Editing Star Control II (section)

==Reception==
''Star Control II'' received a positive reception around its release, as well as several awards. Soon after, ''Star Control II'' began to appear on many "all time best" lists for players and industry figures,<ref name="SC3preview2" /> a reputation that has continued ever since.<ref name="bestclassic2" />

=== Reviews and awards ===
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''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' stated that ''Star Control II'' was as much a sequel to ''Starflight'' as to ''Star Control''. The reviewer praised the [[VGA graphics]] and wrote that the game "has some of the best dialogue ever encountered in this genre". He concluded that the game "has been placed on this reviewer's top ten list of all time ... one of the most enjoyable games to review all year. It is not often that a perfect balance is struck between role playing, adventure, and action/arcade".<ref name="trevena1993032">{{cite magazine|author=Trevena, Stanley|date=March 1993|title=Accolade's Star Control II|page=34|magazine=Computer Gaming World|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=104|access-date=July 6, 2014}}</ref> In their 1994 survey of strategic space games set in the future, they gave the game four-plus stars out of five, stating that "it offers hours of 'simple, hot and deep' play".<ref name="brooks1994052">{{Cite magazine|last=Brooks|first=M. Evan|date=May 1994|title=Never Trust A Gazfluvian Flingschnogger!|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=118|magazine=Computer Gaming World|pages=42–58|access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' gave the game a full five-star review, telling their readers that "if you are a science-fiction gamer who enjoys a superb game environment, a high dollar-to-play ratio, and numerous challenges, SC2 is a definite must-have for your software library".<ref name="Dragon1952">{{cite magazine|last1=Lesser|first1=Hartley|last2=Lesser|first2=Patricia|last3=Lesser|first3=Kirk|date=July 1993|title=The Role of Computers|url=https://annarchive.com/files/Drmg195.pdf|magazine=Dragon|issue=195|pages=57–64|access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> ''Questbusters'' called it the "best science-fiction role-playing game since ''Starflight''", and "best RPG of the year".<ref>{{cite web|author=Adams|first=Shay|date=January 1993|title=Star Control II - Deep Space Questing|url=https://archive.org/details/questbusters-v10n01/page/n13/mode/2up|access-date=October 22, 2020|publisher=Questbusters|pages=1, 14}}</ref> Giving the game four out of five stars, ''[[Game Players]]'' described the game's epic scale, where "there's so much to do -- so many planets to explore and mysteries to solve and battles to fight -- that the game may dominate your spare time".<ref name="gameplayers">{{Cite book|last=Firme|first=Matthew A.|url=http://archive.org/details/Game_Players_PC_Entertainment_Vol.6_No.2_March-April_1993_U|title=Reviews - Star Control II|date=March 1993|publisher=Game Players PC Entertainment - Volume 6 Issue 2|pages=61–64|access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> ''[[PCGames|PC Games]]'' noted the game's "rich history", describing the game as "part arcade, part role-play, ''Star Control II'' is all science fiction, with an emphasis on ''fiction''."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ferrell|first=Ed|url=http://archive.org/details/PCGamesFebMar1993|title=PCG Reviews - Star Control II|date=February 1993|publisher=PCGames|pages=49–50|access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> ''[[Compute!|COMPUTE!]]'' suggested that the game "gives you exactly what you want in a space adventure", also giving the strongest praise for the music and sound as "among the best done for any game on the market."<ref>{{cite web|author=Sears|first=David|date=June 1993|title=Star Control II (Software Review)|url=https://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue153/80_Star_Control_II.php|access-date=October 22, 2020|publisher=COMPUTE!}}</ref> The game was also rated 96/100 by [[Finland|Finnish]] magazine ''[[Pelit]]'', who immediately hailed it as one of the best games of the year.<ref name="pelit1993">{{Cite web|last=Mantylahti|first=Ossi|date=January 1993|title=Star Control II|url=https://archive.org/details/pelit199301/page/n39/mode/2up|access-date=October 22, 2020|website=Pelit}}</ref>

