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Pull heists as a sentient spaceship in A Long Journey To An Uncertain EndYour ex, I assume, is also a massive spaceship.
Your ex, I assume, is also a massive spaceship.
Don’tcha know it’s illegal for spaceships to have consciousness ‘round here? Set to take off sometime next year,A Long Journey To An Uncertain Endis the galaxy-hopping debut from Crispy Creative, a narrative management space opera that seems to imagine a version of Cowboy Bebop where the eponymous starship had the final say in all the semi-legal shenanigans. And also one where Ein’s a hologram, I guess.
As the ship, you’re legally mandated to make the “vrroooom vroom whooooosh!” noises yourself while playing. Go on, you’ve got plenty of time to practice.
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Watch on YouTube
We do, however, get a look at the wider structure of putting together a job and travelling between worlds. As with games likeVoid Bastards, you’ve got a galaxy map of planets to hop between, constantly looking for ways to top up your dwindling resources, and calling in favours from contacts when the going gets too tough. It also seems like you’re on the run from an abusive ex, which raises a whole avenue of questions about the hows and whats and whys of spacecraft relationships.
I do love the cast on show, though. Crispy have made a point saying they want to be “radically inclusive, not only in the stories told or the characters brought to life, but with the people telling those stories” - and we already see much of that on screen, from pickpockets in battlemech wheelchairs to the former drag queen keeping punters’ eyes away from their wallets. It’s closer to the Lancer games I play with my pals than the cast of the sci-fi shows I watch, and that’s a nice feeling.
A Long Journey To An Uncertain End is set to depart onSteamsometime next year.
