Evochron Mercenary
Trading commodities while sneaking past hostile forces, racing the best pilots in the area, mining for diamonds, negotiating for survival, spying for a curious energy company, cleaning dirty solar arrays…
Evochron Mercenary is an indie developed by StarWraith 3D Games LLC, released 17 January 2012 on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Evochron Mercenary is
Evochron Mercenary is an indie game developed by StarWraith 3D Games LLC and released in 2012. It is available on Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Trading commodities while sneaking past hostile forces, racing the best pilots in the area, mining for diamonds, negotiating for survival, spying for a curious energy company, cleaning dirty solar arrays, transporting an impatient passenger... and that's just on a Monday. The life of an independent mercenary is rarely without excitement. At times, you may choose to work under contract, while at others, you may want to take matters into your own hands in a quest to build your reputation and fortune. Your spacecraft awaits. Your adventure begins in the Sapphire solar system. In Evochron, you are free to seek your fortune as an independent mercenary in an adventure directed by your choices…
How it plays
Its themes are action, sandbox and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Evochron Mercenary holds a critic score of 79 out of 100. That places it above 62% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 9 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz AMD/Intel, 1.5 GB RAM and 128 MB DirectX Compatible. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 1GB.
What it launched against
Evochron Mercenary launched on 17 January 2012, within three weeks of Crusader Kings II, Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, The Darkness II and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Crusader Kings II, Age of Empires III: Complete Collection, The Darkness II, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
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