Starbound, developed by Chucklefish is an indie side-scroller adventure game based in space and multiple planets. Many people state that Starbound is just a Terraria remake, they are mistaken on that matter. This game is still in Early Access beta.

Gameplay: Starbound focuses on survival as a main aspect of the game, you need to find food and eat before starving to death and during the night time it gets cold enough to freeze to death. it also doesn't help that the planets can contain some nasty and deadly monsters. these monsters (I'm sure) are randomly generated as their appearance and attacks can be different, there are also passive/aggressive monsters that won't attack you unless you attack them. building is still an option in this game, as you need to build shelter from the harsh elements the planet contains. the planets are also randomly generated as sometimes dungeons and NPC towns can be discovered

Graphics: no less or more than what I would expect for an indie game, the pixels are there, but who cares, its not a AAA release

Story: there is not much of a story behind Starbound, however, depending on the race you choose your character the backstory may vary. I chose Human as my race, my home planet has been destroyed, I may be the only one who got out alive, until my ship broke down in the middle of space

Multiplayer: I've only played the multiplayer for Starbound once with a friend, the sync seems to be great so far, so there are no missing animations when my friend does something, its also fun to explore planets with friends and uncover some dungeons together

all in all, Starbound is a game with great potential, I can't wait to see what the full release will be like once it's out of Beta. I recommend it

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