Starsector: The 2D Space Sim That Ruined My Social Life

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  • Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
  • This game has officially ruined my life, I love it.
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    Music is all from the Starsector OST (For this video I used the Main Menu, Core Exploration, and Faction Neutral themes)
    Official Starsector art by dgbaumgart
    Ranni Meme by Sostias: / the_end_to_rannis_ques...
    Zuch Tri-Tach Meme by DablTrabl2: / hmm_this_tritachyon_sp...
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Комментарии • 536

  • @rottenfootfungus6527
    @rottenfootfungus6527 11 месяцев назад +212

    Man, I bought this game way back in 2012 when I was 13, back when it was still called Starfarer. I remember playing it late at night during a thunderstorm the day before the Mayan Calendar ended and at midnight a bunch of thunder and lightning occurred outside my house which made me think the world was ending. I have bought this game for so many of my friends and even family; I'm still surprised that so many people have no idea about this game. It's obviously come such a long way and you can really see the passion that Alex has put into the vision that he has.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +15

      One of the greatest passion projects in gaming for sure

    • @yevanasvetya5486
      @yevanasvetya5486 10 месяцев назад +9

      Bruh, thats just sky getting the new update

    • @ricks4348
      @ricks4348 10 месяцев назад +5

      All they need to do is put it on steam. I don't know why they are resisting

    • @joe--cool
      @joe--cool 10 месяцев назад

      @@ricks4348 Alex said he will. When it's done. He considers it too raw to sell for full price on a storefront. Talk about (over)delivering a fully featured product.
      Game is amazing already.

    • @Tenvir
      @Tenvir 9 месяцев назад

      What is the factorio approach? :o

  • @VCE4
    @VCE4 10 месяцев назад +282

    Starsector is that kind of game when you can blink twice-
    And suddenly it is already a morning behind the window

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +23

      A bird chirper if you will

    • @Thoutzan
      @Thoutzan 8 месяцев назад +1

      oh so godamn true

    • @guy86-o6
      @guy86-o6 6 месяцев назад

      real

    • @Senriam
      @Senriam 17 дней назад +2

      I got it yesterday and played until 9am… help

  • @xjdjaws
    @xjdjaws 11 месяцев назад +251

    A Starsector player with morals?
    Unheard of! Finally I’m not alone

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +34

      I mean I DID join Tri-Tachyon but other than that

    • @RicWalker
      @RicWalker 11 месяцев назад +9

      @@Soul_Tomato Well, its either Tri-Tach for the Paragon or Hegemony for the Legion and Onslaught. if you want to get the big ones legally that is.

    • @Arenumberg
      @Arenumberg 11 месяцев назад +4

      You can get them legally in other ways, you just have to make your own faction and build them yourself when you get those BP's :D.

    • @jcgamer892
      @jcgamer892 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@RicWalker Wait, you can get them legally.....😜😅🏴‍☠

    • @kirktown2046
      @kirktown2046 10 месяцев назад +3

      @@RicWalker You can always salvage capital ships from bounties or find the occasional derelict. I've used almost every ship and have only done a faction commission(hegemony) my first run. I've grown fond of the the Conquest, if you only arm one side of it the broadsides can put out some really impressive fire without charging in.

  • @jorikrouwenhorst7220
    @jorikrouwenhorst7220 11 месяцев назад +278

    Star Sector, give up your moral compass and start trading “recreational medicine” on the blackmarket, sell heavy weapons to the Luddic Path, start a food shortage to sell your stockpile at a higher price.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +28

      It’s a beautiful market after all

    • @jorikrouwenhorst7220
      @jorikrouwenhorst7220 11 месяцев назад +23

      @@Soul_Tomato The biggest problem with Star Sector is waiting for your mods to update when a new version has been uploaded.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +9

      Yeah I can imagine

    • @ptolemaicfoxxo3032
      @ptolemaicfoxxo3032 11 месяцев назад +9

      The Sindrian Diktat annoyed me and my colonies enough to the point that now theyre only known as the Diktat

    • @IamgRiefeR7
      @IamgRiefeR7 11 месяцев назад +6

      If you can get a fleet of Atlas superfreighters, shipping ore and rare ores from Kanni and Chalcedon respectively from the Kumari Kandam system to Kapteyn Starworks in the Isirah system. You can then grab heavy weapons from them to sell back to Chalcedon and repeat the cycle every month.
      You may also be the cause for a massive wave of piracy that plagues the western core for the next 5 cycles which in turn causes Kapteyn Starworks to demand even more ore and the systems that mine ores to drop prices and have massive surplus, thus repeating the cycle.

  • @HoboTron64
    @HoboTron64 11 месяцев назад +146

    One small correction about the game lore, I see this misunderstanding quite a lot actually. In Starsector our sector is located in the milky-way on perseus arm of the galaxy. The domain of man did not span multiple galaxies, in fact they didn’t rule the entire milky-way, they only controlled a chunk of galaxy, and implied to be a relatively small one compared to the entire galaxy. All this info comes from the ingame description of the cryosleeper.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +30

      I think someone else pointed this out too. My mistake!

