Unfortunately, it just can't hold a candle to others in the genre. It has a cool gimmick with the mining, but everything else is just mehhh

- Weapons are boring as hell - Shoot bullets in a straight line! Shoot electric bullets in a straight line! Shoot bullets in 4 straight lines! Shoot bullets in a horizontal line! Shoot one big bullet! Its so uninspired.

- Upgrades are boring +% damage/fire rate/reload speed. No synergies or interesting status effect combos. Weapons have an overclock you can pick every 6 levels, but those are also for the most part stupidly boring like simply converting damage type or +% more damage but -% reload speed!!!!

- Meta progression is a joke honestly, multiple runs to get a +2% xp buff, ♥♥♥♥ off

- The game just feels really... empty and unfinished? I know its early access, but it feels like its missing so much. You can't hover over anything for more information, you can't make the minimap larger (or anything even close to QoL options), you can't see ores on the map, you can't separate the direction in which you are moving and which you are shooting/mining, which is a big deal because some weapons only work from the front or from the back, making them extremely ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ clunky and unfun to use. There isn't even a dedicated rock and stone button, or if there was, I couldn't find it, because there is no options menu to rebind any key.

As someone who is a connoisseur of this genre, I just can't justify this price tag.

Unfortunately, it just can't hold a candle to others in the genre. It has a cool gimmick with the mining, but everything else is just mehhh - Weapons are boring as hell - Shoot bullets in a straight line! Shoot electric bullets in a straight line! Shoot bullets in 4 straight lines! Shoot bullets in a horizontal line! Shoot one big bullet! Its so uninspired. - Upgrades are boring +% damage/fire rate/reload speed. No synergies or interesting status effect combos. Weapons have an overclock you can pick every 6 levels, but those are also for the most part stupidly boring like simply converting damage type or +% more damage but -% reload speed!!!! - Meta progression is a joke honestly, multiple runs to get a +2% xp buff, fuck off - The game just feels really... empty and unfinished? I know its early access, but it feels like its missing so much. You can't hover over anything for more information, you can't make the minimap larger (or anything even close to QoL options), you can't see ores on the map, you can't separate the direction in which you are moving and which you are shooting/mining, which is a big deal because some weapons only work from the front or from the back, making them extremely fucking clunky and unfun to use. There isn't even a dedicated rock and stone button, or if there was, I couldn't find it, because there is no options menu to rebind any key. As someone who is a connoisseur of this genre, I just can't justify this price tag.