Recent reviews by Black Adder

Annoying in so, SO many ways. Bad UI, annoying keybinds that belong in the 1800's (+ points for immersion), Bad use of information, overall clunky feeling, nothing is really intuitive and things go to ♥♥♥♥ way too easily just because of the way the game is structured.
- If you dont have patience, dont even think about this game. Pick up something soothing like Darksouls.

On the plus side: Nice graphics, coazy feeling, eyecandy...
Thats about it.

Ive played many 4x games, RTS, hectic base builders, Eu4 with all dlc's and a massive empire, X-series...
Nothing has annoyed me to this end as this game has. There is no time to sit down and just plan things out because you'll always be missing things.
You need to put down 15 billion warehouses and the ai is too stupid to loadbalance them.
Pressed Spacebar in the middle of a crisis because you wanted to pause/focus on town hall/ go to the event etc like the myriad of other games?! FOOL! You should know it forces you to look at a slow and annoying animation you cant do anything about... Twice.

Why do i then recommend the game?
I dont know, it seems fun... but holy hell is it annoying!

Really fun game! Limited possibilities and even the best defences can be easily overwhelmed at even the highest research and best units. Some proper difficulty fixing is in order.

Really good game! Never stop expanding and the levels are really easy

Great game. A bit wonky, the controls are pretty ♥♥♥♥, UI is terrible and the inventory/use system is so bad it almost made me quit out of pure frustration quite a few times. BUT, it has a great feel to it once all that stuff is out of the way.

The devs are focusing on the wrong things imo, like not allowing for non-permadeath runs over fixing actual problems with the game (listed above). I think a different take on UI design would breathe a completely new life into this game.

An incredibly fun game that combines the classics of motherlode with a gorgeous pixel based physics engine and an incredibly diverse wand tinkering base that would put Sacred's spell building to shame.

If you like a hardcore 1 life roguelike with almost endless replayability, this is the game for you!

Really fun and immersive game with great visuals and fun mechanics. Despite my 30 hours i havent reached close to end game and i have a lot of content left to explore.

As its an early access game im a bit worried about its future. If the devs keep on working on it and adding more content in the future, maybe even DLC's (which id gladly buy for €10-15), and dont just abandone the game this may very well become one of my all time favourites.

Having bought other finished games this year that really left me with a bitter aftertaste (Starfield, Sea of Thieves etc) its refreshing to see a small studio really do such a good job with this title.

What would i like to see?

*Better performance, my 4070 doesnt even ramp up but i still encounter strange lagg and stutter in certain areas. Still okay for a recently Early Access released title.
*More areas to explore.
* Water
* Some better targeting system.
* More NPC's (I get that the story doesnt really allow for such things but id love to see an area where there are survivors). - Fixed with latest update

TLDR: Good stable game well worth its price, if you like Valheim: You'll most likely like this one as well!

Update after latest game update:
Still Amazing game, love the new areas and the new systems in place.
Last boss is crazy and needs fixing tho.

Really fun game with a lot of things to do. Would like some less random behaviour such as hit rates but can be mended with mods.

A well trained shooter missing a hulk 3 meters away is just stupid.

Great app with smart functions to avoid CPU and GPU bloat when other processes need the hardware more.
Can run this and Starfield maxed on a 78003DX, 32GB of 6k DDR5 ram and a GTX 4070.

The launch was way more than rocky and it almost took the studio with it. Maybe not financially but certainly from a community and reliability standpoint. You cant overvalue your community's feeling towards a studio as thats literally what makes or breaks any studio.

Today however, this game is an absolute gem. Although i may not like the way the story has evolved and the to me lost character developement chances, it is still an absolute gem in terms of quality gameplay, freedom, choices, a well balanced game world size vs content with unique and seamlessly integreated areas that feel organic and lived in.

I would love to see some deeper developement on the cyber psychosis issues as well as a better or more indepth version of hacking where you can do more with the abilities you have at your disposal.


I have 5 games that i absolutely love and have been my best regarded titles for years now; Minecraft, Skyrim, Fallout 4, Metal Gear Solid V (phantom pain) and Rimworld. They have their faults but they are absolute gems in their own right.
This game is seriously close to becoming the 6th game on that GOAT shelf of mine and thats no mean feat as i've spent the better part of the past 2 decades gaming. With thousands of hours into my faviourite titles and an average of 8+ hours every day, i think i know what i like and want from the community and the games i buy.

TLDR:
Great game, buy at any price and spend the time it deserves, it will reward you for being patient and getting into the story.

0 hours of fun in the most repetative game i have ever spent money on. Cant recomend what so ever. The only fun part was talking to my friends.