    • @YourLocalMairaaboo
      @YourLocalMairaaboo 10 месяцев назад +18

      Mind you, it is an understandable mistake, since the Domain managed to squeeze substancially more out 9f each star, makig it more powerful than many actual sci-fi galactic empire.

    • @hidefreek6905
      @hidefreek6905 3 месяца назад +3

      That's quite a misunderstanding as well.
      The domain of men was very vast.
      Extremely vast, though not vast like the Imperium of Men (M.40) or advance like likes humanity before the Dark Age of Technology. (But about to be)
      They're powerful but they can't colony every star system as many aren't suit for colonization at all. (Still have ore mining station and Volatiles harvesting)
      In the Starsector setting, even the Persean Sector alone have countless infrastructure ruins across the entire sector which proves that the entire Sector wasn't nearly colonized but most of the colonies were destroyed or abandoned while the majority of Persean natives still have centralized government body retreated to the core systems of the Sector.
      Can be said...
      Countless billions died during the Collapse.
      And what we saw in Persean Sector is those who survive the chaos and manage to rebuild human civilization to a certain degree.

  • @jairo8746
    @jairo8746 10 месяцев назад +34

    There are a few games that i am genuinely scared to play... but because i know i would get lost in them, this is one example.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +8

      Dew it

    • @jairo8746
      @jairo8746 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@Soul_TomatoNoooo!..

  • @Ceyrenn460
    @Ceyrenn460 11 месяцев назад +72

    This is the first time I have heard of Starsector, and you have instantly hooked me. Love these style of games and the devs that craft them into works of art.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +10

      Welcome, I hope you enjoy not sleeping or seeing your loved ones

    • @Ceyrenn460
      @Ceyrenn460 10 месяцев назад +12

      @@Soul_Tomato Sorry, got distracted playing Starsector. I blame you for this.

    • @laglord
      @laglord 10 месяцев назад +2

      Consider checking out Escape Velocity Nova at some point! The EV games are 20+ years old at this point and have less features overall, but they're very accessible and well-executed takes on this genre. They were originally Mac releases and never hit Steam, so people don't seem to remember them as much as they deserve.

    • @davidburnett5049
      @davidburnett5049 10 месяцев назад +1

      Burn bright

    • @bartomolev6682
      @bartomolev6682 5 месяцев назад +1

      Check out some mods, like nexerlin that make the world a lot more alive

  • @cibiky
    @cibiky 11 месяцев назад +94

    Time for some (REDACTED) gameplay

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +16

      We making it out of [REDACTED]

  • @phalamy9180
    @phalamy9180 10 месяцев назад +14

    You come for the unparalleled exploration experience, you stay for the eldritch nightmare lying in wait behind the gates, singing a song that sounds oh so strangely familiar.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +5

      The song of home

    • @l0rf
      @l0rf 9 месяцев назад +5

      You've heard this music before, you know it. You just don't quite know when that was... or who you were when you heard it.

  • @PeterDivine
    @PeterDivine 11 месяцев назад +20

    It's an incredible game, I just wish it had more in terms of story quests to do. Once I'd made a faction that had destroyed the Diktat and taken over Volturn, monopolizing the lobster trade and also unrelatedly controlling over 50% of the galactic market of all other supplies, pulling in 1,000,000 credits a month, there just... wasn't a whole lot left to challenge.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +13

      I think that’s probably going to be the last bits added from what I could tell.

    • @Capt.Steele
      @Capt.Steele 10 месяцев назад +7

      And that's when you start downloading the mods! The modding community is so extensive you'll pretty much never run out of new things to do because new things are always being made!

    • @brandonprendergast7806
      @brandonprendergast7806 8 месяцев назад

      Put an Alpha core in charge of Chicomoztoc

    • @sleep3417
      @sleep3417 6 месяцев назад +1

      Start over and do it again, different goals each time.

  • @TCBYEAHCUZ
    @TCBYEAHCUZ 9 месяцев назад +4

    Bought this game way back when scott manly first played it and you were only able to do battle scenarios, can confirm that it has grown into an epic open world game with unique stories to tell. I absolutely love the colony management aspect too.

  • @Arenumberg
    @Arenumberg 11 месяцев назад +7

    I love coming back to Starsector (nearly called it Starfarer then) once every now and again. enjoying the new updates and the continuing fantastic work of modders, especially in the realm of ships and the faction "building" side of the game.
    Glad to see you're enjoying it!

  • @fwra1234
    @fwra1234 11 месяцев назад +8

    I hope eventually they flesh out the reputation and relationship aspect of the game, like being able to do missions for the quartermasters and base commanders, and have events trigger on planets based on your relationship with planet notables. A mod I like is the Mayasuran Navy, i like the idea of a storyline where you can rebuild that system, or a story where i can follow in the footsteps of warlord leonis

  • @czechmate1974
    @czechmate1974 10 месяцев назад +4

    you're so RIGHT. how to finish my meanigless tasks at home / work to increase play / experimentation time is what i've been thinking about last week. ..non stop. love the game trying to understand modding etc. wow. a UNIVERSE within a UNIVERSE. what a grand time to be alive!

