Deep Rock Galactic

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Deep Rock Galactic is a phenomenal four-player co-op game featuring everything a FPS needs to be great: mission variety, diverse character design, engaging gameplay, and a huge amount of content.

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Deep Rock Galactic is a phenomenal four-player co-op game featuring everything a FPS needs to be great: mission variety, diverse character design, engaging gameplay, and a huge amount of content.

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8/10

Andrew Farrell (PC Invasion)

Anyone fond of multi-player centric games that require teamwork and likes to fill a specific role will almost certainly find something to enjoy in Deep Rock Galactic. It’s a great way to spend time with friends and has a lot of content depending on how much you mind doing the same things over and over again. Anyone who strongly dislikes repetition will probably get sick of it after a while, though.

May 13, 2020 |

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Deep Rock Galactic is proof enough that keeping focus and executing on a single idea can lead to excellence. Ghost Ship Games debut title is cooperative bliss, and a must-play for all fans of the genre. For Rock and Stone!

May 26, 2020 |

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4.5/5 stars

Brandon Adams (Attack of the Fanboy)

9/10

T.J. Hafer (IGN)

Deep Rock Galactic is the best kind of four-player co-op game. Exciting combat, great missions, and lots of upgrades make this one a winner.

May 15, 2020 |

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Andrew Farrell (PC Invasion)

8/10 - (Read Review)

Brandon Adams (Attack of the Fanboy)

4.5/5 stars - (Read Review)

T.J. Hafer (IGN)

9/10 - (Read Review)

Deep Rock Galactic is the best kind of four-player co-op game. Exciting combat, great missions, and lots of upgrades make this one a winner.

