StarLancer
Starlancer is a space-based science fiction flight simulator computer game, created by Erin Roberts, Chris Roberts, and Warthog PLC under the auspices of Digital Anvil. It is the year 2160. Mankind has…
StarLancer is a simulator developed by Digital Anvil, released 31 March 2000 on Dreamcast and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What StarLancer is
StarLancer is a simulator game developed by Digital Anvil and released in 2000. It was published by Microsoft Game Studios. It is available on Dreamcast and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on StarLancer Engine.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It is the year 2160. Mankind has colonized the solar system and two political entities have emerged: the Alliance consisting of American, Australian, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, British and German forces, and The Coalition of Russian, Chinese and Middle-Eastern interests. The game begins with a surprise attack on Fort Kennedy, where a peace treaty turns into a bloodbath: all of the inner four planets are overrun, including Terra herself, and the Italian and French fleets are utterly lost. The Alliance fleet regroups at Triton, Neptune's moon, and attempts to regain lost territory. The player takes the role of a rookie pilot in the international 45th Volunteers squadron, under the…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
StarLancer holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 34% of the 2,881 rated simulator games in our database, which average 71. Games released in 2000 averaged 72, so it scored 2 points below the year average.
What it launched against
StarLancer launched on 31 March 2000, within three weeks of Thief II: The Metal Age, MDK2, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death and Mega Man Legends 2. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Thief II: The Metal Age, MDK2, Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death, Mega Man Legends 2.
Cheats and codes
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