Reviewing the 3DO version, ''[[GamePro]]'' remarked that the user-friendly interface makes the complicated gameplay easy to handle. They also praised the impressive graphics and the voice acting's use of unique vocal inflections for each alien race, and concluded that the game is "an addicting epic sci-fi adventure that will have patient space explorers and zero-gravity tacticians glued to their screens for a million hours. All others should stay away."<ref name="gamepro1994">{{cite magazine|date=November 1994|title=ProReview: Star Control II|url=https://archive.org/details/GamePro_Issue_064_November_1994/page/n183/mode/2up|magazine=[[GamePro]]|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|issue=64|page=174|access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> The four reviewers of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' likewise praised the accessible interface and impressive graphics, but complained that the alien voices are sometimes difficult to understand. They cited the CD-quality audio and the Melee mode as other strong points, and one of them commented that it "blows [the PC version] out of the water." They gave it an 8.25 out of 10.<ref name="egm1994102">{{cite magazine|date=October 1994|title=Review Crew: Star Control II|url=https://archive.org/details/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_63/page/n39/mode/2up|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|issue=63|page=38|access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' reviewed the 3DO version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "if you've the patience to spend hours digging for minerals, the game is addictive, but not state of the art."<ref name="NG2">{{cite magazine|date=January 1995|title=Finals|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|publisher=[[Future US|Imagine Media]]|issue=1|page=91}}</ref>

Jim Trunzo reviewed ''Star Control II'' in ''[[White Wolf (magazine)|White Wolf]]'' #36 (1993), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "Mystery, puzzles, combat, exploration, and more make ''Star Control II'' a science fiction software delight."<ref name="WW36">{{Cite magazine |last=Trunzo |first=Jim |date=1993|title=The Silicon Dungeon |magazine= [[White Wolf Magazine]] |number=36 |page=28-29 |url=https://imgur.com/a/sNm33TN}}</ref>

The year of its release, the [[Game Developers Conference]] honored ''Star Control II'' as an exceptional game among their "Class of '93", calling it a "perfect blend of action and adventure", as well as "sound that is exceptional enough to make gamers think they've upgraded their sound boards".<ref name="cgw1993072">{{cite magazine|date=July 1993|title=The 7th International Computer Game Developers Conference|page=34|magazine=Computer Gaming World|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=108|access-date=July 12, 2014}}</ref> The game also received ''[[Pelit]]'' magazine's first "Game of the Year" award,<ref name="pelit" /> and an award from ''Computer Gaming World'', naming it the magazine's 1993 Adventure Game of the Year (a co-honor with ''[[Eric the Unready]]'').<ref name="cgw1993102">{{cite magazine|date=October 1993|title=Computer Gaming World's Game of the Year Awards|pages=70–74|magazine=Computer Gaming World|url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=111|access-date=March 25, 2016}}</ref>

=== "Greatest game" lists ===
''Star Control II'' quickly began to appear on "all-time favorite" lists, a practice that continued for many years.<ref name="SC3preview2">{{cite journal|last1=McDonald|first1=T. Liam|date=December 1995|title=Star Control 3 - Preview|url=https://archive.org/stream/UneditedPCGamer_marktrade/PC_Gamer_019u#page/n169/mode/2up|access-date=October 22, 2020|journal=[[PC Gamer]]|quote=Six years after Paul Reiche III and Fred Ford first introduced ''Star Control'', and four years after the sequel, it still hits the charts as an "all-time favorite" and "most played" game on online services and in player surveys.}}</ref> In 1994, ''[[PC Gamer US]]'' named ''Star Control II'' as the 21st best computer game ever. The editors called it "an epic" and "thoroughly enjoyable to play and look at."<ref name="pcgamerustop402">{{cite magazine|date=August 1994|title=''PC Gamer'' Top 40: The Best Games of All Time|magazine=[[PC Gamer US]]|issue=3|pages=32–42}}</ref> That same year, ''[[PC Gamer UK]]'' named it the 33rd best computer game of all time. The editors wrote, "If ever a game deserved an award for being underrated, it's ''Star Control II''."<ref name="pcgameruktop502">{{cite magazine|date=April 1994|title=The ''PC Gamer'' Top 50 PC Games of All Time|magazine=[[PC Gamer]]|issue=5|pages=43–56}}</ref> The next year, players voted the game into ''PC Gamer''{{'}}s Readers Top 40.<ref>{{cite web|author=Staff|date=January 1995|title=PC Gamer's Readers Top 40|url=https://ia800403.us.archive.org/BookReader/BookReaderImages.php?zip=/29/items/UneditedPCGamer_marktrade/PC_Gamer_008u_jp2.zip&file=PC_Gamer_008u_jp2/PC_Gamer_008u_0059.jp2&scale=4&rotate=0|publisher=PC Gamer|page=59}}</ref> ''Computer Gaming World'' created their own list in 1996, ranking ''Star Control II'' as the 29th best PC game of all time, calling it "a stunning mix of adventure, action, and humor."<ref name="cgw199611best2">{{cite magazine|date=November 1996|title=150 Best Games of All Time, The 15 Most Rewarding Endings of All Time|pages=64–80, 127|magazine=Computer Gaming World|url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_148/page/n129/mode/2up|access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> In 1999, ''[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]'' also ranked it among their top 50 games of all time.<ref name="NextGen19992">{{cite magazine|date=February 1999|title=The Fifty Best Games of All Time|magazine=[[Next Generation (magazine)|Next Generation]]|issue=50}}</ref>

