Star Renegades

 Switch
Metascore
67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. TheSixthAxis
    Jan 7, 2021
    70
    Star Renegades doesn’t countenance mistakes, while demanding an inordinate amount of commitment from its players due to its mechanically dense system. This can be a challenging game to get into, from learning about its intricate turn-based combat, to making sense of the walls of text, numbers and symbols it throws at you. Those patient enough to familiarise themselves with what this roguelike has to offer, however, may find this to be a tactically satisfying experience.
  2. Switch Player
    Dec 14, 2020
    70
    Star Renegades takes inspirations from different sources to create an extremely engaging turn-based RPG, encapsulated with a beautiful pixel-art style. Unfortunately, constant performance issues take away some of its shine.
  3. The Indie Game Website
    Nov 19, 2020
    70
    Star Renegades is a decent effort from Massive Damage Inc overall. Presenting a highly layered combat system with an interesting premise, there’s a good strategy RPG game at the core, but it struggles to ever thrill you. Though there is considerable overlap between playthroughs, it offers a good degree of replayability thanks to the roguelite mechanics. If you’ve been looking for a different kind of strategy game, this might be the one to fill that niche.
  5. NintendoWorldReport
    Nov 19, 2020
    50
    If you have access to the Xbox or PC version of Star Renegades, it’s absolutely worth picking up. Switch players should avoid this version for now, however. Fortunately, the developers have indicated long-term support for the game, so keep an eye out for updates in the meantime. You’ll definitely want to live, die, repeat, but ideally in the game, rather than playing crash, reboot, reload with your Switch console.

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User Score
5.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 3 out of 8
  1. Tweaker
    Nov 21, 2020
    2
    Normally i would give a 75 but the switch version is not polished enough to do so. Handheld/Switch mode was obviously never tested. Look likeNormally i would give a 75 but the switch version is not polished enough to do so. Handheld/Switch mode was obviously never tested. Look like the 1080p resolution gets downsampled to Switch Screen resolution 720p which is total crap. Cant read s**t in handheld mode. Performance issues as soon as comic styled videos are running... lot to do here at the switch version.. not worth those 25 bucks atm… Full Review »
  2. Penguinatorz
    Dec 2, 2020
    8
    EDIT 12/2/20: There was a new patch that was released recently. A lot of the issues were fixed; however, at times there are still crashes andEDIT 12/2/20: There was a new patch that was released recently. A lot of the issues were fixed; however, at times there are still crashes and text may be hard to see as well as enemy health bars being difficult to read. There are small fps drops here and there but not exactly major. The game is a very stunning game and its fun to boot. I would say if you like a turn base rouge-lite then I say give this game a try. The devs also seems to want to continue on supporting the game.

    Original Score 2: I would like to raise the score higher as it is a good game; however, there are many problems in this game ranging from constant slowdowns, to text being too small to be legible in handheld mode, the health bars are too similar in color to the background making it hard to see the enemies health, and lastly the constant crashes. Throughout my 3 hours of gameplay I had two crashes in the beginning. One in the middle of the tutorial and one right after the end of the tutorial. Now the game was fun it was smooth sailing up until I reached planet 3 and fought a mini boss. Now this is where it dips. Round 1 right after choosing my attacks the game crashes. It is a crash that soft locks my game. I go back and try again... it crashes. Try on dock mode? Still crashes. I cannot progress at all in this game I am locked behind this battle unable to leave just to see the same 3 seconds of action along with a popup box telling me the game closed. I would stay away until a patch fixes the problems this game has.    … Full Review »
  3. Happysock
    Nov 22, 2020
    0
    I have spent about 12 - 15 hours with the game and it is gorgeous, a brilliant turnbased rpg that requires you to think out your actionsI have spent about 12 - 15 hours with the game and it is gorgeous, a brilliant turnbased rpg that requires you to think out your actions carefully in order to come through encounters without taking damage. Unfortunately its incredibly buggy to the point it is unplayable. Constant soft and hard crashes and numerous frame rate drops, I've had 2 runs where it crashes at the end of actioning a turn and once you close and reopen the game it restarts you after the actions so you are stuck in a constant state of it crashing.
    Best to avoid getting on the switch if possible and get on a different platform, brilliant game when you are able to play it though.    … Full Review »
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