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Is anyone else on the forums playing the freeware space action/RPG Transcendence? I'm hoping there are at least a few, because it's one of the most interesting games I've played and the community for the game on it's official and unofficial forums seems to be rather young and uneducated, yet I'd like to discuss it.
For those who haven't heard of it, Transcendence is best described as a cross between a Rogue-like RPG and Subspace. The graphics are clean and simple, 2-D with a top-down view. It's strictly single-player. You start out by picking one of three types of spaceship, and after that you explore about 30 solar systems, most randomly generated, as you hunt various forms of pirates and enemies (only one alien in the whole game, though), run missions for black markets, military bases, and other groups, and steadily upgrade your spaceship over time.
It's a lot like Rogue-likes due to the huge variety of equipment that can be generated. I've been playing the game obsessively for a few weeks and I'm still finding things I have never seen before, and learning things about the game mechanics that are not immediately obvious (for instance, the various trade goods many seem to be indistinguishable aside from their weight/value ratio and availability, but certain groups will pay more or grant certain valuable favors for certain types of trade goods).
So, has anyone else played it? Have any favorite weapons (my current loadout is an Akari 600 turret, Fusionfire Howitzer, and Red Streikas), or know of any interesting SF references that may have been overlooked?
For those who haven't heard of it, Transcendence is best described as a cross between a Rogue-like RPG and Subspace. The graphics are clean and simple, 2-D with a top-down view. It's strictly single-player. You start out by picking one of three types of spaceship, and after that you explore about 30 solar systems, most randomly generated, as you hunt various forms of pirates and enemies (only one alien in the whole game, though), run missions for black markets, military bases, and other groups, and steadily upgrade your spaceship over time.
It's a lot like Rogue-likes due to the huge variety of equipment that can be generated. I've been playing the game obsessively for a few weeks and I'm still finding things I have never seen before, and learning things about the game mechanics that are not immediately obvious (for instance, the various trade goods many seem to be indistinguishable aside from their weight/value ratio and availability, but certain groups will pay more or grant certain valuable favors for certain types of trade goods).
So, has anyone else played it? Have any favorite weapons (my current loadout is an Akari 600 turret, Fusionfire Howitzer, and Red Streikas), or know of any interesting SF references that may have been overlooked?
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