  • @Tampahop
    @Tampahop 9 месяцев назад +1

    Your commentary was spot on. The list you mentioned are “labor of love” games. I am hooked as well. One thing I would stress is the economics of the game. Basic trade is almost impossible due to the 30% tariff… unless you want to trade on the black market and be hated by everyone. Trying to keep your fleet in fuel and supplies is just as important as keeping every Ghengis Khahn wannabe from jacking up your fleet. The most recent patch has really applied a hard mode to late game play. I guess it’s time to learn new tactics. Burn brightly!

  • @travismason2811
    @travismason2811 8 месяцев назад +7

    I used Ssseth's Key he linked in the video, since then I've bought it like 5 times, once for myself and the rest for people who I knew would like it, because I knew they would never do it themselves.

  • @teramir4302
    @teramir4302 6 месяцев назад +2

    It's nice to see more and more people are coming to understand the appeal of truly in-depth games like starsector and dwarf fortress. You should try CDDA too.

  • @wyatthy130
    @wyatthy130 8 месяцев назад +5

    I remember when I first played the game I used someone else’s key and I immediately fell in love with the game and I actually bought the game because I wanted to support the devs

  • @DewaKrishna_
    @DewaKrishna_ 9 месяцев назад +4

    I really appreciate that you touch on the story and writing because my god it is so well done for what it is currently and quite a lot of people seem to just either ignore it or never fully engage with it (which i don't blame them for). I'm a sucker for good writing and I have never dropped anything so much just to be able to read a screen of text thoroughly like i have while i was doing the various story missions you can find and just be absolutely sucked into the immersive and powerful storytelling that they have

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  9 месяцев назад +1

      Imma sucker for a good text based story

  • @LonelyKnightess
    @LonelyKnightess 11 месяцев назад +40

    Yoooooooooo Starsector vid, its been my jam ever since it was Starfarer.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +1

      It has an absolute stranglehold on me, LK.

    • @dnoordink
      @dnoordink 9 месяцев назад +1

      Wow I just looked up my preorder, it was Sep 30, 2012.. can't believe it's been that long. Love this game.

    • @LonelyKnightess
      @LonelyKnightess 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@dnoordink 11/17/12 for me! Did you find it after the Total Biscuit video too? 🤣

    • @dnoordink
      @dnoordink 9 месяцев назад

      @@LonelyKnightess I honestly can't remember, it's been so long. Possibly, I was watching him back then!

  • @akodotain
    @akodotain 10 месяцев назад +7

    Has vibes of the Escape Velocity series from the 90s

    • @stevenlarson3316
      @stevenlarson3316 10 месяцев назад

      That's what I was thinking too. Looks cool.

  • @Capt.Steele
    @Capt.Steele 10 месяцев назад +2

    Just discovered your channel through After the end CK3 Lore videos and I would absolutely love if you did a playthrough of modded Starsector! I've been playing this game for almost a decade and the modding community is what keeps every new campaign fresh and interesting!

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +1

      steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3192256710 AtE released on Steam today btw

  • @ankangaroo5372
    @ankangaroo5372 10 месяцев назад +4

    Having put in well over 200+ hours. I was so surprised playing as Luddic path or Pirates wasn’t in the base game. So used to modded gameplay I took it for granted playing as a raiding, smuggling and guns blazing pirate 😅

    • @egoalter1276
      @egoalter1276 3 месяца назад

      Its absolutely in the game. You just cant get an officers commission with the pirates, vecause they are not an organized navy, but you can freel, trade at their bases, and provided you pay off Kanta, they wont even raid your colonies.

  • @Ardeun-eg3qq
    @Ardeun-eg3qq 6 месяцев назад +1

    0:57 Considering state of some plantes the "30h a day" line may very well be reasonable for a work shift in some systems

  • @andreykuzmin4317
    @andreykuzmin4317 8 месяцев назад

    Brother Cotton saying "We can't expect Ludd to do all the work" is peak meming. You, sir, have deserved my subscribtion.

  • @headrockbeats
    @headrockbeats 10 месяцев назад +2

    I've played over 1,000 hours of StarSector (possibly way more), but put it down two years ago after realizing how much time I was spending on it. I am spending a lot of mental effort not going back to check what the new update offers... because I don't know if I'll be able to stop again this time.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +2

      Succumb. You know you want it in your heart of hearts.

    • @headrockbeats
      @headrockbeats 10 месяцев назад

      @@Soul_Tomato Oh, I totally want it, there's no argument there. The problem is I can't play StarSector if I've died of starvation.

    • @MichaelTranoid
      @MichaelTranoid 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@headrockbeats There's a solid amount of new stuff in 0.97a.
      I highly recommend throwing your life away to bombard the sector. You can even visit the bottom left portion of the map, and find [REDACTED], which you can use to [REDACTED]. All the while exploring new and unforseen comic horrors and existential dread. It's very [REDACTED].

