Distant Star: Revenant Fleet

I'm pretty sure that a lot of people who look at this game think "ah, it's like FTL - but you have several tiny ships that you fly around with instead". For the most part that turns out to be true, but desptite the many similarities to the great FTL, there are few things in this game that seem to click and come together for me. It's the kind of game that I really want to work and succeed, but no matter how many...

28 found this helpful, 2017-04-18

A Mix of FTL and Homeworld, this game grabs much from both parent games, but can't really make the most out of it. - The Combat is repetitive and the AI is pretty dumb. - The graphic style is good, but seems to be blurry and unsharp. - The Maps are very small and the missions on them are repetitive also. Fly there, cap that, destroy these, etc. - Ships can shoot in any direction, fly in any direction etc. There is...

25 found this helpful, 2016-12-25

First Impressions: Distant Star: Revenant Fleet reminds me of FTL but with RTS elements. To sum this up, you'll jump from point to point and encounter various events (pirates, enemy fleets, dialogue choices, etc.). When docked at a friendly station, you can purchase new ships and/or upgrades for your existing ones. Unlike FTL, the action sequences are less crew specific and more about controlling 1-5 ships inside...

50 found this helpful, 2015-01-23

I wasn't sure what to expect, but this game is great! Pros: +Interesting stories, with choices that grant different bonuses. +Ships that level up and gain perks. +Plenty of ship classes, each with their own abilities, new weapons and equipment to buy. +No crashes or bugs so far. +Really nice graphics. Backgrounds are very artistic and i love how energy shields look. +Pretty easy to learn, but hard to master. I had...

40 found this helpful, 2015-05-30

The A'kari of Aos, shattered and few, on a desperate mission to stop the final Orthani victory... Distant Star : Revenant Fleet (from here on out I'll call it DSRF, because I like my fingers and typing that over and over will murder my keyboard) is one of the "Second Generation" of Early Access games, having now seen and made it through the initial wave of Early Access highs and lows, we're now seeing a more matured...

85 found this helpful, 2015-05-19

As of v0.0.0.3: Distant Star: Revenant Fleet is an interesting mix of FTL-like overworld and roguelike style of random encounter with RTS combat mechanics. The game has simple, but nice visuals, pretty good music and solid sound effects. Well, maybe aside from that strange sounds that's made when you give a command to your ships - it can get annoying pretty quick. Even though at the moment the game does not have too...

25 found this helpful, 2014-12-14