The gameplay is pretty typical of the genre, nothing groundbreaking here. It took me 4-5 hours to complete. The best part is the story, it's very good. The story is also why I gave it 4 stars, because the game play and game mechanics mean there is almost no replay-ability.
This is a pretty unforgiving game. I play it when I want to feel better about how FTL is treating me. It does need a bit of a tutorial. I feel it a bit odd that someone paid to run the console would be so unfamiliar with it. The pop ups that you get (once as far as I can tell) don't help much once they are gone, and the manual is a tome. One thing that bugs me is how once your Deadnauts have died you have to go back to the main menu, you cant review any of the logs and data you might have collected and not read yet. It would also be nice to have a difficulty setting or the ability to carry over your crew and gear to the next mission. Other than that, its a fun game. I like the overall feel of the game and I plan to play it more.
Worth the buy. Its the kind of game that you will be thinking about when you are not playing.
