What has been described as No Man’s Sky meets FTL with a dash of Star Control 2 , The Long Journey Home is a Sci-Fi game that ticks a lot of boxes. If you don’t know what\u00a0The Long Journey Home is, then you have come to the right place.<\/p>\n
Overview<\/strong><\/big><\/p>\n The Long Journey Home is a game about being lost in space\u00a0and trying to establish you and the human race as a big player in the universe, as opposed to the tiny fish you start out as. Players will start off with a crew of four characters and your main mission is to explore the procedurally\u00a0generated universe, making sure all the elder races that make up the region you’re in know just who you are, and what you’re about.<\/p>\n Story<\/strong><\/big><\/p>\n Even though the story in The Long Journey Home is very much what the player makes of it. ‘Sunless Sea’ writer\u00a0Richard Cobbett takes the helm with the game’s major plot points and narrative snippets, describing the surrounding environment\u00a0as soon as your crew lands on a planet to giving the player insight\u00a0into ancient alien history. Some of the story might require some working out, as many of the aliens you meet who can give you info are translated from their respective languages, and as Star Trek taught us, translators aren’t perfect.<\/p>\n Your Ship’s Crew<\/strong><\/big><\/p>\n Players will get the opportunity to build their very own crew right from the very start. You will be able to choose four crew members from a list\u00a0of ten pre-built characters who come with their own skillset, job and starting\u00a0item.<\/p>\n Procedural Generation<\/strong><\/big><\/p>\n The fabric of pace is a mystery to everyone, so making the universe\u00a0procedurally generated in a video game is the perfect way to truly explore the unknown. In The Long Way Home’s procedural generation covers\u00a0planets, climates, aliens and events. In theory this means that the missions you take, planets you explore and aliens you meet will be unique to you and your crew. The alien races will have pre-determined personalities however, which brings us onto…<\/p>\n