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Stellar Tactics

Platform(s): PC
Genre: RPG/Strategy
Developer: Maverick Games
Release Date: 2016

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'Stellar Tactics' Available On Steam Early Access

by Rainier on Sept. 26, 2016 @ 2:53 p.m. PDT

Stellar Tactics is a Sci-Fi RPG featuring a compelling narrative, deep strategic turn-based combat and rewarding open-world space exploration.

Six years in the making and designed and engineered by industry veteran, Don Wilkins, whose previous credentials include work on Wizardry, Arcanum, Tribes and the Hobbit among others, Stellar Tactics challenges you to assemble your team, equip your ship and explore a vast and dangerous universe.

Stellar Tactics tells the story of a parallel warring species of human beings, genetic mutation, ancient alien civilizations, unprecedented power and hope. You play an elite warrior genetically modified, bred for warfare. You and your team will wake to investigate an occurrence on one of the ships that carry the remnants of your people, suspended in a deep sleep for the long sub-light journey. Your deeds will change the destiny of those you protect, and your actions will reflect in the events that unfold as you reach your destination and you are unleashed into the void.

Stellar Tactics comes with a compelling narrative of finely crafted lore specifically designed to mesh with an open-ended sandbox RPG. Designed to entertain for years to come with episodic content spanning thousands of star systems with story and immersion, the game currently has more than 200,000 solar systems and millions of planets to discover. Spend countless hours exploring, fighting, trading and building a party of seasoned veterans ready for action.

Well, it's finally that time. After lots of testing, late nights, early mornings and over six years of obsessive attention to detail, Stellar Tactics is ready for Early Access. Stellar Tactics is a complicated game with many of the core role playing systems you would expect in a classic RPG. It's more though. It combines traditional space exploration, trading, space ships and progression with deep party based RPG mechanics.

What's next? I expect I'll be fixing bugs for the next few weeks. I'll be fixing things that I missed and issues that different play styles bring to the surface. After that it's all about Alpha. I'll be working hard to finalize space combat, generating content for exploration missions and following the road-map posted on the forums.

I'd like to thank each and everyone one of you for your interest in Stellar Tactics. I know you have many games to choose from. I'm going to work hard to make this game the best it can be.

If you want to help support Stellar Tactics, tell, your friends, family and people you don't even know.

-Don Wilkins

Stellar Tactics is now available on Steam Early Access for $19.99.

Game Features:

  • Fight
    • Fight, disable and board enemy ships
    • Tactical, turn based team combat - take advantage of cover and use your action points wisely to ensure victory
    • Augment your weapons and defenses with modifications, devices and nano-technology
    • Build your own specialists in a classless progression system - choose from hundreds of skill perks to customize your team members
  • Loot
    • Procedural loot system generates thousands of item combinations
    • Five weapon tiers, from basic to epic including armor sets and legendary weapons dropped from hand crafted faction and world bosses
    • Customize your team with upgrades and modifications
    • Personal shields, devices and med-packs will keep you alive when used strategically
  • Trade
    • Choose your ship - fast and light for smuggling or massive and slow for large  loads of cargo - pilot 40 ships, each with a unique upgradeable configuration
    • Establish the most profitable trade routes between systems
    • Craft some of the most powerful gear in the known universe for use or trade
    • Hack stations and place data buoy's for real time trading data
  • Explore
    • Delve into hidden bases, ancient ruins and caves on planets
    • Scout derelict ships, abandoned space stations and anomalies
    • Prospect and mine asteroid fields and planetary resource nodes
    • Gather scanning data that can be sold for profit
    • Pilot your ship across a massive procedurally generated universe in search of fame and fortune

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