Gameaspect.com interviews Cubical Drift about their upcoming Voxel based space RPG -- Planets3.
Right of the bat I (Robin Ek, The Gaming Ground) would like to point out that even though I´m not a huge fan "Minecraft" (it´s not my kind of game really). I still found a lot of gameplay value and joy in Cubical Drift´s open world block-based sci-fi RPG "Stellar Overload". And this is the reason why.
Today Cubical Drift are excited to reveal that Planets³ is now called Stellar Overload! Stellar Overload's adventures take place in a universe that consists entirely of 25cm³ blocks. The blocks can be combined in a variety of ways to build beautiful objects, elegant structures and landscape elements of all shapes and sizes.
New name seems a little generic. Planets³ had a nicer ring to it
Really looking forward to this game though, it seems interesting enough
I have to agree that Planets³ sounded really good when you said it, then again. "Stellar Overload" sounds pretty massive (kind of like Dooms "BFG2000"). Yep, I will try the alpha during the weekend actually ;)
I have been playing the alpha demo for a couple of hours now, it´s freaking awesome!
Ah, Planets³. I still remember that game. Funny, I always wondered whatever happened to that game. Now I know =)
Gary Stott writes: "Recent work on the game has been focused on its crafting system, as well as introducing a host of new materials, weapons, tools, and an enemy known as the 'Arluloids' (don't get me started). That UI is looking pretty nifty, too."
Good luck to them. I like the direction they are taking with Planets Cubed, but I don't know if it does enough to shake of the Minecraft-wannabe tag.
Maybe the Minecraft inspiration will actually be a detriment, as the game seems radically different from Vanilla Minecraft, but the first impression is that it's yet another clone / evolution.