- Overall Drox Operative 2 is a fun top down spaceship flyer and shooter with 4x qualities to factions. Its on Steam
- Its easy to judge an indie game, but it played better than I expected
- There is always “jank” to learning a game, but there is certain options and knowledge that drastically effect the fun
- In my opinion the best way to play is:
- When choosing a race, click skill tree on the right side. Compare the races skill tree to see if it fits your preferred build
- For sector settings, choose fast pacing, tiny sector size, 12 races, established sector settlement, line galaxy
- When you level up, note there is a stat level up screen AND a skill level up menu
- There is no skill reset. Meaning higher damage buffs in the skill tree that cost more points for more bonus, will be a larger boost maxed at level 5 late game
- Tweak the sound effects and music, the sound is good and funky but a bit loud
- In UI options to look at whether you want to change controls like WASD movement, mouse only facing and movement, or twin stick shooter style controller
- Try to win your sector quickly, level up, and move on to another sector and set your difficulty based on level around hard
- Don’t stay in a sector too long, focus on leveling up because it opens up new items, tech, options for your ship/build
- Adding new component slots for your ship costs a lot of skill points, and will considerably slowdown your ship speed if your thruster isn’t strong
- Balancing your build early on is important, once you gain more item options and component slots, you can tune your build with flexibility
- The fun, tuning your build, and progression actually gets easier and faster the higher level you get
- If you’re playing with 4x mechanics, make sure you to note the bottom two options (scroll down) for negotiations. There is free info or trade pact
- You can change to a larger more undeveloped galaxy to enjoy 4x mechanics more, that just wasn’t my preferred style, and it costs money
- The level cap is 200, and tons of room to progress or replay a different ship/race/build and style of play
- You can unlock new races as you play, and some have unique skill trees.
- Fun and inexpensive experience if you just want to fly around and blow stuff up
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