Star Supremacy
Star Supremacy Star Supremacy is a free-to-play browser-based video game. It s in 2D and is not your traditional RTS game as its set out in the far reaches of space. As always in the RTS genre, it s in a player s best interest to build a strong colony so they can conquer your enemies.
Some questions are asked from you before you play the game. Choose if you came here to conquer and rule over a new part of the galaxy or if you came here to explore to rid of you stress and troubles back on earth. Suddenly some aliens attack and you re prompted to choose which path you want to take again. You can retreat so you re strong enough to fight them or take them head on just the way you are. This doesn t do much as you are then transported to another screen full of options. After answering all the questions, you are then given the option to choose the character you want to be. There are only preset options so there s no form of customization as seen in other games. Once you have done that and have chosen the galaxy you d like to visit, the tutorial in Star Supremacy commences.
In Star Supremacy, you are not given a very warm welcome as you are attacked by space pirates! From the moment you start playing, it s obvious that you will be playing the game with no sound effects. Although this is realistic considering sound cannot travel through the vacuums of space. Still, I love to play video games with sound effects as it adds to the atmosphere of the game.
Despite the lack of sound effects in Star Supremacy, as aforementioned space attack your fleet. This is just within the opening seconds of the game. Combat is very enjoyable to witness in this game and you actually get to control your attacks in this game too. It plays like a turn-based RPG game where you can press which attack you want to initiate or which ship should go out and fight on the battlefield.
Not only can you control your attacks, but you can see the action up close and personal too. You can actually see the ships shoot missiles at one another with some nifty looking explosions for you to witness as well. I applaud the animation in Star Supremacy as it is highly entertaining to see the battle play-out in real time as opposed to it being entirely simulated where all you see is a report card.
Star Supremacy may lack sound effects, but there is a cool sounding techno-inspired soundtrack that plays in the background. Once you get past the tutorial, the music will kick in. I have to say, the music is pleasing to the ears and much better than most of the music I ve been hearing on the radio lately.
Star Supremacy is obviously heavily inspired by Blizzard s Starcraft series as the game design looks very similar. This is to be expected since both games are real-time strategy games set in the depths of space. As it always is in RTS style games, you have to build a colony first before you are strong enough to tackle more ships and enemies.
Building your fleet in Star Supremacy isn t as tedious as it is in other RTS games. I also like the fact that the game is a science fiction based in a galaxy far away from our won Milky Way. It s more unique than if the game was based upon the Middle Ages or World War II. Those periods have been covered by many game developers too many times for liking.
Another great thing about the game is that you can customize the ships. You can add which weapons you want to use on the ships. This is better than just building the type of default vehicles that you often see in most other RTS games. There is also as shop available where you can buy other goodies to upgrade the ships such as more firepower and even shields for your ships.
Space Supremacy is one of the more exciting RTS games around. The combat is both exciting to play and watch and I love the way the game has been set in space in lieu of the Middle Ages like in most other games from the RTS genre. Fans of other free-to-play games such as Dark Orbit should definitely check out Star Supremacy. Even fans of Starcraft might be amazed by the amount of fun this game offers too.