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Outlet	Author	Score	Date	Quote	Read
3DNews	Михаил Пономарев	6 / 10	10-11-2020	Squadrons is a visually spectacular product. But it lacks in every other category.	Read review
ACG	Jeremy Penter	Not Recommended	10-01-2020	Video Review	Read review
Area Xbox	Unknown	8.3 / 10	10-07-2020	An innovative flight shooter, squadrons brings the essence of star Wars dogfights in great fashion, while it does lack some ground levels. The gameplay and the control scheme are really impressive.	Read review
Areajugones	Antonio Vallejo Taslimi	8 / 10	10-10-2020	Star Wars Squadrons is ‘the little gift’ that fans of the franchise have the opportunity to enjoy. It has great accessibility and a good number of ships to get on board. This title climbs to incredible heights under the use of a virtual reality device. Despite its flat story, this title offers a solid multiplayer experience, which manages to greatly extend the longevity of the game.	Read review
Atomix	Alberto Desfassiaux	85 / 100	10-07-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is a pretty nice surprise. It’s great campaign and awesome VR makes it a must have.	Read review
AusGamers	Kosta Andreadis	8 / 10	10-04-2020	In the end though, by not committing to either the sim-style of TIE Fighter or the arcade-action of Rogue Squadron – the middle-ground falls a short of brilliance. Most campaign missions follow a similar flow, rarely delving into sheer cinematic spectacle or pure sim-like protracted and intense battles. But there’s no denying that when played in VR Squadrons often feels like a dream come true	Read review
But Why Tho?	Eva Herinkova	7 / 10	10-10-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is exactly the space combat flying simulator I’ve been looking for from modern Star Wars video games. The flying feels smooth and the environments are absolutely stunning, making you feel like you’re really in your own Star Wars movie, piloting an X-Wing to victory.	Read review
Cheat Code Central	Benjamin Maltbie	4 / 5 stars	10-06-2020	It’s Star Wars, though, and cool ships and enormous spectacle are part of the fun. It’s alright that the story isn’t going to win any awards because it still does its job and doesn’t actively detract from the important parts of the game. Star Wars: Squadrons is the most accessible and potentially best way to experience one of the coolest parts of Star Wars.	Read review
Chicas Gamers	Adrián de Francisco	Recommended	10-07-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is, in a condensed summary, a game of ships. If we only stayed with that, we would have a good game, but if we add everything that surrounds the Star Wars universe we have a gigantic title with much to offer and an addictive gameplay that will give us many hours of fun destroying ships in online battles. It will dazzle both fans of the genre and fans of the universe created by George Lucas, and all this at a reduced starting price.	Read review
COGconnected	James Paley	75 / 100	10-01-2020	In other words, Squadrons has a somewhat limited audience. I’m terrible at dogfights, but I’m motivated to get better. They’re a ton of fun, but they’re brutally tough. If that doesn’t appeal to you, best you learn it now, rather than later. For those of you starving for a proper Star Wars flight combat game, this is exactly what you’ve been waiting for. Otherwise, you’re in for a rough ride, albeit an exciting one, with Star Wars: Squadrons.	Read review
Critical Hit	Kervyn Cloete	8 / 10	10-07-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons certainly has a few issues. Its enjoyable campaign has some dull moments outside of the cockpit and the multiplayer, as stupendously thrilling as it is, is a bit too barebones at the moment. But it’s also the most fun and immersive Star Wars flight sim experience we’ve ever had thanks to its immaculate gameplay and incredibly polished production. Play this game, you must!	Read review
Cubed3	Luke Hemming	9 / 10	10-27-2020	Being terrible at any kind of multiplayer experience, but a lifelong fan of Star Wars (to the point of not changing my name even after years of school taunting) picking up Star Wars: Squadrons was a long and thought out deliberation. With a great single player story and addictive multiplayer mode that that puts any player in the heart of the movies, there isn’t a shred of buyer’s remorse. A few bugs have sullied enjoyment at time but these have been reported by the community and are sure to be patched out quickly. At a budget price, gamers are getting a difficult to put down flyer that currently holds the crown as greatest current-gen Star Wars title. Buckle up, make those pre-flight checks and don’t get cocky kid.	Read review
Cultured Vultures	Nathan Gibson	8 / 10	10-03-2020	A great space combat simulator that is fun to play and contains plenty of great moments, even if it is a little barebones in some places.	Read review
