Commandez une petite flotte de 3 à 5 vaisseaux à travers un secteur galactique pour traquer une race ennemie. Affrontez des races rivales, leurs rebelles, des pirates spatiaux et des avant-postes en explorant anomalies, champs d'astéroïdes, comètes, nébuleuses, soleils et trous de ver. Lancez des sondes de recherche pour transformer les trous de ver en voies stellaires à voyage instantané, et réglez la plupart des rencontres via des mini-jeux arcade rapides de 15-20 secondes.
Orbitez autour des planètes pour déployer des atterrisseurs et récolter métal, gaz, carburant, vie animale, sites d'écrasement, ruines et cimetières, puis échangez vos trouvailles contre des crédits de race pour acheter ou améliorer vos vaisseaux. Portez secours à des navires en détresse pour obtenir des ressources, dans un système de combat mêlant action en temps réel et pauses tactiques pour choisir orientation, armes, capacités spéciales, déploiement de chasseurs, bombes sales, réparations et vol de recherches. Gagnez des artefacts liés à des succès pour vos futures parties, un titre qui séduira les fans de stratégie et de simulation amateurs de gestion de flotte et de décisions tactiques précises.
You're the captain of a small fleet of 3-5 ships. Your mission is to pass through a small sector of the galaxy to hunt down the enemy race. Along the way you will encounter other races along with their associated counterpart rebels. You will also encounter space pirates and pirate outpost. You will explore anomalies, asteroid fields, comets, nebulas, suns and worm holes. Worm holes become star lanes that let you travel greater distances instantly once you have explored them using research probes. Most encounters will result in a small 15-20 second mini arcade game.
While traversing through star systems you will also come across damaged or distressed ships. Helping these ships will grant you precious resources. You must also make orbit around planets and send down your planet lander to explore them. Find metal, gas and fuel resources as well as animal life forms. Some will be dangerous while others not so much. You can also discover shuttle craft crash sites, ancient ruins and military burial grounds. These too provide you will rare items. These can be traded to other friendly races for race credits. You can then use these credits to purchase or upgrade your ships.
Combat is a unique blend of real time with the play stopping while the player or the AI makes tactical decisions. Which way should I face my ship so it won't be flanked?Which weapons should I use and on which enemy ship? When should I use my ships special ability? When should my Fighter Carrier's deploy the fighters? Which enemy ships should I fire at with my Battle Cruisers dirty bombs? What ship should I repair using my Cargo Ship's repair drone? And finally what enemy ship should I target using my Research Vessels Research Drone to allow for the most Research Units to be stolen?
Completing achievements is no longer just a passive thing that has no real impact on the game. Completing them in SFARA earns you special Achievement Based Artifacts that you can use when you start your next game. These are artifacts that can't normally be found while playing the game.