  • @lucsteffens
    @lucsteffens 10 месяцев назад +3

    Ok, less then 20 euro.. Social life is way more expensive. I did this for financial reasons 😁😁😁

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +1

      You’ve done the right thing

  • @thequimsnaim
    @thequimsnaim 11 месяцев назад +20

    TRI-TACH-Y-ON

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +6

      No (jk, but I thought that’s how I said it)

    • @annabellerice839
      @annabellerice839 11 месяцев назад +9

      TA-
      KYON
      TA TA-
      KYON
      (TAAaaAAAkY-Y-Y-YON)

    • @adamm2091
      @adamm2091 11 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@annabellerice839 cultured reference!

    • @sauloaa1
      @sauloaa1 11 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@Soul_TomatoIt's a reference to the Starsector review by Sseth, I think.

    • @silvertrimhill9844
      @silvertrimhill9844 3 месяца назад

      @@annabellerice839Hey-hey people

  • @bilskirnir_
    @bilskirnir_ 11 месяцев назад +2

    I always just love being a low-tech mishmash fleet and just using burndrives with mass gun emplacements to win the day.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад

      I wanna do a run like this some time

  • @Ultramanfan14
    @Ultramanfan14 10 месяцев назад +1

    Ludd has truly blessed discerning captains with D-Mods and Derelict Operations.

  • @Gradymeister
    @Gradymeister 6 месяцев назад

    Only a few games have captured total immersibility in my life.
    Skyrim, The Witcher 3, Halo 3, Rimworld, Rocketleague and Starsector.
    All of these games have captured something inside of me that first playthrough that took forever to get rid of. Technically speaking, Rocket League is still the only game I've never "quit" or "given a break" too. Consistently for almost a decade now I've played that game once a week at MINIMUM.
    Starsector must've been around a 600+ hour journey before I finally took my first break. These games are rare, but fuck I love them

  • @unitybeast7648
    @unitybeast7648 8 месяцев назад

    I legit spent an entire month playing this game every waking moment to the point I lost connection with family and friends.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  7 месяцев назад

      Same exact thing. well I live with my partner so I had them.

  • @alexanderdooley4080
    @alexanderdooley4080 10 месяцев назад +3

    This looks just like space rangers, and space rangers 2 rise of the dominators. Love those games. Would love to see a reboot.

  • @Danyel992
    @Danyel992 10 месяцев назад +1

    I've had tons of fun with this one. My go to builds usually involve safety overrides and assault chainguns! Pure mayhem xD

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +2

      The more dakka the better

  • @jasperzanovich2504
    @jasperzanovich2504 10 месяцев назад +2

    This looks like Space Pirates and Zombies but with sober artwork.

    • @l0rf
      @l0rf 9 месяцев назад +1

      The tone is ... strangely similar. While I think John Bain narrating could make it even better, StarSector plays itself more straight than SPAZ, but the comparison really can be made.

    • @DevlinXIII
      @DevlinXIII 5 месяцев назад

      It's like spaz but 10x better

  • @Limrasson
    @Limrasson 3 месяца назад

    The Persean League is actually my favourite faction to join, I wish there would be more quests with their sub-factions. One day maybe.

  • @ProvidenceNL
    @ProvidenceNL 11 месяцев назад +2

    Im playing Starsector and needed more Starsector in my Starsector, so i ended up here. Nice vid man.

  • @GeorgeECorser
    @GeorgeECorser 5 месяцев назад +2

    @Soul Tomato , I fear I have bad news to you. This game has a large, thriving, active modding community. I literally cannot play Starsector anymore... without like 30 mods installed.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  5 месяцев назад +2

      Oh I lost a solid 200 more hours of
      My life after this to mods. If I didn’t have this RUclips id have never made it out alive.

  • @D3humaniz3d
    @D3humaniz3d 5 месяцев назад

    I giggle like a schoolgirl each time I pull off a successful ramming maneuver and send a burning pile of twisted scrap from a capital hurling towards the enemy at 400 su/s

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  5 месяцев назад

      If you love ramming I HIGHLY recommend the Knights of Ludd mod. They have a huge ship made basically to ram and then launch an ungodly amount of middles directly at what you just rammed. It was too fun.

  • @justicier10-7
    @justicier10-7 10 месяцев назад +1

    Good to see this gem getting more coverage. I know SSeth got a lot of people into the game years ago, but since then the game has developed and expanded further, and there's a lot of cool stuff. Just an awesome space game, it's a shame that so many are turned off by the 2d top-down aspect.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +1

      Honestly I almost one but when someone gave me their key to try it, well, I fell in love. It’s a hurdle but it’s worth it - obviously I think so I made the video but you get me haha.