DASHGAMER.com	Dan Rizzo	8 / 10	10-12-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is highly recommended for any and every Star Wars devotee, and also for the Virtual Reality enthusiast. It’s one hell of a ride.	Read review
Destructoid	Patrick Hancock	8.5 / 10	10-11-2020	When all is said and done, Star Wars: Squadrons is a truly awesome (and I use this word with the classic definition of “inspiring awe”) experience for anyone looking for an arcade space shooter. For fans of the universe or anyone with a VR headset, it’s a must-play. Sure, it has shortcomings in the single-player and it may not be as “hardcore” of a simulator as some were hoping for, but what Motive has delivered here is more than just a strong foundation. I genuinely hope they build off of it moving forward, either with updates or sequels, because it’s hard not to love everything they’ve built.	Read review
Digital Chumps	Alex Tudor	8.5 / 10	07-31-2019	Star Wars: Squadrons balances fun with complexity to deliver a robust star-fighter sim. While it often is conflicted in how it wants to present itself to players, Squadrons offers enough of the Star Wars fantasy to be enjoyable. While playable on a standard monitor or TV, Squadrons should really be experienced with a nice VR headset and a flight stick.	Read review
DualShockers	Ryan Meitzler	8 / 10	10-06-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons delivers on nearly all fronts with a tight focus on space combat, multiplayer dogfights, and immersive VR support.	Read review
Easy Allies	Brad Ellis	4 / 5 stars	10-01-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is a smaller, yet focused experience, that wonderfully captures the intensity and thrill of being a starfighter pilot.	Read review
Eurogamer	Emma Kent	Recommended	10-01-2020	An immersive space sim that’s dazzling in VR, Squadrons provides an exhilarating multiplayer experience, even if the story feels pedestrian.	Read review
Expansive	Brad Baker	Recommended	10-15-2020	Without doubt, one of EA’s very best takes on the world of Star Wars.	Read review
FingerGuns	Rossko Keniston, Greg Hicks	8 / 10	10-07-2020	Star Wars Squadrons is a terrific dogfighter, reminding you beyond anything else that Star Wars, when done properly, is supposed to be really, really fun.	Read review
Game Debate	Chad Norton	7.5 / 10	10-04-2020	All in all, Star Wars Squadrons ends up trying to cater towards many different players, whether that be beginners or experts, flat screen or VR, and ends up feeling a bit flat with a lack of nuance and depth. However, the VR and HOTAS support more than makes up for it, and the simulated flying mechanics are decent if limited. It’s an enjoyable experience for the average Star Wars and flying sim fan, and perfect for getting beginners more interested in the latter. But you will almost definitely enjoy it more with a head mounted display and a full throttle-and-stick setup.	Read review
Game Informer	Andrew Reiner	8.3 / 10	10-01-2020	The single-player campaign teaches you the ropes, but achieves little else. Multiplayer is always fun and is exactly what it needs to be to wow Star Wars fans	Read review
Game Revolution	Jason Faulkner	3.5 / 5 stars	10-04-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is a flawed homage to flight sims of decades past. It’ll be a dream come true for fans of the X-Wing and Rogue Squadron series. It’s the type of Star Wars game that seemed to be extinct. It’s a niche title that highlights the fantastic starfighters of the franchise.	Read review
Gameblog	Camille Allard	7 / 10	10-01-2020	Despite its lack of epicness, Star Wars Squadrons is a pleasant surprise. Whether you’re a Star Wars fan or not, you have a good chance to enjoy what this Space Opera game has to offer, which is a great achievement for Motive Studios.	Read review
GameCrate	Justin Woo	8.8 / 10	10-01-2020	Squadrons is a Star Wars experience I’ve been looking for since the ’90s. A two-decade quest has come to an end. I’d happily pay for a bit more single player content, and I hope the devs have some tricks up their sleeves to expand the multiplayer. I’d love a PvE horde mode of some kind.	Read review
GameGrin	Luke Greenfield	9 / 10	10-12-2020	An enticing multiplayer experience that does a fantastic job of slowly easing players into its intricate design, Star Wars: Squadrons is making its mark on the gaming world. As long as Motive Studios can keep up with this momentum, I can’t see it crashing anytime soon.	Read review
GameMAG	Evgeny Ivantsov	7 / 10	10-15-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons offers some engaging gameplay and mechanical depth, which is great, given the overall focus on the multiplayer. But it’s hard to ignore how little of the actuall content there is. You can beat story campaign in just about eight hours, and then you have to spend your time in only two online modes. It doesn’t seem like developers are intersted in any post-launch support, so it’quite possible that the game will lose all of it’s playerbase rather quickly.	Read review
