Fun story, puzzles that are fun, but not completely unreasonable (they are a bit easy at times), amazing artwork. If you are a fan of the genre, you're in for a treat!
In short, a superb retro adventure game with huge replay value. Your choices matter and due to the time limit not all places may be explored in one play through.
I was very surprised when I realised how much my choices matter and how they impact the game. While there seem to be no "wrong" choices there's at least certain consequences to them making the game feel a lot more alive then many other games in the genre.
The pixel art is superb. Just my kind of style. Sound effects are retro but not annoying. There's a lot of dialog in the game ... none of which has voice over. All conversations have to be read. At least different people's dialog are in different colours making it a bit easier to follow.
The humour is refined and much more mature then in some other pixel games. Puzzles aren't super hard and feel logical.
The UX is good. I think given that this is a pixel game it's pretty much perfectly executed. I find it a bit annoying that inventory items have to be dragged all the way to the intended point of use instead of a click & hold mechanism being implemented. But that's just nitpicking.
Another lovely surprise is the combat engine. It's quite simplistic but as you progress along the journey you might get to enjoy some weapons upgrades making it a good place to try new strategies. But mostly i appreciate this game mechanic as it breaks up any last feeling of being on rails.
And that's what hooked me so very much to this game. A cool story line with many options to choose, a sense of urgency and the occasional shakeup to keep things interesting.
This is a great game I highly recommend for fans of the point & click and pixel art genres. If pixel art isn't yours, maybe give it a try anyway as this one is among the best I've seen and it's well implemented with some more modern effects, etc.
From my vantage point however I can only congratulate the developers of this game. I consider it an all time favourite and enjoy every time I launch the game.
Combat takes getting used too. I wasn't paying attention and it look me half the game to understand what I was doing wrong.
Adventure elements are top notch with multiple endings which makes multiple play throughs interesting.
This game is fantastic. It has a lot of fun Star Trek like details and choices. It kind of feels like a mix between FTL and the old Interplay Star Trek adventure games. Your choices actually matter.