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There’s easily 20 or so hours’ worth of gameplay in the campaign alone, and if you aren’t a fan of free play in these style of games, the campaign will keep you busy. There’s a fair bit packed into it too, and it gives you the option of jumping to any previously completed stage if you want to go for the completionist playthrough and get the challenge achievements for each stage. Each campaign stage will take you between 15 to 45 minutes on average. The campaign does a good job of introducing new concepts with each stage. On higher difficulties it amplifies this feeling of running out of time and keeps you in a somewhat tense situation in later stages of the game. More aliens arrived, I needed more staff, needed to build more things. I found the more I expanded my areas, the more and more panicked I became. It offers you three difficulties of play, and even on the lowest difficulty the game will offer a certain level of challenge you might not expect. It makes what can be a somewhat slow-paced game easy to invest the required time into it. The narration is mocking, the cutscenes are humorous and the overall style of the game is just a joy. It breaks up the somewhat tedious at times gameplay to keep you invested and investing your time into the game. It is always within reason and it’s not overused. There is a lot of comedy in the game, but it never overstays its welcome. It tickled that part of the brain that it needed to, and the relation to GlaDOS goes miles in making it feel homely. The best of these definitely being ‘GlaWIN’ which is a GlaDOS style of voice.

The developers have hit gold here, in that they give you a few different voice options for the A.I. It’s a sarcastic, blunt and rude, and hilarious voice. The best thing about the game, is the A.I that narrates the game for you, and explains what’s happening at any point in the game.

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It would help keep it feeling fresh and not stagnant when you’ve been on one stage for forty plus minutes. Personally, I think a rotating soundtrack would help in overview segments, especially in a longer play session. The sound design in general is pretty good, and you end up becoming aware of what the different sounds mean in relation to what is happening in the game pretty quickly. I found myself getting a little bit tired of the same “space” music after playing for a while, but with the quick swapping between decks and floating over rooms it gets broken up somewhat nicely. There’s about 20 different songs, and they are all pretty unique.

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Spacebase Startopia is ready for pre-order right now via the Nintendo eShop, with the full game launching on September 24th.The soundtrack is also quite nice. Hone your skills as the Commander of Spacebase Startopia in the many challenges of the single-player campaign or play your way in the customizable sandbox mode.The dynamic narrator AI ‘VAL’ reacts to your decisions and is always at your side in both word and deed – alongside offering the occasional extremely unqualified comment.Sabotage your opponents’ economy or attack them with your mech units, conduct trade and beware of space pirates eager to board Prevail against AI competitors, for you are not alone on the station.Each of the three decks will require your leadership skills - the Sub Deck containing all of the rooms vital to survival, while the Fun Deck focuses on your visitors, and the flora and fauna found on the Bio Deck provides sufficient resources for survival as well as a home for the graceful Dryads.The 10-mission, fully dubbed single-player campaign will require all your skills as Commander of the Spacebase Startopia as you strive to create one of the most attractive trade and tourism destinations in the known universe.

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