Gamers Heroes	Johnny Hurricane	7 / 10	10-11-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is a solid Star Wars game, but it will only have legs for a specific kind of player. If you are okay with more sim-based fliers instead of arcade ones, be sure to check this one out.	Read review
Gamersky	Unknown	7.7 / 10	10-07-2020	Although there exist a few unneglected flaws and bugs, Star Wars: Squadrons is fun for both Star War fanboys and flight game novices.	Read review
GameSkinny	Jonathan Moore	9 / 10	10-07-2020	Squadrons does a lot of things right. And it’s the closest thing we’re to a new X-Wing or Tie Fighter we’re going to get. Though it’s a stand-alone game, it’s also a fantastic complement to Battlefront 2’s starfighter assault mode, giving aces new and old two very good options to choose from.	Read review
GameSpew	Richard Seagrave	8 / 10	10-03-2020	So, Star Wars: Squadrons is yet another sign that EA can do good – actually, scratch that – great things with the Star Wars licence. It’s not the biggest game in the world but its price reflects that. And besides, with a core so strong, it doesn’t really matter. Once you’re done with Star Wars: Squadrons‘ truly enjoyable single-player campaign, there’s tens of hours of fun to be had in multiplayer if you’ve ever wanted to jump into the cockpit of a Y-Wing, A-Wing, TIE Interceptor and more.	Read review
GameSpot	Edmond Tran	7 / 10	10-13-2020	Involved flight mechanics and the pure joys of dogfighting fill Star Wars: Squadrons with plenty of highlights, even if its campaign and multiplayer experiences can leave you wanting.	Read review
GamesRadar+	Unknown	3.5 / 5 stars	10-01-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons offers an exhilarating take on dogfighting in a galaxy far, far away, which helps elevate a functional single-player story and provides a strong foundation for a focused multiplayer experience.	Read review
GameZone	Matthew Dubin	8 / 10	10-05-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is an interesting take on the aerial shooter genre with a decent story and immersive VR. While it does have some flaws in terms of the multiplayer and story I feel as if the single player gameplay and the controls make up for it and can provide a fun experience.	Read review
Gaming Nexus	Eric Hauter	8.5 / 10	10-07-2020	With some unexpectedly complex and challenging controls, Star Wars: Squadrons is not the sort of game that you jump into and play casually. Squadrons is a surprisingly deep flight sim-style space battler that benefits from all of the sights and sounds of the Star Wars universe. While fun played on TVs, Squadrons really comes to life in VR, despite some resolution issues. This is simply the best Star Wars space battle game ever produced, and is a dream come true for fans.	Read review
GamingBolt	Will Borger	8 / 10	10-05-2020	While there may be some issues out of cockpit, Star Wars: Squadrons is an excellent spiritual successor to the X-wing series that captures the look and feel of Star Wars.	Read review
GamingTrend	Unknown	85 / 100	10-01-2020	There’s a lot to be excited about with Star Wars: Squadrons. It not only meets all of my expectations, it wildly exceeds them. VR support for the entire game instead of just a single mission taste makes this the game we’ve always dreamed of so many years ago. It truly is the sequel to all of those great early PC games so many years ago, but with all of the modern bells and whistles. Put simply, if you are a Star Wars fan, it doesn’t get better than this.	Read review
GBAtemp	Prans Dunn	8.3 / 10	10-25-2020	With Star Wars: Squadrons, donning the helmet of a starfighter pilot in the Star Wars universe has never felt any better nor more immersive.	Read review
Geeks Under Grace	LJ Lowery	8.5 / 10	11-13-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons lets fans live their dreams of being a pilot, successfully immersing us in a galaxy far, far away.	Read review
Generación Xbox	JGBassols	8.3 / 10	10-06-2020	Stard Wars: Squadrons is the space simulator of the saga that every fan was waiting for, with a flight experience to match the circumstances and full of classic details of the franchise.	Read review
God is a Geek	Mick Fraser	8.5 / 10	10-01-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is an excellent aerial combat game and a pleasing return to the franchise roots. No gimmicks, no cons, no messing around: anyone who ever dreamed of being a fighter pilot in the Star Wars universe needs to check this out, asap.	Read review
GotGame	Cole Nixon	9 / 10	10-12-2020	If creating new iconic Star Wars memories interests you, I fully recommend Star Wars: Squadrons.	Read review
GRYOnline.pl	Dariusz Matusiak	7.5 / 10	10-05-2020	The typical gamer will find Star Wars Squadrons a difficult game with a bland storyline and poor content. Others will have an opportunity to take out their joysticks and find out just how great the classic Star Wars sims were. It’s good that the gaming community was reminded of the classics like X-Wings and TIE Fighers, but I’m still waiting for a true gem to come in the future.	Read review