  • @Konradius001
    @Konradius001 11 месяцев назад +2

    Ah yes! I was totally hooked on this a year ago.
    Ok, time for a reinstall.
    (oh, also bought it back then)

  • @depressedcheems9961
    @depressedcheems9961 8 месяцев назад

    The fact that this game is in my top 10 while still being in early access is insane on top of me playing games for 23ish years.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  8 месяцев назад

      Honestly fair. It deserves it

  • @haydenkohn5801
    @haydenkohn5801 10 месяцев назад +3

    Reminds me a lot of Escape Velocity, the old shareware game from the 90s.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +1

      Haven’t heard that name in a hot minute

    • @sziklamester1244
      @sziklamester1244 6 месяцев назад

      Good you mentionned it I think I did not played but heard of.

  • @adamvarga8332
    @adamvarga8332 4 месяца назад

    I could join the luddic path by joining the luddic church first, putting me at peace with them. Afterwards I could do a few quests and join them

  • @ahowl7mx
    @ahowl7mx 10 месяцев назад +1

    Would be great that on the trade screen - if I'm checking best prices I should be able to right click and set nav to the system/planet that has the best price. Right now it just gives a general heading and distance and you have to go to map screen and find it yourself.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +1

      It gives distance as well

  • @axelord4ever
    @axelord4ever 7 месяцев назад

    Putting it in the same breadbasket as Kenshi is really apt. One of those FAFO-simulator games without hope of ever becoming that popular on a worldly scale.
    Speaking of Kenshi, I think one of the greatest thing about Starsector is how mod-friendly it is, and how much modders try to be mindful of vanilla balance in general. Exceptions are on the rarer side, and immediately singled out by people when asked about them. Nexerelin is, as far as I'm concerned, a full-on module at this point, same goes for Industrial Evolution and Ashes of the Domain as a sort-of late bloomer on the scene.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  7 месяцев назад

      I’d recommend the knights of ludd as well the ships it adds are awesome.

  • @themayoman1752
    @themayoman1752 11 месяцев назад +8

    Ahhh yes... Starsector My Beloved

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад

      Mine too TBH (we are expecting [REDACTED])

  • @flaviusiacob1558
    @flaviusiacob1558 10 месяцев назад +3

    i'll say this, i might have bin spoiled, since i started playing the game with mods from the start. GOD BLESS THE UAF!
    Good video man, and awesome game.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      It’s a fantastic game. And mods do spoilt you haha. Thats why I caution playing vanilla first for a bit.

    • @owa1985
      @owa1985 9 месяцев назад +1

      The Syndrians tried to invade Lunamun yesterday. It was a good time.

  • @ignasignas9469
    @ignasignas9469 11 месяцев назад +2

    Hello, so during the intro you were stuck in a slipstream, the only way to get out of it during most of the playthrough is to emergency burn and manualy controll your fleet. You are welcome.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +1

      I wasn’t stuck? I was riding through it

    • @WadeStar
      @WadeStar 10 месяцев назад

      @@Soul_Tomato Your destination arrow showed you were riding it past your destination, which is probably what he was referring to and so he assumed you were "stuck" in the slipstream as opposed to deliberately riding it to its terminus.

  • @foolchecker123
    @foolchecker123 10 месяцев назад +1

    Glad you are bringing more attention to this game! It’s amazing and the developers deserve all the success in the world

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      Happy to contribute, no matter how small

  • @anthonyreyes2554
    @anthonyreyes2554 8 месяцев назад

    I already had no social life, and now I'm in negative social life because of this game.

  • @zigzera7757
    @zigzera7757 7 месяцев назад

    Strong recommendation on nexerelin and Luna lib mods you can then set the game up to have random sectors so not everything is in the same place every game and with Luna lib you can configure the game to prevent invasions and colonization until you found your first colony otherwise while your enjoying the game often times the war for the sector can more or less be finished by the time you start your own world

  • @FreeLee123
    @FreeLee123 10 месяцев назад

    For the old folks around here this game has (pen and paper) Car Wars or Mech Warrior vibe to it. It’s the game 13 year old me would have loved to play. Some of the mods do compliment the game well. Buy it, it’s worth it. Independent developers like this amaze me. Great video, I need to reinstall this game!

    • @egoalter1276
      @egoalter1276 3 месяца назад

      The combat really is just straight up battletech, with the addition that you can take incoming damage as heat, if you put up the shields.

  • @tamnker8465
    @tamnker8465 7 месяцев назад

    The best way I made money is by scrapping old stations at the edge of the sector.
    Multiple AI cores, tons of weapon data, and several large hi-tech components.
    If you can kit your fleet out to be speedy asf and have no issue with savescumming, it’s a great way to make cash!

  • @TroaBarton
    @TroaBarton 8 месяцев назад

    Oh and for those wondering it's $15, it's not on steam, and save the email (or code) they send you with the key. The game does not auto update and you may need to enter it again when you re-download the new client. Also even if you suck with piloting you can always let the AI take over until you figure it out.

