DarkStar One (DVD-Rom)

List Price: $39.99 Discount Price: $5.34

Features:

• A vast universe of over 300 solar systems with numerous races, spaceships and battle tactics
• Over 200 different weapons, shields and equipment items
• Tactical weapons such as rockets, torpedoes and mines which fire at approaching missiles
• Upgradeable Darkstar One
• Distinctive weapon types

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

Highly addictive [Posted on 2008-02-05]
I played Freelancer a few years ago and it was the best space game I've ever played. I originally downloaded the demo of DS1 a few months ago and couldn't figure out the controls.

I got the official version and as soon as I figured out how the controls worked, I was hooked.

This is not Freelancer by any means, but it was a lot of fun, and the story line was pretty decent too.

It fell just short [Posted on 2008-04-07]
This game has the potential to be great... All of the necessities are there; A lot of systems, Many different weapons, great control interface, the list goes on. The only problem is, It is so buggy that you rarely get to play for more than an hour and a half before the game crashes and you're back you your last save. Even with the patch it still does it, and that's before and after I have reformatted my computer and updated all of my drivers!

not worth the money [Posted on 2008-04-15]
It is easy and intuitive. There are plenty of pirates to shoot and missions to choose from. jumping to different sectors is good. You don't have to rely on trading to make money.

It feels kinda empty and there not much fun in playing a second time.
Having to tug a your shipments behind you is not fun.

Not worth it [Posted on 2008-04-19]
I got the "$10 and under" bargain bin version. This is supposed to be the fully patched and completely up-to-date version. Even though my PC is well above the minimum and recommended requirements, this game does not work. I went on-line to the game's site, and tried all the fixes suggested in the forums by other owners of the game, none worked. The game still freezes my computer with the Windows 'Blue Screen of Death' requiring me to manually power down my PC. I can't even get more than halfway through the first training mission without the game crashing. I now have an expensive coaster, and another jewel case to use for some other disc that deserves to be protected.

fun when it works - do not buy if you have widescreen monitor [Posted on 2008-05-19]
When Darkstar One works, it is a lot of fun. However, as others have said, it is buggy.

By far the single most annoying bug I've encountered is that every single time I start the game with 1680x1050 (guessing any widescreen resolution), the game crashes immediately with a cryptic error message. The next time I try to start it, it works but *all* options are reset to default (which requires adjusting video options *except* resolution, exiting the game, restarting the game, and then setting the resolution). Of course, if it crashes or if I forget to change the resolution before exiting, I have to go through it again the next time.

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