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Spacebase Startopia does exactly what it needs to

March 26, 2021RockPaperShotgun

Nostalgia is a dangerous beast, as I’m sure you all know already. Like a lot of people, I have almost pathologically fond memories of the original Startopia, a management sim about running a donut-shaped space station (so in this case, the nostalgia beast is some kind of tentacled monster that lives in a space bin and eats robots). Any reboot, sequel or remake of Startopia has a lot of built-in good will, but also a lot of rose-tinted expectations to meet. Spacebase Startopia is not technically a sequel to – or indeed a remaster or remake of – the Startopia…

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Evil Genius 2 and Spacebase Startopia devs on the daunting task of reviving classic management sims

March 26, 2021RockPaperShotgun

Over the next few days, both Spacebase Startopia and Evil Genius 2: World Domination arrive. The first is a spiritual successor to Startopia, the 2001 management sim about looking after space stations for alien travellers. The second is a sequel to 2004’s Evil Genius, another management sim where you get to play a Bond-esque villain taking over the world. It’s a brilliant coincidence these games have bagged themselves release dates within a week of each other, and speaks to the resurgence of management games over the last couple of years. To find out a little more about this trend, I…

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The daunting task of reviving classic management sims

March 26, 2021RockPaperShotgun

Over the next few days, both Spacebase Startopia and Evil Genius 2: World Domination arrive. The first is a spiritual successor to Startopia, the 2001 management sim about looking after space stations for alien travellers. The second is a sequel to 2004’s Evil Genius, another management sim where you get to play a Bond-esque villain taking over the world. It’s a brilliant coincidence these games have bagged themselves release dates within a week of each other, and speaks to the resurgence of management games over the last couple of years. To find out a little more about this trend, I…

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