  • @SoNorthitzSouth
    @SoNorthitzSouth 10 месяцев назад

    When Sseth made his review years ago and shared his gamekey, I tried it out and played a ton of hours. My first character ended up smuggling AI cores en masse to tri-tachyon to make millions, then using the millions to acquire some of the finest ships in the galaxy, and using those ships to fight the government because my captain, being a libertarian, must destroy all who attempt to tax him. I then got bigger and better ships from fighting massive fleet battles, and refitted those ships with newer guns and systems, up and up the great line goes, so on and so forth. Eventually, I caused perhaps too much chaos, made too much money, and made too many powerful enemies that every day was a struggle to travel without ending up in some cataclysmic fleet battle. Such an awesome game, and comparing it to Mount and Blade feels very true to the core idea of both games: doing whatever you want in this wartorn landscape.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      Sseth’s review very obviously inspired this one but it really is a great game I hope more people try

  • @elkpants1280
    @elkpants1280 10 месяцев назад

    Nexerelin, HMI, industrial evolution and various QOL mods are amazing for the next playthrough. It basically quadruples the amount of content of an already content dense game.

  • @НикитаПерминов-з5в
    @НикитаПерминов-з5в 11 месяцев назад

    So, you really want to become my favourite youtube channel. Best CK3 mods, now Starsector. Can't wait for classical smuggler walkthrough!

  • @Co60-Ni60
    @Co60-Ni60 11 месяцев назад +1

    The idea of giving away an Alpha Core hurts my soul

  • @fuzclock8561
    @fuzclock8561 11 месяцев назад

    Humanity did not extend accross glaxies. It colonised the entirity of the Orion arm of our galaxy and began to extand to the Persean arm. Then it began to go to *censored*.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад

      Ah I see

    • @fuzclock8561
      @fuzclock8561 11 месяцев назад

      @@Soul_TomatoYeah, the Domain was advanced, but not to THAT extend.

  • @ayadealjanabi1544
    @ayadealjanabi1544 11 месяцев назад +1

    I rp as a galactic "Aid" agency, delivering "vaccines", "donor organs", and "agricultural equipment" across the sector!!

  • @ThatSlowTypingGuy
    @ThatSlowTypingGuy 5 месяцев назад

    I've grown to hate the Persean League and their directed energy missiles.

  • @ImmersiveReactions
    @ImmersiveReactions 10 месяцев назад +1

    Songs of Syx is doing this to me right now the game has been running 24/7 for 2 weeks even when I sleep lol

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      Looks a little like dwarf fortress meets factorio

  • @joey4track
    @joey4track 10 месяцев назад

    Been playing this game for over 10 years, such a hidden gem, can't wait until the world discovers Starsector

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      hopefully sooner than later to give them more money to make us more stuff :)

  • @joe--cool
    @joe--cool 10 месяцев назад

    One correction: Of course you can join the pirates. A pirate playthrough is pretty amazing, tbh.
    Or you can even be a religious fanatic if you choose. Just have to befriend the faction first.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      Befriend isn’t exactly the same as join but I see your point. Idt you can commission with either in vanilla

    • @joe--cool
      @joe--cool 10 месяцев назад

      @@Soul_Tomato True. It's much more fun being a pirate with the Nexerelin and Underworld MODs. If you want to try it, you'd lose another social life though. ;)

  • @petermeredith8698
    @petermeredith8698 7 месяцев назад

    "As always the numbers must go up" prophetic words

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  7 месяцев назад

      A carry over from my OSRS days

  • @Aaron-sb6kx
    @Aaron-sb6kx 5 месяцев назад

    Man this needs to release on steam, it would bring so many new eyes to the game and finally get Alex the payday he deserves after working on this game for years

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  5 месяцев назад

      I do agree Alex deserves the pay day

  • @Haldaemon
    @Haldaemon 10 месяцев назад

    Those organs don’t say farmed. They say harvested 😉

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      Oh right. My apologies. Ethically sourced of course.

  • @ezra3028
    @ezra3028 7 месяцев назад

    Starsector:
    Spend the late game raiding all the factions as payback for what they did to your colonies! Grab the phantoms, have your marines pry their nanoforges off their corpses, and take their DRM blueprints for yourself!!

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  7 месяцев назад +1

      @@ezra3028 exactly 😎

  • @INtelshow
    @INtelshow 7 месяцев назад

    Welp, you might have just restarted my descent into madness with starsector again. Have you given battle brothers a try yet, its another cool combat, exploring the world, and never seeing your friends kinda game.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  7 месяцев назад

      I’ve never tried it but I know of it

  • @luke4010
    @luke4010 10 месяцев назад +1

    Makes me happy to see this game get some love and views

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +1

      It deserves all its flowers

  • @ptolemaicfoxxo3032
    @ptolemaicfoxxo3032 11 месяцев назад +1

    I have been playing starsector and this is now what, my 6th run? AND IM STILL FINDING OUT NEW SHIT ABOUT THE GAME its unreal
    It took me all that time to now realize.. if you double tap your frigates during a pursuit battle you can deploy them to the sides
    And then the secret encounters and missions that you just have to sorta find by yourself and theres no indication that they exist or how to get to them, have fun knowing your not 100%ing the game :)