Guardian	Luke Holland	5 / 5 stars	10-07-2020	Ever wanted to be an X-Wing pilot? Playing this game immersively with VR is the closest yet to being in the cockpit, flying missions on both sides of the galactic divide	Read review
Hardcore Gamer	Sam Spyrison	4 / 5 stars	10-06-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons nails the inherently exciting feeling of piloting and fighting in its iconic starfighters, but the paltry single player and multiplayer modes fail to do anything ambitious or impressive with the core gameplay.	Read review
Hobby Consolas	David Martinez	79 / 100	10-01-2020	Squadrons faithfully delivers Star Wars space combat experience, but it lacks more variety in game modes, starships and levels. The whole game is VR compatible, which makes it one of the best experiences we had with this technology.	Read review
IGN	Tom Marks	8 / 10	10-01-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons’ single-player campaign tells an entertaining story, while its flight controls hit a sweet spot between accessibility and nuance – and it’s made even better by VR and HOTAS support.	Read review
IGN Italy	Andrea Giongiani	8.8 / 10	10-01-2020	An extremely good new entry for the Star Wars franchise. An excellent game with three great game modes.	Read review
IGN Spain	Ángel Llamas	8 / 10	10-05-2020	An incredible experience in terms of immersion to feel like a pilot of the galaxy far, far away, especially with HOTAS and VR. It is a bit lacking in game modes in the multiplayer part.	Read review
Impulsegamer	Tony Smith	4 / 5 stars	10-06-2020	Star Wars Squadrons is great value for money at just $49AUD or $39USD (October 2020) and provides a superb distraction to COVID-19 Earth by transporting you to the stars of Star Wars. While the single-player is good as it introduces you to the mechanics of the game, it’s the multiplayer aspect where you’ll be spending your space flight time and that’s where the Star Wars Squadrons succeeds.	Read review
INDIANTVCZ	Adam Bárta	7 / 10	11-15-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons has great flight mechanics, graphics, and highly detailed cockpits that will make you feel immersed in its epic battles. Unfortunately, it falls short in form of only 6 maps and boring consmetics. Perhaps developers should have focused on adding more multiplayer content and fixing unfair matchmaking instead of making an average campaign.	Read review
Kotaku	Zack Zwiezen	Recommended	10-02-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is good. For folks who have been wanting a Star Wars game all about X-wings and dogfighting, you’ll more than likely be happy with what’s on offer in Squadrons. Bugs and some multiplayer issues prevent it from being a totally smooth experience, but I’d still highly recommend Squadrons to anyone who thinks it sounds fun to moonlight as a hotshot Star Wars pilot.	Read review
LevelUp	Luis Sánchez	7 / 10	10-15-2020	STAR WARS: Squadrons is a very well-accomplished installment of the franchise. A complete surprise thanks to the effective combination of arcade action and hard simulation. However, not everything shines; the limited scope, in campaign and multiplayer, drags down what could be a solid entry in the franchise.	Read review
Merlin’in Kazanı	Emre Yurt	75 / 100	10-12-2020	If you are looking for a game that can spend time and take you a long time, it is a good idea to give Star Wars: Squadrons a chance.	Read review
Metro GameCentral	GameCentral	8 / 10	10-01-2020	An unexpectedly involved space combat simulator that manages to replicate the thrills of the 90s X-Wing and TIE Fighter games with surprising clarity – and an excellent VR mode.	Read review
New Game Network	Alex Varankou	75 / 100	10-12-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is a tightly designed experience with satisfying space combat gameplay at its core. Although it could use a bit more content and there are some issues to be ironed out, the title manages to remain engaging and entertaining with each new battle.	Read review
Noisy Pixel	Jake Yoder	8 / 10	10-05-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons provides players a genuine starfighter experience with a low cost of entry. The single-player campaign offers just enough distraction from the real meat of this adventure that is found in its multiplayer modes. The best part about the experience is how it rewards those who put the most time into it, so I’m hoping to see additional modes to keep things fresh.	Read review
Oyungezer Online	Engin Vural	8 / 10	10-16-2020	If you’re missing X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter or Wing Commander series, this is your game. If you don’t know anything about them, you’re in for a treat because you’ll love dogfights in space. It has flaws, but provides a remarkable experience.	Read review
