Starpoint Gemini
Starpoint Gemini is a real-time simulation/role-playing game for PC developed by Little Green Men Games, published by Iceberg Interactive and released December 15, 2010. It received 4 sequels: Starpoint Gemini 2, Starpoint Gemini Warlords and Starpoint Gemini 3.
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| Developer(s) | Little Green Men Games |
| Publisher(s) | Iceberg Interactive |
| Engine | IC Whale Engine |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows |
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| Genre(s) | Real-time strategy, role-playing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay and Plot
The game is set in a science-fiction universe where various thriving technological directions exist side by side.
Players travel across the Gemini star system, fight other ships, trade, mine, research, buy and upgrade ships, increase experience and rank to learn more powerful maneuvers, and ultimately use all that in large-scale engagements against other fleets and battle stations.[1]
The player navigates to a large and powerful spaceship. Every vessel in the game can be controlled and upgraded with over 300 ship systems ranging from Shield emitters and Grappling beams to Plasma cannons and Shockwave generators. In addition, the player can create their "captain avatar" at the beginning of the game with some starting maneuvers, which they then later upgrade during the game. They can also add new maneuvers by spending points gained with experience levels.
Starpoint Gemini features a combination of tactical combat and extensive role-playing features that support a wide variety of overall strategies. The player is able to undertake any of the game’s possible career paths, such as trade, repair, piracy, research, salvaging, or mining. Starpoint Gemini offers thirty-eight skills and eighteen perks earned through experience (and officers the player can hire for additional skills), along with twenty-one special abilities spread across fifty ships. The game has a large amount of variety. Missions are also varied, providing the player's primary source of income.[2]
Starpoint Gemini offers the main storyline of thirty missions. The entire Gemini star system is a living universe where commerce, mining, talking, and fighting happen all around the player. It is up to the player to survey the Gemini world and choose their career. The main character in the game is a large starship, which the player may customize and adjust. The captain can be a specialist in a technical or war-related field, and he gains levels and perks over time. Once that is done, the player can travel around Gemini sectors in search of wealth (trading, mining), glory (fighting, taking up freelance missions), or to investigate anomalies. The player has many tactics: frontal assault, cloaking approach, sub-targeting enemy ship's subsystems, boarding the enemy vessel, and many more.[3]
History
On December 15, 2010, Starpoint Gemini was initially released.
On February 16, 2012, Starpoint Gemini was released on Steam.
On January 13, 2020, an update was released restoring Windows 10 support and adding Steam Cloud functionality.
Sequel
Starpoint Gemini 2 is the sequel to the original PC game and was released on September 26 of 2014. Most of the gameplay elements are unchanged, but the sequel is more advanced technologically. Movement is in a full 3D universe, combat controls are more direct and action based, while the most significant changes are visible in graphics features aimed at keeping the game up to date.[4]