Do you want to feel like a rat in manhattan, except in an alien world? Do you like the idea of a game world that is actively designed to feel like a real place instead of a videogame level? An environment that works against you instead of for you? 2000 characters isn't enough to express my love for this game, so I'll try to keep it short. If you like games that don't hold your hand, and you want to enjoy a game with a true sense of discovery, buy it right now. (It's 60% off!) If you have any interest at all, go in blind. It's best experienced with no spoilers. If you enjoy getting lost in an alien world, if you take pleasure in a "die, learn, get better, die less" gameplay loop, this is for you. If you liked Outer Wilds, Myst, System Shock 1, Dark Souls 1, Hyper Light Drifter, Morrowind, or other such games that allow YOU to figure out where to go / what to do, this is for you. The AI is astonishing. Other creatures have great variety and interactions with one another, creating a complete ecosystem that doesn't revolve around you - the other "enemies" are all out playing the game themselves, hunting for food, hiding from floods, and avoiding predators. The environments are absolutely beautiful, some of the best pixel art I've ever seen, truly gorgeous. Soundtrack is dynamic. Moody most of the time. I hate to admit it, but it's not for everyone. This is not a Metroidvania, but it is dripping with the atmosphere of Metroid. You do not "gain a double jump power" or "energy tanks" - you just get better at the game. This is much more in the vein of Another World / Heart of Darkness / Abe's Odyssey/Exodus If you aren't patient, or if you're afraid of dying quite a bit as you learn, it might not be for you. I'll be honest - I dismissed this game because it "looked like a cheap flash game" and then bounced off it because of difficulty, before I gave it a real fair shake and fell madly, deeply in love with it. With the Downpour DLC or with mods, it even has coop. :D
Easily one of the greatest isometric action games released last decade - No other games allow for such tactical combat. It is unparalleled in the genre; hit and run, sneak attacks, using smoke to cover your retreat, or your screen your attack. Activating your cloaking device until an enemy patrol moves past you, to blast their rear armor. Little details set this apart from all the rest - you'll love the intricacies and pure effort poured into this game. I have at least 400 hours in this game and still find new interactions with the weapons. - 40+ 'Mechs, Tanks, and Agravs (Hovering vehicles) - all with customizable weapons/equipment These are divided up into three factions, all with distinct visual personality and combat style. 'Mechs vary from the smallest power suit and fast light units to massive, heavy, towering monstrosities. - Extremely destructible environments. Almost every mission, the entire map can be flattened. All maps are lovingly hand-crafted - there is no procedural generation here, despite the "roguelite" tag - though there is a run randomizer for loadout and maps. - Multi-level height system, allowing you to duck behind cover, smash through cover, shoot over cover, arc mortar shells down onto enemies in cover, and more. - Exquisitely creative and fun weapon combinations. laser-shotguns, pulse lasers that cause explosions where they hit, full-auto rocket launchers, cannons, artillery (rapid fire mortars), rapid fire machine-guns. corrosive gas canister launchers...you can mount dual GAU-8s on either side of a Minivan that's stacked on several other cars as part of a siege engine (look up "Treehouse" + Brigador) - Absolutely phenomenal soundtrack, very enjoyable to listen to both in and out of the game - Very well written lore / world-building; great audiobook comes with. - Tank Controls AND Twin-Stick controls (you choose!) I would gush about this game more but there's a 2000 character limit. Try it, buy it, fall in love with it! It's amazing.