This acclaim continued well into the next millennium. In 2000, ''[[GameSpy]]'' inducted ''Star Control II'' into their Hall of Fame,<ref>{{cite web|author=Chris "shaithis" Buecheler|date=September 2000|title=The Gamespy Hall of Fame - Star Control 2|url=http://www.gamespy.com/legacy/halloffame/sc2_a.shtm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010430133458/http://www.gamespy.com/legacy/halloffame/sc2_a.shtm|archive-date=2001-04-30|publisher=[[GameSpy]]}}</ref> and ranked it the 26th best game of all time just one year later.<ref name=":63">{{Cite web|last=Gamespy Staff|date=August 7, 2001|title=GameSpy's Top 50 Games of All Time|url=http://www.gamespy.com/articles/july01/top503as/index2.shtm|url-status=live|archive-date=October 31, 2001|access-date=2020-10-07|website=GameSpy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011031000229/http://www.gamespy.com/articles/july01/top503as/index2.shtm}}</ref> [[The Sydney Morning Herald]] noted ''Star Control II'' on its 2002 list, ranking the game as the 26th best game of all time.<ref>{{cite web |date=June 6, 2002 |title=Top 50 video games of all time |url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/top-50-video-games-of-all-time-20020606-gdfcdk.html |work=Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> In 2003, ''[[GameSpot]]'' included ''Star Control II'' on their list of greatest games of all time.<ref name="Gamespot2">{{cite web|author=Greg Kasavin|date=2003-06-27|title=The Greatest Games of All Time - Star Control 2|url=http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-7.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050814235252/http://www.gamespot.com/gamespot/features/all/greatestgames/p-7.html|archive-date=2005-08-14|publisher=Gamespot}}</ref> In the same year, ''[[IGN]]'' named ''Star Control II'' as their 53rd greatest game of all time,<ref name="IGN2003&quot;2">{{Cite web|date=2005-11-23|title=IGN's Top 100 Games of All Time (2003)|url=http://top100.ign.com/2003/51-60.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051123024006/http://top100.ign.com/2003/51-60.html|archive-date=2005-11-23|access-date=2020-05-22|website=IGN}}</ref> and ranked it again at 17th greatest in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2005-08-02|title=IGN's Top 100 Games (2005)|url=http://top100.ign.com/2005/011-020.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050802002523/http://top100.ign.com/2005/011-020.html|archive-date=2005-08-02|access-date=2020-05-22|website=IGN}}</ref> In 2006, Computer Gaming World inducted ''Star Control II'' into their Hall of Fame, explaining that "what made ''Star Control II'' stand out, though, was the incredible amount of backstory and interaction with all the alien species".<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_266|title=Hall of Fame - Star Control II|date=September 2006|publisher=Computer Gaming World Issue 266|page=66|access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> PC Gamer listed ''Star Control II'' the 52nd greatest PC game in their 2011 rankings,<ref>{{Cite news|title=The 100 best PC games of all time|language=en|work=pcgamer|url=https://www.pcgamer.com/the-100-best-pc-games-of-all-time/5/|access-date=2018-04-03|archive-date=2011-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219013135/http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/16/the-100-best-pc-games-of-all-time/5|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Hardcore Gaming 101]] listed it among their 2015 rankings of 200 best video games of all time.<ref>{{cite web|date=2015-12-05|title=HG101 Presents: The 200 Best Video Games of All Time|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/books/hg101-presents-the-200-best-video-games-of-all-time/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029065018/http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/books/hg101-presents-the-200-best-video-games-of-all-time/|archive-date=2017-10-29|publisher=Hardcore Gaming 101}}</ref>

