Weekend Hot Topic: Your favourite sci-fi video game
Readers discuss their favourite science fiction video games, from Mass Effect to Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
The subject for this week’s Hot Topic was suggested by reader Carter, and covered games from every time period and format, as long as they could be described as science fiction. That includes a large swathe of games, from the dawn of gaming to the latest blockbusters.
Despite that fact, some games did get mentioned more than once, with the upcoming remake of Dead Space making it an obvious choice for many, as well as fellow horror series Resident Evil and various Star Wars games.
Free Control I’d say sci-fi is my favourite setting for all media, not just games. I like it for many reasons, as an allegory on current day issue or commentary on the human condition, showing the potential impact of technology on society or just presenting interesting scientific theory in an entertaining and compelling way. But I think all those ways are plugged in to the core appeal of sci-fi of just looking up and contemplating space and the awe, wonder, and questions it presents. Sci-fi always feels compelling and epic for me.
Hard to pick one favourite sci-fi game but I think I’ll plump for Star Control 2. It has a galactically epic main story in a universe that holds lots of interesting discoveries with lots of really well written, fun, intriguing species to interactive with. It’s more linear than it first appears but worth trying for yourself if you’ve not played it, especially as it’s available for free on PC as a fan made effort called The Ur-Quan Masters. You can find the game here and a HD version here.Simundo
Space fantasy My favourite sci-fi game is Star Wars Supremacy, which was released in the late ‘90s on the PC. It was called
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