I am looking at this game's review page on GOG and am displeased to see so many old reviews that are still in the top spot. At this point in this game's lifecycle you should know whether or not you would like this game but I just want to through a couple cents into the ring and not a full review. In 2016 this game was very lack luster and had too many problems for any full price game to reasonably have. The creator made so much money that he could have just left the industry like Phil Fish but instead they are STILL working on making things right. "If the creator is still working on it after 4 years, does that mean that he is slow at working or that there is 4 years worth of content?" I'm proud to say that it's the later. 4 years of content since 2016. At some point, the games trajectory had it in line with other survival and creation games but just with the twist of space travel and bad inventory management. But with the game's trajectory not slowing down they have continuously put out massive updates that, at the very least, is worth you looking into. TL;DR take a look at the massive updates that have released since 2016 and think to yourself if they sound interesting enough on top of the base game to give this game a shot. For full price? Maybe not, it has been 4 years, but any discount makes this game worth it.
I always like my visual novels and to read actual books and this is one of those experiences. As a story teller, this is fantastic and I love the art direction. So while I really am enjoying this game for the characters and the music I can't help but to be rubbed the wrong way by the technical limitations of the game. It ends up feeling 'quaint', like a game project I did in College. I want it said that I am a software eng. so this sort of thing peeks my interest and will over take the review, but just know that I would buy the game again still. GAMEPLAY: Typical spacebar mashing VN that really doesn't have much interms of decisions but you do get to keep track of key words to later pick them out to try to get the key words that you need to unlock additional lore that is strewn about. After every large conversation scene you will first pick out keywords and see what items you got from them. Then you will be in a free roam mode where you search for unlockable objects to use those items on. These objects will give you more lore to read and I must say that the music complements these stories greatly. CONS: Besides the lack of input in the main story I've had, the free roam mode is the most problematic and shows the limits of the programing that was able to get done before shipping. There is a single mouse sensitively and a locked FOV that is too narrow for use on a monitor and gives me terrible headaches. I literally end up squinting and facing away from the screen... never had to do THAT before. There are also frame rate issues, but nothing that kills it. PROS: The story is unique and is keeping my interest so far. The art style is very pretty and makes me think that this is in fact the best medium for this game. The music is great, I actually discovered this game because I was snooping around Kevin Penkin's website and saw this listed under his works... did NOT realize that this just released. Overall, would buy again!