Compared to classic games from the same period, ''Star Control II'' is also ranked on several "best of" lists. Hardcore Gaming selected the game for their 2007 list of favorite classics, with "a combination of sandbox space travel and arcade-style combat, a plotline equal to any space opera you can name, hundreds of pages' worth of interactive dialog and dozens of memorable, unique races, it's easy to see why most reviews of ''Star Control II'' quickly turn into love letters."<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ellis|first=Elizabeth|url=http://archive.org/details/hardcore-gamer-magazine-v2i8|title=Retro a Go-Go! - HGM's favorite Hardcore Classics|date=February 2007|publisher=Hardcore Gamer Magazine Volume 2 Issue 8|page=45|language=en|access-date=October 22, 2020}}</ref> When ''[[Kotaku]]'' compiled their 2013 list of "Classic PC Games You Must Play", ''Star Control II'' reached the very top of the list.<ref name="bestclassic2" /> In 2014, [[Gamer Network|USGamer]] mentioned the game as one of the landmark titles from the 1990s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=USgamer Team |date=August 31, 2014 |title=The Greatest Years in Gaming History 1972-2014: 1990-1999 |url=https://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-greatest-years-in-gaming/page-4 |access-date=October 22, 2020 |website=USgamer |language=en |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027010246/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/the-greatest-years-in-gaming/page-4  }}</ref> ''Retro Gamer'' remembers ''Star Control II'' as one of the top 10 games made for the [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer]],<ref>{{cite web|date=2014-05-13|title=Top Ten 3DO Games|url=https://www.retrogamer.net/top_10/top-ten-3do-games/|publisher=Retro Gamer}}</ref> and later listed it among their top 100 [[Retrogaming|retro games]] at the 68th position.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Redaktion|first=Retro Gamer|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6BvtDwAAQBAJ|title=Retro Gamer Spezial 4/2020: Die 100 besten Retro-Spiele|date=2020-06-28|publisher=Heise Medien GmbH & Co. KG|isbn=978-3-95788-270-7|language=de}}</ref> ''[[Den of Geek]]'' also ranked it at #37 among their list of classic DOS games.<ref name=":03">{{cite web|author=David Hayward|date=2019-05-09|title=50 Underrated DOS Games|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/games/underrated-dos-games/|publisher=Den of Geek}}</ref> Its status as a classic game would lead ''IGN'' to list the series among the top 10 franchises that needed to be resurrected.<ref name="IGNfranchises2">{{cite web|author=IGN PC Team|date=2012-06-12|title=Franchises We Want Resurrected|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2008/12/04/the-wednesday-10-franchises-we-want-resurrected|publisher=IGN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=April 22, 2004|title=Classics Reborn: Volume 3|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2004/04/22/classics-reborn-vol-3|website=IGN}}</ref> Comparing it to the original ''Star Control'', Cinema Blend celebrates ''Star Control II'' in their short list of sequels that progressed well beyond their predecessors.<ref name=":23">{{Cite web|date=2015-05-01|title=5 Sequels That Are Very Different From The Original Games|url=https://www.cinemablend.com/games/5-Sequels-Very-Different-From-Original-Games-71637.html|access-date=2020-05-07|website=CINEMABLEND}}</ref>

