![]() ![]() Overall, Base One is an enjoyable space base building game with great ship interior detail, a decent story and good challenging gameplay. Be sure to keep an eye on the Steam page and official site for the latest news and info. They do note however that these DLCs do not turn the game into a tactical RPG or 3D action game – they just add variety and slightly expand the current mechanics of the game. The second adds new defensive modules (stasis cannon, shield generator), hostile alien ships, and some other content. ![]() The first is said to add skirmishes between guards and terrorists who secretly infiltrate the station. While there are three episodes to play through, each with multiple missions, PixFroze are currently developing two add-ons for Base One. When the campaign is completed and while waiting for new DLC to arrive, custom games will be where the action is. Here you can build to your heart’s content, and resource limitations of course. This allows you to set any parameters and objectives you like within the confines set by the developers. They are objectives for a reason, but for those wanting to play a more traditional at-your-own-pace simulation will enjoy playing the custom games. Veterans of the base building simulation genre may find the campaign missions a little too linear, and with the limited resources, you can’t really stray too far from the mission objectives. ![]() You can’t click them to give them manual commands either. I loved the level of detail within each station module when I zoomed in and watched the crew members hustling about their jobs, though it was frustrating watching the crew members stopping to have a chat or head towards a machine, but then turn off and go do something else when I needed them to be working. If the dialogue and talking points could be progressed while you continue working on the mission, I think it would be a better interactive experience. The initial hails have been changed so they’re in a monitor to the top right of the interface, but then they stop play and go full screen. Also video calls to superiors stops the gameplay to give you the next commands/updates which I found a little jarring to the game’s immersion. It’s all on a 2D plane and often I wanted to rotate the camera under and over the station to see a ship fly past or get a better viewing angle of the action. There were some annoying aspects to Base One. ![]()
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