Game review: Drox Operative  Title: Drox Operative Developer:
Soldak Entertainment Platforms: Win & Mac Price: $19.95, free
demo  Guest Review by Tof Eklund  Soldak Entertainment has built
their reputation on action RPGs in the roguelike vein that
Diablo popularized. The award-winning Din’s Curse may be their
best known release, with its complex character interactions and
dynamic world.  Some years ago, I got sucked into an ambitious
but incomplete space action roguelike called Transcendence (side
note: it seems that Transcendence is still in development). Drox
Operative promises to take what I liked about that game and
really push the RPG and simulation elements.  The setup is
simple: dating back at least to Master of Orion 2, 4x space
strategy games have included mercenaries for hire, either to
captain your ships or with their own tricked-out ships. Drox
Operative situates you as one of those mercenaries, taking jobs
for the various powers seeking to conquer the known universe.
The greatest strength of the