Planet Nomads

I use a 3rd party firewall software on my computer. When I launch the game the firewall warns me that the game is trying to connect to the internet, and gives me the option to allow or deny. When I deny the connection the game instantly crashes, and when I allow the connection it runs fine. So if you want a game that doesn't require an internet connection you should pass on this one.

Building - the core gameplay part - takes a lot of grind and doesn't feel satisfying at all, as currently the game simply does not have enough blocks to allow players to build something to be proud of. Building things requires you to produce materials, and currently this process cannot be automated. If one material requires another material in order to be built, you must build everything manually. I personally find it extremely frustrating, as it forces players to waste a lot of time. Building vehicles is possible, but is a bit cumbersome, and currently you can only use wheels. As a result of the game's tedious crafting system, building even the most basic platform-on-wheels will take a lot of time and grind. The game looks beautiful and the landscapes are pleasant to look at. Performance is acceptable, I have 8 GB of RAM, i5 3570k and a GTX 970 and I didn't experience any harsh framerate drops, although the game still struggles to keep stable 60 FPS on ultra settings. I had some problems with the UI, as its transparency cannot be customised - and I think that it's too transparent. If you're interested in the game - wait for it to develop further. I cannot recommend buying it in its current state, unless you're a very passionate fan of this genre.

This game is still early access quality, and likely always will be at this point. Do not believe the version number. It has been abandoned by the developers in an incomplete, unoptimised state. I would go so far as to avoid anything made by this group in the future as well. The warning signs were on the wall for the past year or so. Some things changed here and there for the better, don't get me wrong, but it looked nothing like a genuine project being developed by those that really cared about the project. If I fire it up today, it pretty much plays exactly like it does when I made the mistake of buying it years ago. If you want a 3d game where you can creatively build stuff, there are far better alternatives out there (ones where you can tell the devs really care, like Empyrion). This one only ever showed promise, and all of that vanished once they slapped "1.0.0" on it, with more than half of the intended milestones abandoned.

The idea of the game is great, explore, create, survive. The game is boring, however. Booting up the game will be a 15% chance of success on Debian based Linux systems. Why the developers decide to upgrade their engine without first ensuring stability or even attempted optimization for a listed supported platform is beyond me but seems to be foreshadowing. The game only runs above 20 frames per second on Nvidia hardware (not cool). The Windows side of gameplay is just as unimpressive from a visual perspective. AMD, Nvidia, whoever, all struggle to play the game unless the system runs above a RX580 or GTX1070 with a decent modern(ish) processor. I have outrun the draw rendering by simply driving around in a buggie or falling off a cliff. The game runs poorly on any system regardless of hardware or operating system. Unfortunate. Gameplay wise games like Minecraft provide a creative outlet, Witcher and Fallout games offer adventure, story and micromanaging interfaces all of which are more of a value than this game. What this game does do is set the tone of the game with a wonderfully mysterious opening video sequence (before they added the annoying mandatory tutorial level). My closing thought is to urge you to place your hard earned dollars back inside your pocket so that they may be safe from being wasted on this game. There are other options, better and more valuable.