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5 people found this review helpful
10.6 hrs on record (9.8 hrs at review time)
Early Access Review
Alright so where to start?
How about graphics:
This game is incredibly beautiful and reminded me quite a bit of no mans sky (or at least what I've seen of it gameplay wise). There are some buggy areas of this game such as clipping through some objects at times or not being able to hit certain resources. This is generally fixed by reloading the game. As for setup, I can't stress this enough especially for duel or tripple monitor users this game will definitely give you issues, at least at first. They recently came out with an update in the last several days or so though that allows you now to select which monitor you wish to use, which really makes the above issue moot.

Feel and atmosphere:
Hooooly ♥♥♥♥. The atmosphere of this game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ AMAZING. You start out with a cracked suit and must repair it before all your oxygen runs out. While your character gasping their final breaths.. or even the panting from running/low oxygen can get annoying, it really adds to the atmosphere of the game. You can of course turn this down in the settings. The game so far really gives me the feeling like I'm stuck on some planet straight out of the movie Pitch Black. The environmental effects can get annoying but are SO well done, I'm talking it rains, condensation will appear on your visor.. dust storms will cause dust buildup to an extent etc. Oh and that's not even getting into the light effects throughout the day/night cycles. The lighting is very well done and when night hits.. you'll need your headlight.. or else.

Game Play:
Ok this game is in alpha so I'll give them some slack for putting certain things into the game but not making them functional.. I was a bit pissed and felt sort of mislead but then again I bought this at the urging of one of my friends so I didn't read any of their updates prior to playing.. fair enough. Some stuff you can place but has no functionality yet which, while being sucky, I'm fine with. I originally joined a multiplayer server with a friend and we assumed that the first part we started on was it.. that was the entire map.. NOPE. The map is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ huge folks.. I mean you'll be exploring for HOURS and can get really REALLY lost.. or eaten if you don't figure out your beacon map thingie they give you. The getting eaten though.. that generally happens if you don't find a relatively safe place to hide (ie on top of a huge ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ rock) for when the night time critters come out to play. I also highly suggest playing with friends as I've had 1000x more fun exploring with friends than I have alone.. alone it's pretty daunting and sorta scary ha! There are also many other events that can happen, so far I've seen meteor showers which are pretty cool.. oh yeah.. and the sandworms.. I'm talking DUNE sandworms here people they are BIG (and quite deadly).

Alien AI in this game is pretty cool too, some are smarter than others and I could swear that I've seen one of those monkey looking things have its buddy attack me while it attacked me from my left.. so be on guard at all times!
Lesee.. multiplayer.. you can do several types of multiplayer.. you can join a public server if you wana just jump in and start sixing people right off the bat.. OR you can make a private multiplayer server an invite steam friends to join. This is very simple to do and I give the devs TONS of credit for hosting these servers for us. That way, if the original person who started the server wants to leave their friends can continue yey!

So far I've listed a bunch of pros to this game and only a few cons... there are some cons though but again, they aren't all that bad:
AI/pathfinding needs some work. Aliens or your droids you can build (you get one when you spawn as well) can get stuck.. Not a big issue but it's something I've noticed.

Aliens will also fall/spawn from the sky and fall to the ground which is weird... but I'm sure they'll fix it eventually.

You do have to walk.. a lot.. and I mean A LOT. At least at first. Once you get a vehicle it makes the treck 100x easier and you can really get out and explore your surroundings. If you pick a poor place to start a habitat.. be prepared to spend quite a bit of time collecting resources that are like.. 700m away, usually a good 4 min walk there and back. This is another reason you should play with friends if you decide to get this game.

If they build on this game and eventually release everything they say they are going to.. I see this game really taking off!
I would highly suggest waiting until they stop with the server wipes though as it's pretty frustrating to spend hours building a colony only to have your server wiped and all progress lost.. especially as a solo player. If you enjoy exploring the planet and just getting acquainted with the game without getting incredibly involved.. then yes, buy it, but if you enjoy having some sort of game progression and proof of progress.. don't buy just yet.
Posted October 11, 2016. Last edited October 11, 2016.
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2 people found this review helpful
4.0 hrs on record (2.6 hrs at review time)
Early Access Review
Ok. So. Let's just get what everyone is saying out of the way, this game is Road Rash Reborn! It's a definite must buy and I am very impressed with how well it plays for Early Access.
This game can be difficult and you're going to die ALOT, but this game is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fun that it won't matter!
Just waiting for online gameplay.
8/10
Posted September 27, 2014. Last edited September 27, 2014.
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