Honeycomb: The World Beyond is a sci-fi survival adventure set on the vibrant alien planet of Sota7. Adapt by building your base and crafting essential tools. Explore diverse biomes and use your bioengineering experience to uncover mysteries and secure humanity's future.
This should be a homerun game for me, but it falls flat. It feels like somebody made a checklist for what goes in survival-craft /exploration, and built a game around that. I have sunk thousands of hours into the genre, and had whole days fly by with even mid-tier games. This however, I've really had to force myself just to play 8 hours.
Biggest issues:
the...
I wanted to give this a thumbs up, but that ending completely ruined it for me.
They make you do all this crossbreeding with plants, crossbreed a specific animal, and create a key to enter the final door. And on the map, it LOOKS like there is entire hidden area behind that door, if going off how the visible map goes around it.
You do all this, expecting...
Had I realized I went beyond the 2 hour mark for getting a refund, I would have. My mistake.
The game is a walking simulator wrapped in busywork, built on a UI that ignores DECADES of established game design. As a retired developer and 50+ year gamer, this smacks like a team that appears more interested in showing off programming prowess than delivering...
Very peaceful game <3 needed to play something like this for my mental health lol
Got this on a quick whim and have to say i LOVE the idea and it defintiely gives some subnautica ish vibes in a bit more than just crafting. But for the price ive just got to say that it is lacking the polish that would really make it worth while. I refunded sincei dont have that time to wait. But i will definitely keep it on my watchlist for future...
