Oooh. Japofran, I tried to be hopeful for this review since you announced you were doing it. But I gotta say you failed to win me over in the first paragraph. I'm gonna be critical here, but realize, this is only my opinion:
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On the other hand, the first in the series, Star Control, doesn't have much plot relation with the sequels, but is nonetheless highly recommendable.
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Are you kidding me? Star Control 1's story was integral to Star Control 2. It may not have been as integrated with the game play, but if you played the full gmae and read the manual Paul Reiche III's story telling excelence was more than adequately apparent.
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The creators of the saga, Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford, left the second part's story purposely unfinished, but for some reason they didn't get to make the third part themselves.
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Your "for some reason" leads me to believe you aren't enough of a Star Control fan. Now, if you already know why, then forgive me, but if you didn't know, well, sit back, relax, and prepare for a sordid story of intregue and deciet.
In making Star Control 2 Fred Ford and Paul Reiche III (FF & PR3) ended spending months over time and budget to craft their masterpiece. When SC2 did well, Accolade wanted them to make SC3, but for the same price as SC2, the price that left them months without pay to do their work. They said "No."
Accolade said "that's okay, we'll make it without you."
FF & PR3 said, "ah, but we own the rights to all the characters and locations we made up for this game."
Accolade then said, "That's okay, We own the name. We'll just make it so that by the end of SC3 anything you made will be entirely dismissable and we won't owe you another penny for Star Control 4+."
This little tidbit of information explains most of the rest of Star Control 3 and answers most of your "I don't know why" statements in the review.
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... Reiche's drawings of the aliens...
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*buzzz* Wrong. Paul Reiche III did not make a single drawing. They were the work of one George Barr. You can do a search for him online. He's really quite good.
Aside from that, you don't seem to like SC3, so you have my support.