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Star Horizon

A rail shooter developed by Tabasco Interactive, a Polish dev studio. The player assumes the role of John, a pilot of the Federation woken from a thousand-year cryogenic sleep initiated by an artificial intelligence called Ellie during a great war against the Rebels.

Action | science fiction | Space | rail shooter | shooters

Star Horizon Release Date

20Mar2014

iOS

19Jun2014

AND

07Aug2014

WP

28May2015

PC

Star Horizon is a space shooter for PC, iOS and etc. developed by Tabasco Interactive, a Polish development studio. The production was created with mobile devices in mind, for which it came out in 2014. The following year, a visually enhanced edition was released for PC.

Plot

In Star Horizon, we assume the role of John, a pilot serving in the Inter Galactic Federation during a grand galactic war with the Rebels. It had seemed that the defeat of the latter is just a matter of time when the main cruiser of the Federation was destroyed in mysterious circumstances. In response, the artificial intelligence that steered John’s fighter, Ellie, hibernates the pilot and wakes him up after a thousand years have passed. He has to discover what really happened during the war and defend humanity from a new threat.

Mechanics

While playing, we mostly fight in grand space battles. The player can side either with the Federation or the Rebels, while the course of the campaign is shaped by our decisions to a large extent. The game puts great emphasis on the story and the development of friendship between John and Ellie.

Star Horizon for PC, iOS and etc. belongs to the genre, which is commonly called rail shooter. It means that in the game the ship is steered by artificial intelligence. The player can only modify the vessel’s location in an invisible tunnel without changing its direction. Our role boils down to aiming at enemies and maneuvering in order to avoid collision with enemy projectiles and elements of the environment.

The game is enriched by a ship enhancement module that lets us replace individual parts and mount increasingly powerful armaments. The title also offers a well-made soundtrack composed by a musician who worked on one of Behemoth’s albums.

Last updated on 24 February 2015

Game mode: single player  

App size:

Age restrictions Star Horizon: 12+

Star Horizon System requirements

PC / Windows

PC / Windows

  • Minimum:
  • Dual Core 2.4 GHz
  • 2 GB RAM
  • graphic card 256 MB GeForce 8500 GT or better
  • 1.7 GB HDD
  • Windows XP(SP3)/Vista/7/8
  • Recommended:
  • Dual Core 2.5 GHz
  • 4 GB RAM
  • graphic card 512 MB GeForce 8800 GT or better
  • 1.7 GB HDD
  • Windows XP(SP3)/Vista/7/8
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