Starbound Review

Posted: 10 months ago, last updated 6 months ago.

Overview

Starbound is an action-adventure similar from the same developer as Terraria. It takes place in a two-dimensional, procedurally generated space universe where you can explore and discover new weapons, armour, and items. You can also visit towns and villages inhabited by various intelligent lifeforms.

You start on a spacecraft after the destruction of Earth and must develop your craft to go on an intergalactic peacekeeping mission. Your shuttle orbits a habitable planet and an adventure begins that takes you hurtling across the universe. This is a combination of specific quests and overarching narrative-led open world game-play.

Details

Rating: PEGI 12+, ESRB EVERYONE 10+

Release Date: 20/03/2018

Platforms: Mac, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita and Xbox One.

Genres: Action, Adventure, Fighting, Open World, Platform, Shooting and Simulation.

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Commitment

Duration: This game will take between 20 hours and 25 hours to complete.

Players: You can play this with 8 players online.

Costs

Does not offer in-game purchases, 'loot boxes' or 'battle/season passes'.

You will need PlayStation Plus to play online with PlayStation Vita. You will need Xbox Live Gold (must be 18 to create, then configure family accounts for younger players) to play online with Xbox One. You will need PlayStation Plus (must be 18 to create, then create sub-accounts for younger players who need be set as 13 or older) to play online with PlayStation 4.

Age Ratings

The game was rated PEGI 12 for arcade violence. Not appropriate for persons below 12 years of age.

ESRB rated EVERYONE 10+ with Alcohol Reference, Crude Humor, Fantasy Violence and Mild Blood.

Users Interact: The game enables players to interact and communicate with each other, so may expose players to language usually associated with older rated games.

Accessibility

Accessibility for this game is as follows:

System Settings

Windows has extensive accessibility features. Some, like colour correction, work with games. Lots of accessibility software can be used with PC games, from voice recognition to input device emulators. PlayStation 4 has a range of accessibility settings. Some are system only, some work in games (invert colours and button mapping). Xbox One has a system features, the excellent co-pilot share controls mode and adaptive controller support for all games... read more about system accessibility settings.

Games Like Starbound

The following games are like Starbound. They address a similar topic or offer a similar way to play. They are good options to play next and also good alternatives to Starbound for younger age ratings.

No Man's Sky

Stardew Valley

Minecraft

Terraria

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