Star Nomad

First the graphics and simple gameplay made me buy it, seeing a casual space roam to play in my short work breaks. Unfortunately this game feels like a direct mobile phone port, with no pc features at all. You don't have keys for missiles, enemies can engage on you while docked, no possibility to set the auto target AI to focus on closest/largest/smallest target, and tons of other bugs/missing features that make the experience not worth the time and money. You will be always focused by pirates, although you are in a little ship and your friendlies fire/fly close to the pirates. That doesnt matter, the entire pirate feet focuses you and only you. This game is a boring mining grind, then, you can tank your hip up like crazy and just afk destroy entire fleets. No middle ground. ALSO REALLY FUNNY! You cannot escape enemy fleets.... they follow you at the same speed until you're dead... real fun... I tried to like it but this in no way a PC game. If it is a port from mobile, it's a prett...

If you're looking for a VERY simple space sandbox, then this is for you. If you were looking for somewhat of a successor to a game like Escape Velocity (like I was, god I love that series), then keep looking. Pros: -The story isn't bad, and the text messages provide good perspective -There's a sort of cutesy anime charm to the game -Music is alright (but may wear on you) -Price is right Cons: -Point and click to go... Cannot use the keyboard to accel/turn/stop/etc. -Skill does not appear to be much of a factor in battles -All of the ships look basic and uninteresting - simple geometry -Everything just seems too simplistic; got boring very quickly I'll probably never play this game again, but I can definitely see where others will enjoy it. I hope you do!

With homages to games such as Starlancer, Freelancer and Darkstar, it feels like such a relief to play a game so simple but really in depth. For a single man unit producing his first game this is amazing and with a Star Nomad 2 on the way and promises of updates for this game, the in forum support from the developer himself and just the polish this game has makes it a fixture in your library. Buy it today!

Repeatitive, game Very poor game balance Trade = huge profit = boring and slow... move slowly on a poor map from point A to B sell stuff, buy stuff at B to C sell stuff, repeat to A... Piracy = minimal profit, it is either slaughter your enemeis or be approached by an enemy force who quickly wears your shield down and boom... then you've got a hard time to recover compared, have fun restarting with basically nothing, and hostile things Missions = very very minimal profit... Head to location, fight a huge squad of enemies... It is either you win yay you get 20k reward for a big time investment, or opps your ship is instantly obliterated... have fun restarting with basically nothing... oh yeah you probably have to spend 6k to restock your missles too... Between restocking weapons and the slow grindy travel time the only way to actually play is to trade, trade, and trade. early pirates are mosquitoes you can simply ignore, later swarm pirates are swarmy Overall 4/10 Grapics 6...

As someone already said in the forum section: WOW! If you like sandboxy space games you should give this little gem a try, why? Simple reason is that it looks nice, it plays nice, it sounds nice and it costs... nice. :) The Dev (yes it's just one person) is extremely active, responsive and with an amazing attitude, and that's something not always easy to find. It clearly is a "love letter" to old space sims as the description states, just do not expect a flight sim, this is not Elite or Privateer, this is Star Nomad, a fun arcade space sandbox.

I only played for 3 hours so far but i think i understand most of the game mechanics, it's a simple yet intuitive gameplay and for its price, trust me it's worth more than what i paid for. A great space opera in the vein of oldschool games!

Cut and Paste from itunes, complete with spelling mistakes, grinding and pointless fetch quests. Otherwise could've been a decent game if the dev team supported the game beyond the itune release though it seems common now that you can throw a quiet and dirt game for abit of cash and move on.

A simple but very fun game.

Just another bad touch-screen game that someone thought would be worthwhile to port to PC. Avoid this game, and wait for a deal on the far superior Space Pirates and Zombies. This is basically Space Rangers with one button. That'll teach me to buy a game with woman plastered all over it, like some kind of browser-based monstrosity. I really think it's some kind of law of gaming: If a product is draped with women (as sex objects, not people) all over, it will be bad. The less clothing the women have, the worse it will be. If the clothing makes no sense (eg boob chainmail) you would get more enjoyment out of your money by burning it. I've been calling it the boobmail law, but whatever. It's my fault for buying this hot mess.

Star Nomad is simple, elegant, and most of all fantastic! If you are from my neck of gaming you can really appreciate this little gem. Remember games like Trade Wars? Well, they do a fantastic job of recreating some of it's former glory! It could use a serious boost! I would love to see it as a real multiplayer style game. Call it Eve Online Light, you get my meaning if you've played it. Trading, piracy, mercenaries, mining - it's all fantastic. And the real beauty? It is all done casually! It doesn't have a massive punishment system which makes it all the better! You can enjoy the game and if you get blown to bits you will not get too frustrated. Well done lads, well done!