They are, in no particular order, Human, Glitch (androids), Hylotl (fish-esque beings), Floran (sentient plants), Avian (bird-esque creatures), and Apex (hyper-intelligent monkeys). In Starbound, you can currently select from 6 different humanoid races. This review covers the “Furious Koala ” version of the public beta.) ( At the time this review, Starbound is unfinished and currently in public beta. I inevitably ran out of fuel above an alien planet, saw countless indescribable horrors, and fought my way through prisons, temples, and research facilities for this review of Starbound.
Starbound manages to fit itself perfectly between the two. Others, such as Grand Theft Auto, have a more linear backbone. Some sandbox games literally do just that – thrust you into the fray, pants or not, such as the wildly popular Minecraft and Terraria. Have you ever played a sandbox game? No, no, not building a sand castle as a child – sandbox games are video games that drop you into a large world and leave you to your own devices.
( Starbound is, at the time of posting, unfinished and does not have an ESRB rating.)
