The practice of making a television series or film specifically so it can produce a lucrative toy line is common enough that there’s a dedicated word for it: toyetic. But Starlink kind of goes the other way. The game and its accompanying toys are so lovingly created, so well thought out, it feels like they’re begging for a proper TV adaptation to back them up.
The game’s cutscenes have the stylings and production values of a computer-animated kids’ show – and we mean that in a good way. There’s not a lot of blue sky between the crew of Starlink’s Equinox, with their personalised spacecraft, and the residents of Tracy Island, except that Starlink’s cast are individualised in a way that far exceeds ‘the one with the green sash’. There are…
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Gamesmaster (Digital) - 1 Issue, December 2018