=== "Greatest design" lists ===
''Star Control II'' is also recognized for its excellence in several creative areas, including writing, design, and music. In 1996, ''Computer Gaming World'' ranked ''Star Control II'' among their top 15 most rewarding game endings, proclaiming that the game "entertains right down to the end, with the some[sic] of the funniest credits since [[Monty Python|Monty Python's]] [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail|''Holy Grail'']]".<ref name="cgw199611best2" /> The game's ending was similarly ranked as the third greatest of all time according to ''[[GameSpot]]''{{'}}s editors,<ref name="GamespotTop10Endings2">{{cite web|title=GameSpot's Best 10 Endings|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_bestending/page8.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050219174742/http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_bestending/page8.html|archive-date=2005-02-19|access-date=2020-05-11|publisher=GameSpot}}</ref> with their readers ranking it the sixth greatest ending.<ref>{{cite web|title=GameSpot's Ten Best Endings: RC|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_readers_endings/5.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041009195043/http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_readers_endings/5.html|archive-date=2004-10-09|publisher=GameSpot}}</ref> Moreover, GameSpot twice acclaimed the [[Ur-Quan]] among their top ten game villains, mentioning them at the top of one 1999 list as "one of the very best villains. Even now, we are hard-pressed to find a race of adversaries as complex and three-dimensional as the Ur-Quan."<ref>{{cite web|author=GameSpot Staff|date=1999|title=The Ten Best Computer Game Villains - The Ur-Quan|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_villains/page11.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020823223224/http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_villains/page11.html|archive-date=2002-08-23|publisher=GameSpot}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=GameSpot Staff|date=1999|title=Reader's Choice: Best Villains - Villains 5-1|url=https://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_villains_rc/page8.html/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991012071819/https://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_villains_rc/page8.html/|archive-date=1999-10-12|publisher=GameSpot}}</ref> ''[[The A.V. Club]]'' also included the Ur-Quan in their 2021 list of best aliens in pop culture, describing them as "tremendous sci-fi villains, importing heady old-school concepts into ''Star Control'''s relentlessly fun space-based action".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hughes |first=William |date=May 8, 2021 |title=The best aliens in pop culture |url=https://www.avclub.com/who-s-your-favorite-alien-1846839754 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508055233/https://www.avclub.com/who-s-your-favorite-alien-1846839754 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |access-date=May 8, 2021 |website=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref>

The world design of ''Star Control II'' is also celebrated, with ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' magazine giving it top ranking on their list of "games that capture the infinite potential of space".<ref>{{cite web|author=Patrick Lindsey|date=2015-01-07|title=8 Games That Capture the Infinite Potential of Space|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/games/8-games-that-capture-the-infinite-potential-of-space/|publisher=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste magazine]]}}</ref> ''GameSpot'' ranked the ''Star Control II'' universe among their top ten game worlds,<ref name="GamespotTop10Worlds2">{{cite web|title=GameSpot's Top 10 Gameworlds|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_readers_worlds/p2_01.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050228215510/http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_readers_worlds/p2_01.html|archive-date=2005-02-28|publisher=GameSpot}}</ref> whereas GameRant listed ''Star Control II'' as the third largest open world map, also noting it as "perhaps the most underrated game of all time".<ref name=":33">{{cite web|author=Jeff Drake|date=2019-11-10|title=The 10 Biggest Open World Games|url=https://gamerant.com/open-world-games-biggest-maps/|publisher=Game Rant}}</ref>

The game's music is remembered as the 37th greatest game soundtrack by the music magazine ''[[Fact (UK magazine)|FACT]]'', describing it as "a lost 80s treasure trove of unreleased techno, synth pop and Italo".<ref name="FACTmag3">{{cite web|author=Brad Stabler |author2=John Twells |author3=Miles Bowe |author4=Scott Wilson |author5=Tom Lea |date=2015-04-18|title=The 100 best video game soundtracks of all time|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fact_(UK_magazine)|publisher=[[Fact (UK magazine)|FACT]]}}</ref> The music of ''Star Control II'' was similarly listed as the second greatest game soundtrack according to ''GameSpot''{{'}}s editors,<ref>{{cite web|date=1999-10-13|title=The Ten Best Game Soundtracks|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_music/page9.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030406171219/http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_music/page9.html|archive-date=2003-04-06|publisher=GameSpot}}</ref> which was echoed once again by their readers.<ref>{{cite web|date=1999-09-01|title=The Ten Best Game Soundtracks: RC|url=http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_soundtrack/page7.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030406094309/http://www.gamespot.com/features/tenspot_soundtrack/page7.html|archive-date=2003-04-06|publisher=GameSpot}}</ref>