I hadn't even heard of this game until I saw Cohh play it last week on Twitch. Wow. Let me start off with the good things: 1 - Graphics are great 2 - The music is awesome and engaging 3 - The gameplay is challenging, rewarding, unique and frustrating at times, very well done I think this game takes all of the great elements from other base building/4x style games/choose your own adventure books and combines them into one (without the combat!) - which is super hard to pull off. You have the top down ISO view combined with the base building and economy aspects from RTS games, along with the exploratory aspect of 4x games and the permanent decision making outcomes from a choose your own adventure book. The addition of the heat map and the generator centric unique mechanic is so cool. I honestly found myself apologizing out loud to my computer when I had to amputate people's legs and force them to work 24 hours shifts to keep the generator running. I know people talk about immersion alot these days, but with headphones on and you'll feel like you are really part of the group you are trying to save. I saw some previous reviews about how this game was too easy...not sure when they were written but I found the learning curve decently steep. I mean I spent hours on the first mission only to come down the end and die with a few hours left. At first I was kind of pissed, but then I realized I just get to start it over again! Yes there are currently only 4 or 5 built scenarios along with Endless mode, but I find myself wanting to go back and improve as I learn how to play. This game is great. I really hope they continue to release future scenarios as the storyline for this game could go on for quite some time.