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад

      It’s truly incredible

  • @ForgedEggs
    @ForgedEggs 10 месяцев назад

    Starsector will be the best 15 bucks you ever spend on a game.
    I got it for free at first, but then I spent the money on it because it's honestly worth it.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      Exact same scenario and agreed

  • @Self-replicating_whatnot
    @Self-replicating_whatnot 10 месяцев назад

    I know the feeling. This week i lose about an hour of sleep every night because of this game - "just one last thing to do before i go to bed" uh-huh.
    It was even worse last weekend when i set up the alpha core farm and couldn't get myself to save and exit until ~2AM because i was having too much fun blowing up wave after wave after wave of drone ships and raking in all that sweet loot.
    P.S. You can in fact get a comission from Luddic Path or Pirates. But without mods there is literally no reason to do so except to make everyone hate you for some kind of twisted challenge.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +1

      I really enjoy using the knights of Ludd mod and flying around delivering holy fire. Also I don’t think you can join them without mods but I could be wrong.

    • @Self-replicating_whatnot
      @Self-replicating_whatnot 10 месяцев назад

      @@Soul_TomatoI have just tested things and it seems you're right - it is indeed impossible to sign up with pirates or pathers without a nexerelin mod.
      Knights of Ludd is my jam, even if reputation gain is still very buggy. Lunaria class battleship set up for infinite dakka as my flagship, at the head of a bunch of Larkspurs, Tamarisks and Eagle XIV in "your shields are forfiet" configuration.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +1

      I love that one that has the (I think) redemption launch propulsion as it’s special. Shaped like a bubble letter d. Can’t remember the name. Absolutely owns tho. I have two in my fleet called the left and right Hand of Ludd. I just crash into enemies and unleash a missle barrage

    • @Self-replicating_whatnot
      @Self-replicating_whatnot 10 месяцев назад

      @@Soul_TomatoThat'd be Alysse, the other KoL battleship.

  • @TTHJJD100
    @TTHJJD100 11 месяцев назад +1

    Find omens, buy omens, put reaper and whatever energy on omens, Fill omens with officers, Wolfpack tactics. Enjoy

  • @fictitiousnightmares
    @fictitiousnightmares 10 месяцев назад

    Bought this a long time ago and should play it again soon. At the moment I'm trying to get back into Avorion, but while it was one of my favorite games, I am having issues getting hooked again. Sad when that happens.

  • @bonesnaps
    @bonesnaps 9 месяцев назад

    Forgot about this game til someone mentioned it on reddit. Great video, just bought the game and installed a ton of mods lol. Hyped to try it out!

  • @technoir2584
    @technoir2584 10 месяцев назад

    This is kind of what Ark Survival Evolved did to me way back when it first come out. I even quit a job to defend the server when I got a discord text from a tribe mate letting me know our server was being raided by a rival tribe from another server. The fight for the server went on day and night for over a week. I was putting in 18-20 hours a day. Finally, on the 9th day of the war we emerged victorious. .... And jobless and my wife was mad as hell.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      That’s literally insane levels of dedication. Are you still married?

    • @technoir2584
      @technoir2584 10 месяцев назад

      @@Soul_Tomato Yes. Same woman too. I don't know if you played Ark back then, but it was stress. You never knew if you were going to log on and find thousands of hours destroyed. I stay away from those types of games now lol. I just play EFT and Overwatch.

  • @cholasimmons
    @cholasimmons 7 месяцев назад

    I recently participated in a game jam and i was trying to make a game i would love to play that i didn't think existed, just found this today and i must say this is what i was going for!!!
    Are you able to fly the ships manually or it's entirely point and click?

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  7 месяцев назад

      Ships are all controlled with WASD and the mouse! But you can also just let the game autopilot it if you prefer to just give them general commands

  • @dreamer5234
    @dreamer5234 11 месяцев назад

    You don't want to give your key, but Sseth had no problem doing that in his review (*wink wink* others who are watching). I also bought the game, its great.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +1

      That’s perhaps what I was alluding to haha

  • @ashkumar4730
    @ashkumar4730 10 месяцев назад +1

    Really entertaining chill review. Subscribed.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      Thank you. I'd like to do more stuff like this on the channel going forward. Any suggestions?

  • @KingAnubis501
    @KingAnubis501 11 месяцев назад +3

    Oh god star sector I feel I like many got introduced to this by Szethzeench, only game I played for weeks. Incredible writing and love a post-apocalyptic sci-fi story

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +3

      Hey hey people

    • @RicWalker
      @RicWalker 11 месяцев назад +1

      for me it was SplaterCatGaming a few years ago. took me a while to not get constantly frustrated. The learning curve was high. but than it become a lot of fun, for the most part. Looking at you colony crises....

    • @KingAnubis501
      @KingAnubis501 11 месяцев назад

      @@RicWalker SplatterCat has been an incredible source for some really good kinda obscure games, I think I first started watching him when he made the video on Reus.

