STARNAUT Preview (Steam Early Access)

by Jim Smale · March 6, 2024

STARNAUT Preview, a 3D action game includes the elements of Roguelike. The player will become the STARNAUT, a surviving astronaut, and experience the thrill of beating up endless spawning enemies then launch the Omega Rocket to complete the level. Collect the coins and upgrade the weapons and…

STARNAUT Preview Pros:

Decent graphics.
10.07GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Own in-game achievements.
Full controller support.
Graphics settings – screen mode, resolution, resolution scale slider limit fps, v-sync, graphics preset, benchmark test, view distance, anti-aliasing, post-processing, shadows, global illumination, reflection, texture, effects, foliage, and shading.
Opening tutorial section.
Great soundtrack.
3rd person action roguelike gameplay.
Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
Mouse and keyboard support.
The mouse has a sensitivity slider.
Sniper mode is where you can zoom in and use the reticle to aim.
Your weapon (antenna) auto fires.
Run based gameplay.
Before a run, you choose your weapon.
Little gotcha style balls are around which can be punched open for Rewards.
The shop is a droid that follows you about.
On the screen, you can see your stats.
Excellent looking green screen computer screen interface.
Earn coins from enemies and find them to spend in the shop.
The in-game shop lets you buy upgrades to your attributes such as max HP, healing, attract, and your weapons.
On the main menu you can buy new weapons and gear, and a seperate shop deals with your attributes, you spend gems here and the unlocks and upgrades are permanent.
In-game cutscenes and character interactions.
Hud and damage numbers can be turned on and off.
Play how you want.
Basically, for every run you need to Launch rockets and you have a set amount of time to get to them before your oxygen runs out and you have to pay the fee to fire the rockets off.
Nitro can be stored and used to do really high jumps or speed forward.
You are armed with your weapon, a punch, and a double jump.
Wide open areas.
It feels like a game I would find in a backstreet game shop in Japan and get it out of curiosity but fall in love with its weirdness.
Impressive on screen enemy count.
Jump pads help you get around the world a lot quicker.
Hot springs can be used to replenish health.
A compass at the top helps find the rocket and any points of interest.
In the game moving around runs well.
When you die you can buy a respawn with collected credits or start again.
Enemies can drop health and magnets to pick up all coins.
The game is split into levels and launching all ten rockets clears it and unlocks a new level and world area.
Unlock the ability to play as different characters.
Buy new weapons and have them attached to you allowing over time for you to have a string of weapons all acting independently.
Easy mode can be bought in-store for free.
Excellent-looking presentation of the world and characters.

STARNAUT Preview Cons:

Doesn’t do the best job of describing what’s happening and what the loop is.
Menus can be a bit fiddly and unclear.
Text goes over each other in-game making it hard to read.
Cannot remap controls for either the controller or the mouse and keyboard.
Coins can be worth different amounts but they all look the same.
The base speed of the character is really slow.
For the Hud, it’s all or nothing as you cannot customize what you see.
Had an enemy glitch into me twice where it stayed and did damage to me consistently.
It’s just a game that constantly chucks enemies in front of you.
Feels like the game just repeats the same cycle over and over.
Finding the rocket is easy but getting to it always lands up having to find the right teleporter or jump to get me to the platform.
Level design is not great as it has so many dead ends and up-high platforms.
Steam achievements didn’t unlock and pop until I shut the game down.

STARNAUT:

Official website.

Developer: crim Co., Ltd.

Publisher: crim Co., Ltd.

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Steam Early Access