Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition

E 10/26: Several of the bugs mentioned in the original review have been fixed and therefore removed from this review. Thanks, Devs! [h1]A space exploration/RPG straight out of the DOS Days, back with a Unity Engine facelift and nineties as hell interface issues.[/h1] Recommended, but patience is required for modern gamers expecting a streamlined interface. I struggled with the interface in the first hour and then played six hours straight. I love it. [h2]Fun, open exploration in an immersive universe...[/h2] In this game, you control only one ship, the Iron Seed, explore solar systems, gather resources, build equipment, find out what happened that got you stuck in space for a millennia, and try not to die gruesomely or run out of fuel in space. The font, the art style, and even the clunkiness of the interface definitely make their age felt. You have six crew members who form your "bridge" crew: Psychometry, Engineering, Science, Security, Astrogation, and Medic. These six groups...

[h2]This is one of the best sci-fi games I've ever played and it was made in 1994! Highly Recommend if you are a fan of retro 90's sci-fi games, difficult space sims, retro games or just into bizarre games that are unique.[/h2] Developer is incredibly hard working, friendly and is always willing to go that extra mile to make sure you have the best possible experience playing his game. It's worthy of purchasing it on just that alone as good developers are rare and deserve your patronage, especially in these dark times. [b]Gameplay wise this game is HARD.[/b] It's a 90's game through and through. [i]There is NO hand holding. NO tutorials. NO autosave.[/i] And numerous other conveniences that today's kids are spoiled with. That doesn't mean it's a bad game. Its just more difficult as were all the games of the 80's and 90's. [h2]Aside from the nuances you'll encounter if you aren't accustomed to 90's gaming this game is incredibly immersive![/h2] The retro pixelated graphics will melt...

Hidden gem from the 90's. A different approach to space exploring and crew management from the golden era of space games. Revived by the developers themselves. If you like Hardcore Sci-Fi give a try.

Ah Ironseed. A hidden gem of the 90's. I played this one 25 years ago. A 1MB file hidden among 600 others on a CD. This remake is quite faithful the the original, though the difficulty has now been notably reduced. I haven't played enough to know if all of the old systems are here, but what I see so far has been quite impressive. If you are tired of all the "newer" games that put graphics over gameplay, give this one a go.

Man, what a pleasant blast from the past. Never would I have imagined this game to be reincarnated by orig. devs. I won't go into details about the game\plot itself, as there is plenty of info\ eviews on the web. Instead, i'd like to focus on the differences and personal experience. 1) First of all - people unfamiliar with the original game, (as well as unfamiliar with 80486 ms-dos or earlier era gaming) may find this game rather cryptic to play. Nevertheless, this remake did a great deal in simplifying many aspects, added hints, etc. 2) Sector travel and planet scanning was way faster in the original game (oh, wait, was it also because of a "too powerful cpu" on my pc back then? can't really tell). It may get really tedious in remake, especially sector travel. Mining planets for resources, on the other hand, became way easier and faster (which some of hardcore-type survivalists may not approve :) ). 3) Some of the original music swapped places between scenes in this remake. Person...

its like the dos version back in 1994! it was revlotary for its time! if you liked playing the dos vserion this verion is even better when you get used to it! while it might have some bugs in this version its still true to its dos version! but a bit more easy compared to it! if you lked the dos vseron then this vseron of iron seed is even better! i give it an 8/10 to 10/10 becuse of good it is! if you buy this game it will help the deveopers to make an even better remake or seqal of this game!

I wanted to say "thank you" to the team who recreated the original while keeping faithful to it. I loved this game back when it was released and I have fond memories of playing it on PC-DOS. Great work!

I finished the old MS-DOS version (with the help of the developer himself!) but have not yet finished the remake. Even so, the remake has fixed many issues from the DOS version. This game is about playing as a crew of 6 people who have uploaded their minds into a space ship they call the Ironseed. They no longer have flesh, so you must help build up their stats and sanity. You explore space, scan planets, gather resources, upgrade your ship to survive threats, meet new aliens, and witness the rise of a galactic threat that you must thwart. It can be thought of as Starflight or Star Control 2, but focused more on transhumanism and hard science. Admittedly, the game's combat and resource gathering are nowhere near the level of Star Control 2, but to make up for it, the atmosphere and lore are rather unique, being influenced by a lot of concepts that were brand-new back in the 1990's. The kickass soundtrack by Andrew Sega (Necros) also helps.

allow yourself to get sucked into this game and forget everything else for a while :)

Please do the same for Project: Nomad!