RileyHisbert
6.5 hours
None
Played on Steam

I'll be honest, were it not for a friend's recommendation I wouldn't have looked twice at this game. The info on the steam page left me feeling 'eh', and based on the graphics I could see i thought I'd either be really bored, or it'd make my brain hurt. Fortunately, I was wrong.

I absolutely loved this game. While it is fairly minimal in gameplay, there is enough to keep you engaged. The story is absolutely amazing, though. I don't want to say much for fear of spoilers, but we'll just say I played this until 3am because I couldn't put it down until my eyes refused to open anymore. There's also the taxonomy of all of the species you can find - holy hell that DETAIL! I'll admit I didn't read all of them, but I did look at all of the sketches. Absolutely astounding. I also really appreciated that post-game, it gave you a chance to go back and find what you were missing. I was at 98%, and apparently I just forgot to scan something I already had in my base :,) But it allowed me to 100% it! And as someone who doesn't 100% games unless it's 1) easy or 2) I love the game, I hope that says something :)

I did have a few problems with the game - it gets kind of boring going straight on the paths where there is nothing to scan, it bugged out a few times and told me I couldn't go deeper/less deep when I could and I'd have to leave the point and come back, and sometimes I didn't notice the game dialogue going because I was so focused on the radar, and seeing as the text auto-advances, I definitely missed some. There is a way to access to log at least, but at the time, it was kind of annoying.
Overall small annoyances compared to the amazing positives.

The one screenshot I have attached was just proof of 100%ing because there are no achievements :)


Vito

Wait, didn’t I just comment on another review of yours? :D I hope you don’t mind the spamming, but I saw this game on Steam and I was curious about it. As you say, the graphics look a bit uninviting, but the premise of the game sounded interesting. And now, only a few days later someone writes a review about it on BLAEO! What a lucky coincidence. So thanks for the review, I’ll keep the game as playworthy in my mind :)

RileyHisbert

I’m the one spamming with the reviews, so you’re fine xD I hope you’re able to play it some day!