Journey on the back of the space whale Kewa, building a city for your people as you travel across the galaxy seeking purpose and answers, and developing deep relationships with the universe around you.
I'm sorry, but no. I loved the demo, and have been watching this game for quite some time and the end result is... this? After all of this time? There's only basic roads, the pollution is so easily removed and repurposed, the landscaping feature is overpowered. As a cozy game, I suppose this works, but then there are other options for that which are...
I was a big fan of Before We Leave - and I'm not saying this won't grow on me, but initial thoughts are this is not an improvement.
The Tech tree is very "meh" - it's hard to see how any of the options are overly helpful. It feels like there are less building options than the previous game so far, and the story game mode so far feels pretty slow and...
The premise is excellent, but the execution is unfortunately bland.
There is essentially no personality to the town or its citizens, and the "story" such as it is only manages to be annoying. I have seen the usual suspects whining about it being "woke" and all that but if you've at least a pair of braincells you know that's a nonissue. The characters...
Tried again today, and the second attempt went much better. I was obviously doing something wrong yesterday, but for the life of me I could not spot what it was. Peeps were just not going to work. I've played a couple of hours today on a new game and things seem fine. It was obviously a "me" issue, but wish I knew what the problem was.
Game is good...
I was a playtester for Beyond These Stars, so I have played this for over 260 hours.
This is just a wonderful, addictive game. At its core it's about building a thriving community, expanding and developing while managing increasingly complex production chains, managing the tradeoffs between keeping biomes healthy and creating the industrial capacity...
