Star Merc
Star Merc is an open world rpg where player choices heavily affect outcomes and drastically change the storyline. The game is about exploring different planets, learning about the inhabitants and dealing with the different factions that like to think they control the universe.
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February 10, 2017
9 years and 175 days ago
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Mixed74 reviews63.5%
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20 itemsAbout the Game
Star Merc is an open world rpg where player choices heavily affect outcomes.
You assume the role of a manufactured space mercenary who is instructed on basic mission details and sent on his way expected to complete the objectives his creators have set. However, it is the players who decide what orders to follow and who from, the game provides many different choices that heavily affect situations, outcomes and relations within the game. Players also have the freedom of traveling to different planets and locations searching for loot, missions or shady business.
Some of the features include
- The freedom to travel when and where depending on the choices you make
- Many different weapons and items at your disposal
- Unlock special suit abilities as you level up
- Different Alien races to befriend or destroy
- Encounters with hostile and friendly space monsters
- Many different environments, planets and locations
- Important choices that drastically change circumstances and your surroundings
You assume the role of a manufactured space mercenary who is instructed on basic mission details and sent on his way expected to complete the objectives his creators have set. However, it is the players who decide what orders to follow and who from, the game provides many different choices that heavily affect situations, outcomes and relations within the game. Players also have the freedom of traveling to different planets and locations searching for loot, missions or shady business.
Some of the features include
- The freedom to travel when and where depending on the choices you make
- Many different weapons and items at your disposal
- Unlock special suit abilities as you level up
- Different Alien races to befriend or destroy
- Encounters with hostile and friendly space monsters
- Many different environments, planets and locations
- Important choices that drastically change circumstances and your surroundings
