Is Star Control 2: The Ur-Quan Masters Worth Playing Today? | Star Control 2 Review | UQM Review

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Published on November 1, 2019 6:00:00 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3klJJ5mBDKU

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Star Control II (1992)

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Review

Duration: 25:01

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This is a review of my favourite game of all time, Star Control 2; now better known as The Ur-Quan Masters. But is this game, made by the people behind the Skylanders series, worth the TIME and the MONEY to add it to your backlog? (Spoilers: It's free!)

Here, I put the nostalgia aside, and tell you the good, the bad, and even the ugly about my favourite game. Any feedback at all is sincerely welcome!

In this "Is It Worth Playing?" series, I review and rate games in 5 categories, to help you decide if you should purchase and play these games.
1. History and Legacy
2. Story, Presentation, Graphics, and Sound
3. Gameplay
4. Worth Your Time?
5. Worth Your Money?

Here's a retrospective that puts up Star Control 2 against modern games that you could play today, taking factors into account such as how "Player Friendly" it is and how much it costs.
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Games covered:
Star Control 2 (MS-DOS, 1992; Released with the prequel on GOG in ~2011 and Steam in 2017)
https://www.gog.com/game/star_control_i_ii

Star Control 2 (3DO, 1994)

Ur-Quan Masters/UQM (PC, 2002)
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

Ur-Quan Masters HD/UQM-HD (PC, 2012)
https://sourceforge.net/projects/urquanmastershd/

Ur-Quan Masters HD Mega-Mod (PC, 2016?), updated in 2019!
http://megamod.serosis.net/Home
(This is the best way to play SC2/UQM today, imo!)
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0:00 Intro
1:12 History and Legacy
2:03 History & Legacy: Star Control (1)
2:44 History & Legacy: Star Control 2
4:16 Story and Presentation
5:14 Presentation: Races of Star Control 2
6:33 Story: Discovering the story as an active participant
7:12 Graphics and Sound
7:44 Sound: Music comparison
8:17 Sound: Music and sound review
9:07 Voices: Ilwrath
9:43 Gameplay: Overview
10:08 Gameplay: Interplanetary/Interstellar Exploration
11:08 Gameplay: Planetary Exploration/Resource gathering
12:28 Gameplay: Communication/Diplomacy
13:47 Gameplay: Ship vs. Ship Combat (Super Melee)
15:07 Gameplay: Charm in combat
16:04 Gameplay: Auto-battle and work-arounds?
16:47 Gameplay: Cons
18:07 Gameplay: The biggest con of the game from a modern perspective
18:49 Gameplay: Workarounds to gameplay cons
19:05 Is Star Control 2 Worth Your Time?
21:16 Is Star Control 2 Worth Your Money?
22:56 Final ratings
24:40 Thanks for watching! Leave us some feedback!
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Channel and related artwork by Safia Tasnim.
Channel music by Chris Klammer.

This video contains music that plays during various version of Star Control 2 and The Ur-Quan Masters by the following artists:
Riku Nuottajärvi, Burke Treischmann, Eric Berge, Tore Aune Fjellstad, Jouni Airaksinen, Espen Gätzschmann, Dan Nicholson, Kevin Palivec, Aaron Grier, and András Barják. Several of these individuals are members of the Precursors Remix Team who remixed all of the original music from Star Control 2.
The Precursors' Remix Team's page:
http://www.medievalfuture.com/precursors/main.php

Images have been sourced from gaming websites, and the logos' copyrights remain with their respective holders.

Star Control 2 was created by Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III, and the copyright belongs to them. "Star Control" is a trademark of Stardock Systems Inc.

Ur-Quan Masters (UQM), Ur-Quan Masters HD Remix, and the UQMHD Mega Mod are fan created works, and the copyrights belong to the respective rights holders.

If you want to support the developers of the original game, their most recent game is the Spyro Reignited Trilogy: Buy that to support them!
If you want to support the owners of the Star Control Trademark who are continuing the Star Control name with a new game, check out Star Control: Origins!
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