Paste Magazine	Nicolas Perez	6.7 / 10	10-19-2020	Star Wars Squadrons is a solid Star Wars starfighter game that struggles under the limitations of trying to make a game that can be played both in and out of VR. The game’s visuals are striking, but don’t do much to makeup for its repetitive gameplay. As a VR experience, Star Wars Squadrons ranks among the best, but as a videogame it leaves much to be desired.	Read review
PC Gamer	Wes Fenlon	83 / 100	10-01-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons delivers on great dogfighting, even when its campaign doesn’t live up to its full potential.	Read review
PC Invasion	Stefan Bahruth	8 / 10	10-06-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons manages to hit the sweet spot of being a tightly focused, casual flight sim at a budget-friendly price.	Read review
PCGamesN	Ian Boudreau	9 / 10	10-01-2020	After such a long wait for a successor to X-Wing and TIE Fighter, Star Wars: Squadrons feels like a lucky shot with a proton torpedo.	Read review
Player2.net.au	Matt Hewson	Recommended	10-09-2020	Squadrons is the sort of game that EA needs to make more of. Tight, focused experiences that meet a need perfectly. Any fan of space combat should be diving into this the first chance they get.	Read review
PlayStation LifeStyle	Chandler Wood	7.5 / 10	10-09-2020	Star Wars Squadrons is nothing if not an authentic experience. It’s goal is to put you in the cockpit of a starfighter in the Star Wars universe, and to that end it succeeds admirably. An uninspired story serves as training for Fleet Battles, an epic multiplayer experience that recreates the best of Star Wars space combat in ways that no other games have. EA and Motive’s firm stance on Squadrons as a standalone one-time-purchase experience is both commendable and the very thing that limits the viability of what it could grow into.	Read review
PlayStation Universe	David Carcasole	7.5 / 10	10-06-2020	A niche on top of a niche, Star Wars Squadrons makes up for it’s almost empty feeling with core gameplay that just does not stop being fun. While the story falls flat, the multiplayer shines bright enough that you can still have an incredible Star Wars experience each time you jump into the cockpit.	Read review
Polygon	Charlie Hall	Recommended	10-01-2020	From inside my HTC Vive Pro, I feel totally immersed in the action. I’m surrounded by cockpits that look just like they do in the classic films. My ears are filled with familiar Star Wars sounds that I can immediately recognize, and Squadrons’ excellent binaural audio brings it to life all around me. I can look in any direction, moving my head as fast as I want without the game struggling to keep up with me. Even while boosting, rolling, and turning to keep a bead on other players during multiplayer, I always felt in control.	Read review
Press Start	Brodie Gibbons	7 / 10	10-01-2020	It’s easy to argue that Star Wars: Squadrons doesn’t offer quite enough. Players get what is essentially an eight-hour tutorial which acts as a prelude for the game’s multiplayer, a limited but fun offering of modes with some potential for great staying power.	Read review
PSX Brasil	Paulo Roberto Montanaro	85 / 100	10-08-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons offers a great experience within its proposal – the combat in classic ships of the franchise – with a satisfactory campaign and a robust multiplayer mode. With a competent look, its greatest strength is, in fact, in the sharp and balanced gameplay, not forgetting the franchise’s inevitable appeal to fans of all ages.	Read review
Push Square	Liam Croft	6 / 10	10-05-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons has its heart in the right place and a comprehensive, in-depth set of flight mechanics go a long way towards realising that childhood dream of piloting an X-Wing. It achieves the vision in some ways, but in others, the package lacks excitement and content. While excellent PSVR support will be enough for some, a boring story and inadequate multiplayer modes leave a lot to be desired.	Read review
Rapid Reviews UK	Chloe Osborn	4 / 5 stars	10-25-2020	The PlayStation 2’s Star Wars Battlefront II is a much loved game in my brother and I’s collection. Countless hours spent playing heroes vs villains mainly, but also taking down star destroyers in the space battles. I was pretty dreadful, confusing myself by spinning around and blowing myself up…but it was fun nontheless!	Read review
Rock, Paper, Shotgun	Nate Crowley	Recommended	10-07-2020	The central experience – of being a pilot in a Star Wars – is masterfully crafted, and I can’t find much to fault with it. Squadrons is probably the most fun I’ve had with any piece of Star Wars media since my teens, in fact, and it frequently invokes a joy I haven’t felt since playing TIE Fighter in 1995.	Read review
Saudi Gamer	Unknown	7 / 10	10-08-2020	A wonderful and beautiful game that holds your breath at every moment with the use of VR, but it failed to make me feel the same way without the use of VR headset, even with the limited number of multiplayer modes, it is considered a nice experience, especially all this at a competitive price of 40$.	Read review
