Review: Space Crew

What we liked!

• How to play: There is a lot to learn in this game. The ‘how to play’ menu came in so handy. Everything is divided into categories, like ‘Athena station’, ‘in mission’, and ‘ship systems’. Everything you need to know is explained using text and pictures, so if you forget something, you can easily go here and look up what you need to know.
• Customization: I had the most fun with customizing my crew. You can change their appearance and even their name! Of course, there’s also customizable equipment and load-outs. The same goes for your ship, which you can update with weapons and armor of your choice, as well as customize the engines, etc.
• Chaotic: Once you’re on a mission, there are tons of things to do. You have to fight off enemies, so you’ll need to have crew members operating the weapons. But the damage to your ship has to be repaired as well, meaning you’ll have to send someone away from their post since you start with six crew members and a lot more posts on your spaceship. Keep in mind though that some members are better at dealing with, for example repairing a part of the ship, than others are. You’ll figure out quite quickly who does what best, because your characters are captains, engineers, security officers, etc. It’s quite important to keep your little characters alive as well, of course (however, I did not even feel that bad when someone died because I never reached a level of feeling emotionally attached to them). Safe to say things felt chaotic at times because my crew members had to run around so often.

Somewhere between

• Missions: Missions are divided into three categories: low, medium, and high risk ones. Sometimes you’ll have to pick something up, other times you’ll have to clear the space and kill all enemy ships. I honestly didn’t always agree with these, because low risk missions got me killed quite a few times. I got bored pretty quickly because the missions felt repetitive, and even though you can choose different routes (the safe or fast one), I just didn’t enjoy the game for a long time. I do want to add here that this could be just me because this isn’t my type of game, and if you’re a Bomber Crew fan, this might feel totally different for you.

What we disliked

• Combat: Attacking enemies is pretty straightforward in this game. You point your guns at the enemies, and you’ll start shooting at it. However, I often found that my guns were way off or didn’t attack the enemies I wanted to target. When attacking, my ship targeted a different location as well, so my course was off again, without meaning to. It all got me to the point of frustration.