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There’s the game that inspired them from the early 90s, Star Control 2.

It’s free on Steam as Free Stars: The Ur-Quan Masters, but the best way to play it today is Ur-Quan Masters Mega Mod. So many QoL features!

The game also had some sequels, including Star Control Origins, which is a more modern game, but the story isn’t quite as good.

Star Control 3 exists, but sucks.

And then there’s the series from the 80s that inspired this one, Starflight. That one was too dated for me to get into, though.

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Klanky@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
The original creators are working on a sequel! ‘Children of Infinity’

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- otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I forgot to mention that part – yeah, the series is still alive, and fans have been waiting for that sequel from the original creators for what, 30 years now?
  
  A game that meaningful should always be given a look, even if it can feel a bit “dated” in some ways.
  
  Thanks for bringing that up!
  
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winety@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I often see Star Control 2 mentioned as an inspiration for Mass Effect. How does Star Control compare to Mass Effect? Is there a set story or is it more of an emergent narrative?

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- otp@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  There’s a set story, but it’s discovered. The world is wide open, and the player can go anywhere right at the start of the game. There’s minimal railroading at any point.
  
  Unless I misunderstood what you meant by emergent narrative. The progression through the game requires the player to learn what to do by interacting with aliens and also exploring a bit. There is an in-game hint system (an alien dialogue tree with prices), but there are often multiple solutions to each “problem”. The player can even get through the game being good or evil – whatever they choose!
  
  The game plays very differently than ME, but you’ll probably find the dialogue trees very familiar. And I think SC2 actually does them better than ME.
  
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- daddy32@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  IMO KotOR was an inspiration for Mass Effect - it may be worth a look.
  
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