"visually rich" and "captivating sequel". Years later, the duo cautioned against focusing too much on questions from the previous games, concluding that a "smattering of that is fun, but the whole point is to extend the mystery". Reiche also felt that the new character design lost the charm of the previous game's digital paintings. Kurt Kalata of Hardcore Gaming 101 described the efforts of Legend Entertainment, that "[i]t's obvious the designers of Star Control III had great reverence for the older games, it still can't help but feel like fan fiction. That feeling, that everything is slightly off, is what harms Star Control 3 the most." Still, the publication also noted that the antagonist's goal of harvesting sentience was an influence on the Mass Effect series and their antagonist, the Reapers. In 1998, a follow-up game titled StarCon was planned, featuring the Crux as a major faction, but Accolade suspended the project to re-evaluate their plans for the Star Control license. Star Control 3 thus marked the last official installment to the series. References External links Star Control 3 at The Pages of Now and Forever 1996 video games Accolade (company) games Adventure games set in space Classic Mac OS games DOS games Games commercially released with DOSBox Legend Entertainment games MacSoft games Multidirectional shooters Multiplayer and single-player video games Multiplayer hotseat games Space opera video games Star Control Video game sequels Video games developed in the United States Video games with isometric graphics Windows games