Recent reviews by Knoife

Epic has been slowly bleeding this game out for years. It's only getting worse.

Love the game, and it only has a few quirks. (For me, anyway)

As someone who works full time throughout the week, this game is perfect. The actual missions don't last too terribly long, and every moment can be a ton of fun. I generally don't like turn-based games or strategy games, but for whatever reason Cross Rays resonates with me. I'd imagine it's the amount of content and my drive to unlock everything I can that keeps me coming back. An endless amount of Gundams and items to unlock makes replaying levels worth the effort. That being said, I've yet to actually complete all of the playable content.

One of the best parts for me are the Dispatches. If you haven't purchased the game, or done any research, a Dispatch is where you can send your groups out to do missions over a certain amount of time. Like I said, for someone who works full time, this is an amazing feature that lets me see results even though I haven't been actively playing the game. Before I go to work I can send my groups out on Dispatches, and come home to see what they've earned. Even dispatches that last less than 8-10 hours are great because I can use programs, such as Google Desktop, to Dispatch my groups from work. I've seen a few gripes about the DLC being Dispatch only, but for me I think it's amazing. Of course, this is up to each player's actual lifestyle, and I can understand how paying for DLC that can only be accomplished by waiting is a disappointment.

As for the quirks: the only actual bug I've come across is the game inexplicably crashing at the very beginning of new story arcs. This isn't a huge issue, as nothing has been done yet, and I simply have to reload the game and the level to continue. While mildly frustrating, it doesn't take away to much from the game overall. On the few times the game has crashed in the middle of the level, each turn is saved, and relaunching the game will more or less put you back right where you left off. My friends have seldomly experience this issue, so it might just be an issue for me.

Hope this helps!

Nearly 200 hours and I'm not sure I've seen all I can see on Rimworld. From colonies nearly falling to pieces, resorting to cannibalism, surviving, and prospering on like nothing ever happened, and then to colonies that have amazing luck in the beginning, only to be wiped out by a herd of angry turtles. Anything that you can think of will happen in this game, and the only lesson that can be learned is: Expect the unexpected.
Loads of fun, thumbs up