One of Star Wrath’s greatest strengths is the brutality of its systems. The movement, animations and physics of the ships and the effects of collisions are not only spectacular, but also have consequences: every element of the ship, from the armor to the internal modules, can be damaged separately, can even break off during a more unfortunate hit or collision, and this affects the performance of the ship in real time. For example, one of the most common such cases in the early stages of the game is the breaking of one of the drives, which reduces the top speed of our ship to a large extent. A badly suffered injury does not mean only an aesthetic change, but a concrete disadvantage in survival.
The tracks, although they feel smaller than an average extraction shooter due to the speed of the ships, are very imaginative and varied. Fogs and dust clouds that hide everything, disrupt the sensors, and create zones suitable for perfect concealment, giving way to setting traps and ambushes.
One of the most interesting mechanics of the game is that the pilot himself is a valuable cargo for our ship. The development system is linked to these pilots, because the development of the characters, as I mentioned earlier, is DNA-based: from the defeated opponents, we can extract various characteristics, which can be combined to get stronger pilots. This mechanic is perhaps the biggest risk factor of the game, since if our pilot, who has been raised to perfection, is shot, the acquired skills will be lost with him.
The game is currently in the closed beta phase, and there are currently two ways to gain access: by signing up or by purchasing one of the four paid packages. Star Wrath in its current form looks like a promising spaceship game, time will tell if a mechanically very well put together game can stay on the shaky ground of extraction shooters.
