Crying Suns

 PC
User Score
7.6

Generally favorable reviews- based on 50 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 50
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 50
  3. Negative: 2 out of 50

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  1. Muyrka
    Mar 17, 2020
    6
    It is a fine game for couple of hours, then it gets boring and repetitive.
    If you like this kind of genre I would recommend FTL or Into the Breach - those are real masterpieces. This one looks like sloppy clone of FTL.
  2. ProfAmateur
    Jan 11, 2021
    7
    What I liked:
    + Story
    + Game makes you feel like a real Captain
    + Mix of funny/serious/tragic Moments

    What I didn't like:
    - Difficulty for Battles, if you are not a very addicted rogue-lite gamer like me
    - The Price compared to the scope of the game

    Altogether a welcome diversion, but i played only a total of 5 hours.
  3. Dirc
    Feb 24, 2022
    7
    In Crying Suns you play as a clone of legendary admiral who has been awakened by a powerful AI because contact with the galactic empire has been cut off for unknown reasons. You then proceed to do an FTL-like run where you encounter events, upgrade your ship's systems, recruit officers, and learn more about the story till you beat the chapter's boss or die, in which case the AI activitatesIn Crying Suns you play as a clone of legendary admiral who has been awakened by a powerful AI because contact with the galactic empire has been cut off for unknown reasons. You then proceed to do an FTL-like run where you encounter events, upgrade your ship's systems, recruit officers, and learn more about the story till you beat the chapter's boss or die, in which case the AI activitates the next clone and you try again. The story is quite good, inspired by Dune and Aasimov's Foundation.

    In some ways this game is excellent, I really like the art, story, atmosphere, lore, living the power fantasy of commanding a battleship and giving orders to your officers, making life and death decisions as you jump from sector to sector.

    The space battles, however, are resolved using a very underwhelming rock/paper/scissors RTS game. Fighter beats drone, drone beats frigate, frigate beats fighter. It feels more like a mobile game than an actual PC game. Thankfully easy mode is truly easy, so one can play through the game for the story without having to redo sectors over and over again.

    As a roguelite, this game lacks quality and polish. Its beautiful pixel art graphics and solid writing will be enough to please many a sci-fi fan out there though. I recommend giving this game a shot when it's on sale, but don't expect to get dozens of hours of fun from this.    … Expand
  4. Salt_addict
    Feb 14, 2022
    7
    Great RogueLite, First full playthrough is enjoyable but very little interest in doing more than that.
  5. RMDsilva
    Jan 19, 2021
    7
    Fun for a couple of hours, interesting enough mechanics but... nothing trumps the scrapper suicide squad (:
  6. CYANBLUE
    Jan 15, 2021
    7
    Unique, but need some change in battles
    it is all same and easy to get boring

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Metascore
75

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 1 out of 11
  1. Strategy Gamer
    Dec 10, 2019
    80
    A challenging, visually vibrant sci-fi rogue-like following in the fine tradition of FTL et al - definitely worth checking out.
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  2. GamingTrend
    Dec 9, 2019
    80
    Crying Suns is a characterful rogue-lite that really sets its sci-fi tone well from the get-go; strong writing and a great soundtrack build the universe while the high stakes nature of every move is engaging and keeps every run as fresh as the last.
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  3. 4P.de
    Nov 26, 2019
    80
    Intense SciFi tactics in the tradition of FTL with a surprisingly good story.
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