01/31/2021 (2 of 2 found this helpful)

A Hard Reigns Gonna Fall

When it comes to co-op games, our group is open to anything that looks even remotely promising. Often this means playing trusted series (like Borderlands) or something that has an established fan base (like Stardew Valley) or something in a genre we have enjoyed in the past (like Victor Vran) and sometimes it means taking a chance on something like... Satellite Reign. In fact, I believe this game came about as a suggestion from the masses when we were just trying to track down a four-player co-op game that doesn't involve killing each other. And while the masses were right - this is totally a four-player co-op game, it's not exactly the most polished or fun experience we've ever had - but we have played worse.

Looks and Stuff: For a topdown game made in Unity it looks fine, I guess. No...

Rating of
3/5 

03/03/2020 (2 of 2 found this helpful)

CyberJank 2015

Several years ago, I put out a request for coop game experiences on one of the Internet’s biggest gaming forums. Most of the suggestions I received were either games the MJ Crew had played already or games that are actually PvP and NOT coop (because today’s youth have lost their reading comprehension skills). The sole useful suggestion I received was “Satellite Reign,” which I knew nothing about, but decided to take the suggestion at face value, especially because the game was on sale for next to nothing on Steam.

“Satellite Reign” is a spiritual successor to a game called “Syndicate,” which released on multiple platforms way back in 1993-1995 (before multi-plats were cool the order of the day), with development lead by the latter’s original producer ...

Rating of
3/5