    • @chillyavian7718
      @chillyavian7718 11 месяцев назад

      Godbless that free key in the vid

    • @MrPerson61
      @MrPerson61 10 месяцев назад +1

      I still use his code at the end of his video. If/when it comes to steam, I'm going to buy it for me and a bunch of friends to compensate.

  • @varanzmaj
    @varanzmaj 10 месяцев назад

    Damn......I remember hearing about this game like 10 years ago, but I always thought that it was kind of jank and shallow, but you've really sold me on this. I'm getting this.

  • @darkranger116
    @darkranger116 10 месяцев назад

    ah, humanity being rendered into a dark age of techno-feudalism because of Corporate Copyright claims.
    i sure do love playing video games to be reminded of real life, lol

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +1

      Hahaha it’s ever present

  • @TK-nn8jd
    @TK-nn8jd 10 месяцев назад

    It's always nice to see Starsector getting some attention.
    Also, it's still just $15, that is lot a LOT of value considering how much time you'll likely spend playing it.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад +1

      It’s beyond worth the price

  • @eduardoborges506
    @eduardoborges506 4 месяца назад

    The lore of starsector has a lot of similarities to the x4 story

  • @screamingseal4805
    @screamingseal4805 11 месяцев назад +3

    Starsector my beloved I love this game.sadly I haven’t gotten to get the nexelin mod to work for it so haven’t played in awhile 😢

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад

      Come back. Hyperspace misses you

    • @screamingseal4805
      @screamingseal4805 11 месяцев назад

      @@Soul_Tomato I’m not that interested in the game without the 4k elements sadly

    • @heavy0244
      @heavy0244 11 месяцев назад

      The new update is working fine with Nex these days, I've just finished a game putting the entire sector under the heel of the League. Normally wouldn't side with them but 5% tax for unlimited AI usage thru the entire sector is pretty fair. No issues on the Nex side incorporating additional factions either, have fun on the next trip.@@screamingseal4805

    • @Anonnonner9546
      @Anonnonner9546 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@screamingseal4805play stellaris instead.

  • @TomKrysiak
    @TomKrysiak 10 месяцев назад

    Heard of it Today, bought it the same day - insane that I did not know about its existence until now!

  • @roger_something
    @roger_something 10 месяцев назад +1

    this is one of my top 5 games of all time.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      An excellent choice. What are the other 5?

    • @roger_something
      @roger_something 10 месяцев назад

      -Total Warhammer 2
      -Stellaris
      -Kenshi
      -Mount and Blade Bannerlord/Warband
      Those are some of my favorite games I still play to this day. I dont game as much as I use to back in the day so I found a couple of titles I really enjoy and could play forever. In the case of Kenshi and Starsector, I like that its made by a small group, but yet they deliver games that dont treat the customer like an ATM. Starsector isnt even finished and yet has been delivering me and many others with hundreds if not thousands of hours of gameplay. Another thing with these 5 games is that they have an amazing modding community that adds even more hours of replay-ability@@Soul_Tomato

    • @CorruptDemocratsJ6
      @CorruptDemocratsJ6 10 месяцев назад

      @@roger_something What's wrong with Total Warhammer 3? Kind of a weird take to go with 2 and not 3.

  • @harvbegal6868
    @harvbegal6868 10 месяцев назад

    I keep losing my key and buying another one. I think I've bought the game like 4 times now, even though a simple email will get them to send you what your key is.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      For the sector it’s worth it

  • @FunkThompson
    @FunkThompson 11 месяцев назад

    "Social life?" You mean... like things were before 2020? Unpossible.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад +1

      I’ve held on to mine for dear life

  • @AlbanAwan
    @AlbanAwan 10 месяцев назад

    ...I must buy...
    Opens wallet, buys game.

  • @jackson230
    @jackson230 8 месяцев назад

    The day before it hits 1.0/there's a price increase, I'm buying everyone who likes games a copy. I'm also buying myself a copy all over again.

  • @Doctoriuseful
    @Doctoriuseful 10 месяцев назад +1

    Never heard but looks good.

  • @Pikilloification
    @Pikilloification 10 месяцев назад

    Bought this one in 2014, thanks for reminding me of its existence. I'll install iy again.

  • @TonicsTallTales
    @TonicsTallTales 11 месяцев назад +1

    Solid vid. Loved the overall pacing, concise explanations, and sense of humor!

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  11 месяцев назад

      Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it

  • @robdead4550
    @robdead4550 11 месяцев назад +1

    Welcome to the party my man.

  • @JackShepardPlays
    @JackShepardPlays 10 месяцев назад

    This game looks great and i really enjoyed your review. I am getting this game right now! I have share your video on my socials, hoping that more people pick it up and support the devs.

    • @Soul_Tomato
      @Soul_Tomato  10 месяцев назад

      Hey that’s kind of you, thank you!

  • @uberhelmsman
    @uberhelmsman 6 месяцев назад

    well for easier battles you can hold shift and the ship will turn to your mouse

  • @psilocinesthesia
    @psilocinesthesia 6 месяцев назад

    Such an amazing game. I've been playing it off-and-on for over a decade and it still manages to stay on my mind.