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Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage2020

Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage

2020 505 Games71Good

Playtime

BriefIt typically takes about 2.5 hours to finish the game.

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Details

Launch
April 14, 2020
Publisher
505 Games
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Overview

Hot Garbage DLC is coming to Journey to the Savage Planet!

Your new mission: Scout out the proposed home of a new Kindred waterfront resort 'Boomerdale'. Uncover the source of some mysterious pollutants, meet some new robotic adversaries, gather some fresh new upgrades (infinite stamina!) and report your discoveries back to Kindred Aerospace.

Screenshots

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Screenshot for Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage
Screenshot for Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage
Screenshot for Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage
Screenshot for Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage
Screenshot for Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage
Screenshot for Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage
Screenshot for Journey to the Savage Planet: Hot Garbage

Reception

Hot Garbage is a pretty decent DLC to JTTSP, with the same atmosphere, but the pregresion is quite linear.

Sadly, I am not having fun at all with the "Hot Garbage" DLC. I thought returning to my job working for Kindred would be just as much of a trip as the first go-around. But this vacation was a real stinker.

Journey to the Savage Planet first DLC, Hot Garbage brings a lot of interesting ideas to the game and is a worthy new content. Unfortunately the game doesn't take fully advantage of some of its new mechanics.

Hot Garbage is a DLC pack that adds a new, self-contained area and a few upgrades to the original gameplay formula. Despite that, its story can be completed in a couple of hours and the number of new activities is too small for its price tag.

Hot Garbage is an expansion that delivers gameplay that I hope to expect in future DLC, where the gameplay is centered around putting the player in situations where combat and skills are essential to progression. Though on a new planet, Hot Garbage falls short of creating an all-encompassing experience that makes one believe they're on an all-new w...