ΔV: Rings of Saturn

Dollar for dollar, PROBABLY the best game I've ever bought. I don't think I ever had this many hours of genuine fun for this cheap. You can really tell that is a passion project for this guy and he loves it. The main reason I am writing this review is because the learning curve for this game SEEMS steep, but it isn't. I ALMOST stopped playing the game twice (and I am an older GenXer with lots of patience) so I can imagine that a lot of younger people would just stop the first time a bunch of cargo flies out of their cargo bay. You need cargo baffles, a laser, a refinery and hauling drones as soon as possible. 1) Don't go too fast or turn too quick, you can damage the ship and/ lose cargo 2) Buy Cargo baffles -buy these immediately as they stop MOST of the cargo from flying out the space. Nothing worse than losing a 25k nugget right at the start... 3) Laser -Buy and tune the laser so the pieces of rock and ice it breaks don't go flying too far advanced cargo are refineries -The projectile ammo systems send things flying everywhere 4) The advanced options under cargo bay are IMPORTANT -each ship has space in the cargo you can see AND space for a fixed weight of EACH element you can't see, the amount will be displayed in numbers on most HUDS, but after being processed it will just disappear. -Once you add a refinery to your ship, you can start earning much more money on each trip NOTE: after you have maxed out all your refined cargo space, you will need to TURN OFF the refinery or any new refined ore will just get vented into space. -The way to make real money is filling up on refined ore, turning off the refinery, then collecting a cargo bay full of 10k+ nuggets. 5) Get HAULING drones ASAP. They make EVERYTHING easier. 6) Personally, I think at least one point defence microwave is a MUST. 7) Don't just blindly upgrade equip and ships to the highest option, you really need to get the combos right, READ the descriptions and yes, even tune them lol :-)

Main game loop is breaking iceroids, grabbing nuggets, which can be a chill experience if you want to take it slow. Fine for me every once in a while. Game lore is handled in unique way - you get to hear and get involved in your crew stories. Other than that - read descriptions of gear and talk to other captains in the rings. There is no end goal or boss, so aside from keeping your company running you need to set your own goals. There are some factions you can try to be friendly with ... or shoot each other.

I like the game, I spent a lot of time. But it's frustrating when pirates never pay for their misdeeds. Even when doing patrols there is no way to be satisfied with the destruction of the pirates... The slightest damage and it's a dozen dives that are lost (in credit). Too bad I hope the game will be better in the end because for now it's too frustrating. Good but frustrating

love it. its deep but not too complex

Deceptively easy to get into. Pretty intuitive, very immersive. Recommended