Posted on: December 17, 2020
Ahmn
Verified ownerGames: 278 Reviews: 111
A few small spoilers of game's mechanics
Fun game with a nice atmosphere and high replay value. A bit too random at times, at least for me. And many small things sometimes ruining the experience or just being slightly annoying. I would want to give it a four but there are many small and a few big annoyances that stops me. Example of a small one: Some of the menu systems are annoying. Especially when drilling, extracting gas or receiving stuff from events. Lets say your ship is full. Usually that's not a problem. You can just choose something to discard and make space for the new item. If you get free stuff from a random event or alien encounter however, you're not given the option. This forces you to either play with empty slots in a game that's very unforgiving, or not get any items. You also can't use items while the popup menu with new items appear. Impossible to use some of the oxygen to refill the tanks before discarding the rest. You could enter another menu to refill, but as soon as you close the menu the new stuff is in, all of it disappears. Example of a big one: Sometimes you are warped to a random location. Usually it is because you are swallowed by a worm hole, interact with some aliens or alien artifacts or have to escape a dangerous situation by warping. This is fun and makes the gameplay a lot more unpredictable. Bad thing is that a few times I have been warped to places from which it's not possible to progress. Unless you have gathered the right kind of specific technology that allows you to travel in such areas, it's the same as dying, just more annoying as it just feels like something the developers didn't intend to happen. Even if your ship is great and you have plenty of resources, you may lack some necessary equipment for such areas.
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