Starlink: Battle for Atlas has been the most overlooked game announced at Ubisoft’s excellent E3 press conference, which is a shame, because it looks quite promising. Starlink an open-world space combat game with a neat twist – you customize your fighter by building and attaching an real toy starship to your controller. The actual game also looks a lot more impressive than most toys-to-life stuff. You can check out a trailer above.
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Here’s how Ubisoft describes Starlink: Battle for Atlas:
In Starlink: Battle for Atlas, you’re part of a group of heroic interstellar pilots, dedicated to free the Atlas star system from the Forgotten Legends, an evil robot force. Starlink: Battle for Atlas offers a whole new gameplay experience: build your own modular Starship model, mount it on your controller, and take part in epic space combats. Equip your model with different parts and your Starship changes in game in real time. Assemble your fleet, mix and match your pilots, Starships and weapons to create your own play style and defeat the enemy.
Fully Customize your Starship
Mix and match pilots, hulls, wings, and weapons to assemble your ideal starship with an unprecedented level of customization and creativity. Changes to your physical ship instantly appear in-game allowing you to immediately jump into the battle.
Explore an Entire Star System
Travel seamlessly through the exotic alien worlds of the Atlas Star System. Each one of its planets has its own identity, ecosystem and wildlife. Be careful, as space is a hostile environment and will present many challenges. The world evolves depending on your actions and your choices.
Get Creative in Combat
Build your unique play style. Experiment with different pilot abilities, weapon types, and status effects to discover and unleash devastating combos upon your enemies and overcome deadly challenges.
If I were still 10 years old, I’d be all about this. Heck, I’m still pretty into it.
Starlink: Battle for Atlas cruises on Xbox One, PS4, and Nintendo Switch in late 2018.
