![]() ![]() ![]() As with that game, Spacebase Startopia tasks you with establishing a thriving spaceport serving a wide variety of extra-terrestrial beings, ranging from bug-eyed greys to space yetis. The game is a direct reboot of Startopia, an underappreciated management sim from the mid-2000s. Its thoroughly unpleasant attempts at humour resemble one of the most spectacular comedy misfires I’ve encountered, immediately putting me at odds with what is otherwise a passable, if deeply uninspired, management sim. So it’s quite an achievement that Spacebase Startopia, supposedly a light-hearted game about building a space station, made me feel so utterly miserable about myself. It’s merely the way cursed ancient beings react when some ironclad ant rolls into their crib to shave the dry skin off their feet. Even in games like Dark Souls that mandate the frequent flattening of the player, there’s nothing personal in that hostility. But I’ve never felt actively bullied by one before. I’ve had varying negative reactions to games over the years, ranging from frustration through apathy and disappointment, all the way up to the occasional case of being downright offended.
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