Star Vortex

Solid base. Has the potential to become something much nicer. It's like a 2D version of Everspace 2, but much less content.
- Quite repetitive
- Shop selection underwhelming
- Extremly repetitive sectors. Basically empty with the same ships over and over.
- No exploration so far, nothing but ships to kill
- A bit overpriced for current content
Definitely one to keep an eye on, but if you're into exploration or meanigful progress, I would go for Everspace 2 instead.

Remember Diablo 2 or Sacred?
Of Course you do.
Alltime classics!
What that has to do with a space game like this one, you ask yourself?
Let´s find out.
Welcome to STAR VORTEX!
Well, in the Beginning it is lways the same.
Bad Aliens attacking humans, humans defending and striking back.
That is Nothing new, but also Nothing bad, when it leads to a lot of Gaming Fun.
And oooooh yes it does!
In STAR VORTEX Humans are in War and out of nowwhere a new Enemy attacks.
Your Job is to make a way back to Earth for your Mothership.
At the beginning, you pilot a small spaceship that is destined for something greater.
You need to go through large sectors which are divided into many small ones.
Clean them one after another and make your way through.
Complete also Missions and get big Rewards.
Which way you go is your Choice. Find the Portal for your Mothership to reach the next Big Sector.
Of Course there are Bossfights waiting for you, because just going through the Portal would be a Little bit too easy wouldn´t it?
STAR VORTEX is a 2D Top Down Shooter RPG that Shows how DIABLO 2 or SACRED would look like if you Control a Spaceship instead of Warrior, Gladiator or something.
Enter a Sector, clean it from Enemys, loot it and use your Loot to upgrade your Ship with better Equipment to stand a Chance against harder Enemys.
Also create your own ship and equip it how you like this.
You can also trade and sell in your Fleet.
Play via Mouse and Keyboard or with your Gamingpad. Both work fine.
It is amazing hooooow addicting STAR VORTEX is.
It has this "just one more sector" Feeling and you feel you can´t stop playing.
The Graphics are very nice, a mix of Modern and old School and the Soundtrack and Sound Effects are amazing.
Everything in the Game fits perfectly in.
IMPORTANT!
STAR VORTEX is in Early Access, what means there is more to come.
After 5 Years (!) in the making it finally entered Early Access today.
3 very big Sectors can be entered, but if i read it Right there will be 5 in the End.
This is a Single Developer Project, who made this amazing Pearl in his free Time.
Yes STAR VORTEX is a really addicting Pearl in the Ocean of Games.
Don´t get blinded by my Playtime, i got this Game already last year, a big thanks to the Developer,
and played mostly offline, got around 30 Hours.
09/10 (Because of EA. I´m sure it will get to 10/10 when its complete)
A big thanks to the Dev and thank YOU for reading!
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I got this game after playing star valor and I must say this game has some extreme potential to take steams attention and make it BIG. It just needs lots and lots of content. It has the grounds for an ultra SMOOTH high frame rated game with tons of content. I played this yesterday for the first time and was actually stunned at how it was actually over 200 FPS and everything just felt SOOOOOOOOOO buttery smooth.
Suggestions: More Content. More Gear. More customization. Just MASSIVE amounts of content. You add this to the game with its current engine this game will take the world by storm literally.

I enjoy the combat of this game very much, along with the customization of not only your ship and equipment, but the difficulty of the game and the enemies you face! The ability to turn this game into either a high octane dogfight simulator where the slightest mistake can lead to your demise, or a more relaxed methodical approach utilizing your positioning and terrain to your advantage to divide you foes, or anything in between; is something that I rarely see in a video game.

As a lead playtester and trusted moderator of the game's Discord, it has been a blast to witness this game develop over the years! I am very excited to see how it fares. Buy the game damnit! We could always use more feedback!!!

Currently loveing it so far and planing on playing more, loveing the ship building and the ability to have little drones and stuff, also the controls for twin stick shooter, a little personal of mine kind of wish navigation was also set to the m hotkey would make traveling easier lol, but ya
Edit: so far still enjoying it but i do find balanceing a bit tough, it feels like if enemys are even one level higher you can destroy them still but there mite be one enemy that destroys your shields and hull instantly if they hit you, haveing a hard time going though sector 1 im around level 15 now as of edit *could just be me being bad

A solid foundation with great potential.
I will say that at the time of writing this, it's a little bit thin on content (there is no endgame yet, the story campaign is unfinished, and there will be more items). If this bothers you, I would recommend waiting. It is early access for good reasons, many things are still being fleshed out and polished.

I was hesitant at first due to the other reviews- but I thought I’d share my thoughts.
So far I’m really enjoying the game. If you look at this game like all the other top down 2D/2.5D RPG’s you’ll be disappointed. There’s a reason for it, this game isn’t an RPG.
It is more like Diablo in space than an RPG. There is a bit of a storyline, but the core game loop is do things, get loot, upgrade your stuff, take on harder things and loop it.
Yes, some weapons are very situational and I find it requires flexibility. It is clear there are balancing issues such as bosses with really tough shields (I hate you orchid bosses!) and I find the build I use for most level clears just doesn’t work for them, so I have an alternative setup (eg drone) that takes longer but I don’t die as much.
The missiles are an acquired taste, I kinda wish they autofired- but the key thing is- it’s early access and it’s clearly a labour of love.
I’m keen to see where it goes but the foundation so far is really impressive :)