SECTOR.sk	Matúš Štrba	8 / 10	10-07-2020	This is a little-big surprise from EA with great acion gameplay mainly in multiplayer. An interesting singleplayer campaign is the only thing it lacks.	Read review
Shacknews	Chris Jarrard	8 / 10	10-01-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons manages to stand out by not trying to be larger than life. Simultaneously a franchise cash-in and love letter to the classic LucasArts PC space combat games of the 1990s, Squadrons sticks to its mission and comes out the other side of a warp-speed jump successfully.	Read review
Sirus Gaming	Lexuzze Tablante	7.5 / 10	10-13-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons provides a well-grounded, in-depth gameplay that hardcore fans and flight-simulator veterans will definitely appreciate. It may not have the strongest story in a Star Wars game, but it does wonders in space combat and gameplay, this is where Star Wars: Squadrons gets it right.	Read review
Skill Up	Ralph Panebianco	Recommended	10-07-2020	Video Review	Read review
Slant Magazine	Justin Clark	4 / 5 stars	10-08-2020	Star Wars Squadrons proves that Jedi: Fallen Order was no fluke. Video games have never been more empowered to immerse players in all the coolest parts of the Star Wars universe, and EA is no longer tripping on its own feet making it happen. We used to daydream of being so fully engrossed in a spectacular Star Wars dogfight. Now, after just an hour of Star Wars Squadrons, with the right group, the daydream is when we can get our friends back in the air.	Read review
Softpedia	Cosmin Vasile	8 / 10	10-07-2020	The multiplayer is not earth-shattering, but it is fun at least for a while. Despite all the initial reservations, Squadrons turned out to be a good game, with intense action, plenty of room to personalize the experience, and lots of fun. Squadrons is not a trap, but a rather pleasant surprise.	Read review
SomHráč.sk	Vojtech Florko	90 / 100	10-17-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is a great addition to the new Star Wars saga. Even though the concept is simple, it allowed the developers to fulfill all of the objectives they started with.	Read review
SpazioGames	Marcello Paolillo	7.9 / 10	10-01-2020	Board the X-Wing or Tie Fighter and journey to a galaxy far, far away. Star Wars: Squadrons is good shooter focused on multiplayer mission-based objectives.	Read review
TechRaptor	Austin Suther	6 / 10	10-09-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons provides fulfilling and authentic gameplay, but fails in almost every other department. The story, map variety, and technical performance are subpar and keeps me from coming back.	Read review
The Digital Fix	Andrew Shaw	8 / 10	10-06-2020	While Star Wars: Squadrons cannot touch the depth or importance of X-Wing vs TIE Fighter, this is easily the best Star Wars space sim since that game-changing classic, and the best Star Wars game of the Disney era.	Read review
The Games Machine	Nicolò Paschetto	8 / 10	10-07-2020	The child in me was happy with the first turn of my TIE Interceptor, but the adult in me also has to recognise a very straight-forward campaign and a surprising lack of multiplayer modes. But what’s there is pretty good, thanks to a phenomenal flight system, clever maps and strategic progression system. Oh, and VR support.	Read review
The Outerhaven Productions	Conner B	4.5 / 5 stars	10-07-2020	Welcome to the galaxy far far away where you must don the suit of a pilot for either the New Republic or the Empire as you battle across the galaxy for the fate of the galaxy as you know it.	Read review
TheSixthAxis	Dominic L	8 / 10	10-05-2020	Star Wars Squadrons has taken an impressive first step in revitalising the Star Wars fighter pilot game. With a tale that feels like a genuine part of the galaxy far, far away, and space combat that gives you the tools to be an X-Wing or TIE fighting ace. Whether you’re on the light or the dark side of the force, this is a game that Star Wars fans need to play.	Read review
TrueGaming	خالد العيسى	8 / 10	10-07-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons presents what we want from space combat with smooth control over the space fighters and the chaotic, exciting battles. Although it needs continuous support as it lacks content at the time being.	Read review
Twinfinite	Chris Jecks	4.5 / 5 stars	10-01-2020	Star Wars Squadrons gives you a decently-sized single-player campaign, an enjoyable albeit limited multiplayer and VR support for all modes on PS4 and PC, and all for $40. If only there were a few more maps and one or two game modes, this would have been near faultless.	Read review
Unboxholics	Κυριάκος Στεργιάδης	Recommended	10-08-2020	The ultimate Star Wars dogfighting game since Rogue Squadron, plain and simple. It’s smaller than you might expect in scope but it gets the job done considering its budget price, with an engaging campaign that gets you up and running with the basics and a multiplayer that repeats the addictive gameplay. You could ask for more but it doesn’t from you so it’s a fair deal.	Read review
