Brick Bungalow Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 Still an early steam release with the normal bugs. Totally playable but expect the occasional problem. You play an astronaut who has crash landed on a barren planet (a common theme right now) The game focuses on resource collection and management. You land in a random spot on a large map. Your starting position is pretty important because your initial ability to transport resources is very limited. The atmosphere of danger and isolation is captured pretty well. Your visibility is impaired by various conditions as often as not. Enemies and hazards will often catch you unaware. Your space helmet gets cracked and your vision gets impaired by blood and oxygen loss. It's especially cool at night with the flashlight which combined with the spooky aliens evokes several familiar horror films. The construction is fairly straightforward (a lot of stuff is either currently inert or unavailable) You begin with a simple habitat dome and a robot drone companion. You need to develop and build what amounts to an outer space style base camp. One especially cool facet is how modular the building components are. A lot of the resources require you to create machines that process other resources. Early in the game you spend a long time wandering around because the resources are spread pretty thin and you usually need three or four elements to construct anything not to mention the fact that you can carry very little until you get a vehicle. Memorizing coordinates and landmarks pays off handsomely for this reason and also because certain enemies should probably be just avoided. There is already a formative multiplayer aspect both co-op and pvp. The potential for large scale team conflicts is pretty exciting given all the other features. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted October 27, 2016 Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 I am not a fan of the large-scale conflict items but I enjoyed the co-op survival aspect of ARK. how does the co-op aspect of this one look? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brick Bungalow Posted October 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2016 I haven't actually tried co op but the potential feels pretty amazing with all the buildings and gadgets you have access to. I think that aspect of the game hasn't really been fine tuned yet. By next year it should be fully fleshed out. I really hope it doesn't get stuck in development. It's my favorite game right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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