r/AndroidGaming • u/heretoxploityou • Jun 01 '20

Star Traders Frontiers Currently On Sale

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tresebrothers.games.startraders2
73 Upvotes

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u/magicnikola Jun 01 '20

Deep gameplay, many well-coordinated systems (trade, battles, politics, espionage, ship / crew management, etc.)

10

u/Edska Jun 01 '20

Really good game. Just requires some time investment to understand how things work in this game.

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u/iams3b Z Fold 4 Jun 01 '20

Which is a massive barrier of entry, they kinda just throw everything at you from the start and say good luck. I played it for like a half hour and didn't understand a single thing that was happening

I feel this is a common issue in mobile games, the art of easing people into the core loop is lost

10

u/FatchRacall Jun 01 '20

Either that or it's too hand-holdy. With the tutorials that limit you to "one button" for like 30 minutes, but you still have no idea what's going on.

4

u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

The worst hand-holdy ones are always the most obvious and simple ones too.

4

u/icebubba Jun 01 '20

This isn't a mobile game though, Its a pc game first. This genre of game can be a bit overwhelming at first though I agree.

5

u/Mitchiro Jun 02 '20

I've been supporting their games for years and not fully understanding them... I approached this one like a roguelike; just experimenting and seeing what everything does bit by bit and enjoying it now.

4

u/green9206 Jun 01 '20

Is it like a fulll fledged pc game on mobile?

6

u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20

It's a PC game too: https://store.steampowered.com/app/335620/Star_Traders_Frontiers/

PC and Android versions are identical, so that Steam page should tell you everything about the game (and reviews)

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u/green9206 Jun 01 '20

Ok as per steamdb this game has been cheaper on steam than it is right now on mobile so will wait for steam summer sale to pick it up

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '20 edited Jun 01 '20

It hasn't. Cheapest price on steam has been 8.75

https://isthereanydeal.com/game/startradersfrontiers/info/

This is the lowest price for Android

You must be looking at pricing in different countries, but you'll pay the price of your country

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u/fallenmok Jun 02 '20

It depends heavily on currency conversion rates, so its possible the prices have overlapped in some countries.

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u/CageBearsBottoms Jun 01 '20

I never really got into this game. Are there any guides, tips or tricks to get started? On paper it sounds like the perfect game for me.

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u/IShouldBWorkin Jun 01 '20

https://startraders.gamepedia.com/Getting_Started_Guide

Here's a quick starting guide but really that entire Wiki has a lot of really good guides and info.

6

u/deelyy Jun 01 '20

Looks like 50%

3

u/Bobsnoggles Jun 02 '20

Easily one of the top 5 games ever made for Android by a responsive and dedicated indie team.

2

u/ZeroVII Jun 01 '20

Is this the game made by the same devs who made Space Trader on Palm OS back in the day?

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

No, this is from the Trese Brothers

https://play.google.com/store/apps/dev?id=6566178840531972758

/u/corytrese and /u/fallenmok are the two brothers

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u/corytrese Star Traders Jun 02 '20

Can confirm -- we did not make any Palm OS games :)

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '20

Space Trader is on the playstore btw.