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Brilliant action-RPG sandbox Drox Operative is getting a sequelDrox fall, everyone dies
Drox fall, everyone dies
Here’s some good news. Novel action-RPG purveyors Soldak have announced that they’re releasingDrox Operative 2into Steam Early Access on Wednesday the 27th of May.
Drox Operativewas a spacefaring sibling to fantasy stabfest Din’s Curse, one ofthe best RPGsto this day. Personally, I prefer Drox. You pilot an immensely powerful ship around a random galaxy, changing the course of history for the AI-controlled civilisations that are doing their thing all around you. It’s been a long 7 years since then though, and a sequel would be very welcome.
It’s hard to describe Drox without banging on a bit. It’s a sort of action-RPG sandbox where you roam about fighting, exploring, and/or doing favours for fledgling civilisations as they jostle and expand about the random galaxies. You want to remain influential and profitable, and keep upgrading your ship with the heaps of loot spilling from blown up enemies until whatever side you picked has won over the other factions, or the galaxy becomes irrecoverable through your meddling and/or neglect and you have to flee to another one. It never looks very exciting but its core of upgrading and meddling and constant sense that stuff is happening in the background without you makes for a far more engaging time than I get out of any other looty action-RPG.
Perhaps you’ll be nice, and help everyone fight pirates, and do deliveries, and sell them lots of stuff. Maybe you’ll play both sides of a war, pruning a navy here, smuggling guns to an oppressive state there, to keep everyone under control. Perhaps a faction you overlooked have colonised a dozen planets since you aggravated them a few hours ago, and now they have a fleet determined to put an end to your meddling. Don’t just take my word for it: our former resident RPG/strategy/invisible hand lover Adam Smith (RPS in peace) was even more enthusiastic in hisDrox Operative review, writing: “It’s the advancement of the genre that so many people have given up on searching for”.
Soldak estimate it will be ready in about 9 months, but quite sensibly emphasise that they’re not certain: “Drox Operative 2 is scheduled to be released in the 1st quarter of 2021, however it will be released when it’s done.”
You can keep an eye on it onSteam. In the meantime, the original goes for £15/€20/$20 onSteam, or slightly more onGOG.
