PC Gamer Stars! Review
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| - | This is a reprint of the PC Gamer Volume 4, Number 12, December 1997 edition, page 100. | + | This is a reprint of the [https://www.retromags.com/files/file/5669-pc-gamer-issue-043-vol-4-no-12-december-1997/ PC Gamer Volume 4, Number 12, December 1997 edition], page 100. |
Although it works as a single-player game, Stars! really shines in multi-player mode. And the more players, the merrier; Stars! lets as many as 16 gamers go at it via local-area network, the Internet, or even E-mail, and a single game can last weeks. Stars! represents the other end of the spectrum from Spaceward Ho! - this is as complex (and, sometimes, complicated) a game of galactic conquest as you'll find. But fear not: it also has an amazingly rich and detailed tutorial that walks you hands-on through every aspect of the game. If you're a fan of Internet and electronic bulletin-board space strategy games like Tradewars or VGA Planets, then Stars! is right up your alley. | Although it works as a single-player game, Stars! really shines in multi-player mode. And the more players, the merrier; Stars! lets as many as 16 gamers go at it via local-area network, the Internet, or even E-mail, and a single game can last weeks. Stars! represents the other end of the spectrum from Spaceward Ho! - this is as complex (and, sometimes, complicated) a game of galactic conquest as you'll find. But fear not: it also has an amazingly rich and detailed tutorial that walks you hands-on through every aspect of the game. If you're a fan of Internet and electronic bulletin-board space strategy games like Tradewars or VGA Planets, then Stars! is right up your alley. | ||
Current revision as of 02:19, 10 March 2025
This is a reprint of the PC Gamer Volume 4, Number 12, December 1997 edition, page 100.
Although it works as a single-player game, Stars! really shines in multi-player mode. And the more players, the merrier; Stars! lets as many as 16 gamers go at it via local-area network, the Internet, or even E-mail, and a single game can last weeks. Stars! represents the other end of the spectrum from Spaceward Ho! - this is as complex (and, sometimes, complicated) a game of galactic conquest as you'll find. But fear not: it also has an amazingly rich and detailed tutorial that walks you hands-on through every aspect of the game. If you're a fan of Internet and electronic bulletin-board space strategy games like Tradewars or VGA Planets, then Stars! is right up your alley.
