Star Renegades is a game that has interesting concepts, but flawed execution.

The ability to unlock new classes fire emblem style by pairing up specific characters? Very cool, but the bond system overall is very barebones and basic.

The turn based, FF10 style time bar? cool...until you realise how basic it makes every fight.

The Nemesis-esque system? pretty neat...but can completely kill your run if you don't account for a single specific weakness (which means most runs end early due to not having a certain damage type)

The story? Pretty interesting and cool...but the characters themselves are stale and boring.

This game is extremely interesting in all the concepts it offers...but somehow, fails to execute them well. and is one of the few rougelikes i can genuinely say i find...boring.

Bought it. Played it like less than an hour, and already disappointed.

An overall fun game for anyone that enjoys a turn-based RPG take on a rogue like/lite formula. I dig the aesthetics-although the character and enemy design aren't anything unique or memorable. *Disclaimer* -anyone that decides to progress beyond the lower 2 difficulties will find that the game becomes very punishing. Even with a complete understanding of the combat system it's still easy to have a run completely fall apart due to random luck with an enemy strength vs. a type of attack or not having an optimized party - just to name a couple of scenarios. Simply put-the game will not forgive your mistakes or lack of planning/detail from the onset of a run on anything above normal difficulty. In conclusion, I think there is plenty to enjoy from this title if you are casual towards it and aren't looking to invest a large amount of time into it. Only the hardcore type that enjoy a masochistic experience will venture into the higher difficulties and grind out all the game has to offer.