Starship Troopers Extermination Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · Published October 28, 2024 · Updated October 25, 2024

Starship Troopers Extermination Review, Starship Troopers: Extermination is a pulse-pounding co-op first-person shooter. Join the Deep Space Vanguard, an elite Special Forces branch of the Mobile Infantry, in the fight against the Bug menace and claim victory for humanity! Your trusty Morita Assault Rifle, support tools, and fellow Vanguard Troopers are all that will keep you alive while exploring the hostile surface of these ugly planets, these… Bug planets.

Starship Troopers Extermination Review Pros:

Gorgeous graphics.
8.62GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support.
Officially licensed.
Cross-Play support which is optional.
Set your matchmaking region.
Graphics settings – window mode, resolution, resolution scale, fps limit, master quality, anti-aliasing, view distance, shadows, post-processing, textures, effects, motion blur, SSGI, Intel XeSS, and a field of view slider.
Can remap controls for both keyboard and controller buttons.
Three classes – hunter (assault infantry), bastion (heavy infantry), and operator (support infantry).
Loadout for each class covering – primary, secondary, utility, grenade, and two perks slots.
Earn EXP and level up for new unlocks. Each class has its own level and exp rewards.
First-person shooter gameplay.
Optional tutorial that is replayable.
Nails the atmosphere of the film.
The bugs look just as they do in the films.
Boot camp is a repayable tutorial section.
You can build walls, bases, ammo drops, etc on the fly.
The building involves selecting what and where to build then you use your repair tool to actually build it with a progress bar.
Multiple people can help you build to do it faster.
Four total difficulties but only three are available right now.
Full friends list integration with invite-to-party options.
Companies in the game are a fancy way of saying clam support, you join and have a rank within the clan and can chat privately, etc.
Four game types – quick play (join the best game), ARS is capture territories, Arc, and horde mode.
Loading screens are posters and adverts from the film.
Opening fed net newscast that sets up the level perfectly.
Four regions – US West, US Central, US East, and Europe West 2.
You get told the game type and what you need to do on the opening loading screen of a game.
The final part of any mode is getting to the extraction ship within the time limit and holding the ship for others again within the time limit.
16-player Co-op play support.
Solo play tutorials mode is basic missions with you being with Ai teammates, you still earn exp and level up.
Seperate additional building tutorial.
Earn exp and level up to unlock new kits, gear, weapons, etc.
Earn season rewards for playing the game with other players.
Uses friendly fire which is authentic.
Objectives can change or pop after you finish the previous objective.
Player rank is the main account rank and unlocks new modes.
Full base building mechanic.
A lot of the set pieces are tower defense in that you have X amount of time to build up defenses before a massive horde appears.
Feedback from shots.
Thrilling exciting gameplay.
Customize your character by buying or unlocking visors, decals, and armor colors.
Five sets of squads to join.
Getting the unlocks gets very addictive as each reward feels earned but also potentially game-changing.
Optional side objectives can appear for bonus rewards.
Comms are handy but not essential as it does have a full ping system.
You can quite happily just jump in blind and get unlocks and fun from it.
Down but not out of state for X amount of time where you can be revived.
Dying is only permanent at the last stage otherwise you choose where to respawn.
One for the fans of the film.
Your loadout is – primary weapon, secondary weapon, utility slots, grenade slot, and three perk slots.
Day and night missions.
Works really well with the controller.
The explosions and destruction of bugs are very film-realistic.
Excellent powerful soundtrack and special effects.
Handy quick play button to get into the action quickly.
Galactic Front is the online-only version of a campaign, you can see progress made by everyone as you work your way across the planet.
Spectator cam when dead or down but not out.

Starship Troopers Extermination Review Cons:

Any lag makes it really hard to play.
The tutorial is just about basic controls and mechanics and doesn’t prepare you for the gameplay.
Early gunplay is not great and feels loose.
Had several crashes when changing graphic settings.
The first few games are just pure chaos in a confusing way with little help or guidance offered.
A lot of the time it feels like you are just following people.
The menus are not great or responsive at the moment.
You don’t get menu feedback like notifications of new u locks in Loadout slots.
The a big learning curve for everything.
No matter what I do, the game never runs well at all, no benchmark test doesn’t help.
Has a lot more issues when playing with Steam big picture mode.
Doesn’t feature any characters from the film in any capacity.
You don’t have any customisation options just the Loadout.
The building has a slight learning curve.
Daunting menus and it’s not clear where to go or what to do, the modes could do with a description or even a text pop-up.
Aiming down sights on many guns is not great as they take up way too much screen real estate.

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