USgamer	Kat Bailey	4 / 5 stars	10-02-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is a slim but highly enjoyable revival of the classic LucasArts space sims. It’s hampered by a limited number of maps, and its signature Fleet Battles are a bit of a drag, but its moment-to-moment combat is sheer delight. With a solid single-player campaign and above-average VR implementation, Star Wars: Squadrons is the multiplayer space combat game we’ve wanted since the days of X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter.	Read review
VG247	Alex Donaldson	Recommended	10-01-2020	Squadrons feels like more than the sum of its parts. Most importantly, it does exactly what it set out to do – and does it very well indeed. It’s EA’s smallest-scale console Star Wars title yet – but also its best	Read review
VideoGamer	Joshua Wise	7 / 10	10-06-2020	You could argue that Squadrons breaks no fresh ground, that it is merely the latest in a prized patch of genre; but the ground, fresh or otherwise, was left behind long ago, and being the latest is no bad thing.	Read review
WayTooManyGames	Leonardo Faria	9.5 / 10	10-05-2020	I still cannot believe this game was developed and published by EA. Star Wars Squadrons is downright amazing. It’s a phenomenal VR experience, an addictive multiplayer title, and most importantly, a freaking fantastic Star Wars game. It’s something that could easily rival Lucasarts’ best titles from back in the day.	Read review
Wccftech	Nathan Birch	7.5 / 10	10-06-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is a mostly-successful throwback offering impressive sights, intense action, and the opportunity for fun multiplayer throwdowns. Some mechanical quirks, a couple irritating missions, and a lack of depth holds Squadrons back from being a true bullseye, but those who have missed blasting TIE Fighters should find the game worth the ride.	Read review
We Got This Covered	Jon Hueber	4 / 5 stars	10-09-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is more than just the sum of its parts. While it may lack a few key features, it excels greatly in the experience of flying in combat missions, with or without VR.	Read review
WellPlayed	Adam Ryan	7.5 / 10	10-14-2020	The gameplay, presentation and depth are all strong with the force, but one of the two multiplayer modes keeps this space dogfighter from achieving the rank of master	Read review
Windows Central	Russell Holly	4.5 / 5 stars	10-05-2020	While I personally wish the campaign mode wasn’t something I could beat in a couple of hours, this game is still fantastic. It feels like the developers left so much of the Star Wars universe unmined. Still, the online community will absolutely thrive, and I’m excited to see what Motive has in store for the co-op combat missions in particular. Ultimately, that’s what this game is. The online gameplay has always been the focus, from the moment it was first advertised to us. It’s a thrilling space combat game, rivaling many of the experiences I’ve had in Elite: Dangerous with the bonus of being set in one of the most iconic science fiction franchises of all time. If space combat is your thing, you need to own this game.	Read review
Worth Playing	Chris “Atom” DeAngelus	8 / 10	10-08-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is exactly what it sets out to be: a modern revival of the old-school Star Wars flight simulators. It isn’t particularly ambitious, but it is a lot of fun. Just being able to zoom through the wreckage of a ship battle while trying to get a bead on that darn X-Wing is enough to keep your attention for a while. The game lives and dies by its multiplayer, and hopefully the community is thriving for a while. Do you want to pilot an X-Wing? Then Squadrons is the game for you. Die-hard simulator fans might find it to be too simple for their tastes.	Read review
ZTGD	Ken McKown	7.5 / 10	10-27-2020	Star Wars: Squadrons is a wonderful entry in EA’s use of the license. It took long enough to get a proper dogfighting game, but the one they deliver should appease fans. The campaign is short, but sweet. The online is a blast with friends, and I hope it continues to flourish with players for a long time.	Read review

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DEEP ROCK GALACTIC is a first-person co-operative sci-fi shooter for up to 4 players, featuring fully procedural and destructible environments to explore, mine, and explode your way through to reach your objectives. As a team of veteran dwarven space miners, you must take on perilous missions for the interplanetary mining corporation DEEP ROCK GALACTIC and go where no-one else dares – into the deepest, most dangerous cave systems of the most hostile planet ever discovered.

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