frothing at the mouth about this game – does it live up to our expectations? Let’s find out in my Rebel Galaxy review! After we went hands-on at PAX South, we stayed in touch with Double Damage, and they were kind enough to give us early press access to review it. This time around, Travis and Erich have set their sights on making a space combat/exploration/trading game. Rebel Galaxy is the debut game from Double Damage Games, a studio founded by a couple of industry veterans who previously founded Runic Games, the makers of Fate and Torchlight. Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in /home/public/wp-content/plugins/wots-plugins/wots-shortcode.php on line 386 Posted October 25, 2015, Updated October 26, 2015, Rebel Galaxy Review: Go On, Be a Rebel
