Review: Starlink: Battle for Atlas (Nintendo Switch)

Review by Matt S.

Starlink: Battle for Atlas comes across as very, very confused. In theory it’s Ubisoft's take on toys-to-life , much like Skylanders or Disney Infinity, and certainly Ubisoft would love for people to buy its plastic spaceships and little heroes. But then it undercuts itself because everything that the toys unlock in-game can be purchased as digital DLC. It that isn't confused enough, Starlink positions itself as this grand interplanetary space adventure filled with spaceships and dogfights… but as soon as you get to one of those planets, your spaceship is then locked into hovering just a few metres from the ground and from there the action actually more closely resembles a ground-based sci-fi shooter.

Don't get me wrong; Starlink is very good. It just comes across as very, very confused.

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