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11.7 hrs last two weeks / 389.4 hrs on record (84.9 hrs at review time)
Posted: 25 Jul, 2020 @ 3:05pm

Early Access Review
While getting close to 100 hours of gameplay, I felt the urge to make a review about this piece of art. I never really write reviews but damn, this game is so good that it made me do so.

Honestly, I was kinda sceptical at first. I was asking questions in my head like: "Isn't this gonna be boring after a few hours?" or "Isn't this gonna be a waste of money in the long term?". But trust me, the answer is both false on those questions.

I am pretty autistic. I have the PPD NOS version of autism and I seem to really enjoy this game. I mean, people with autism like organizing and tidying up. We autistic peeps like to make everything as automatic as possible and really have things in our hands (aka under control). And honestly, it seems like this game really suits all of those things. It kinda just feels more than satisfying whenever I'm playing this game!

Without disturbing ya'll with more of my autistic shenanigans, let's just get on with the review Lmao.

The main thing I like about the game is how you start out thinking that you're doing lots of good stuff. Then when you progress more in the game, you basically end up getting more surprised because of the things that have happened since you first placed that H.U.B. down. Like, I started out pretty small and I now already have a huge factory. And the hours put in this game didn't even feel like hours. The first time I played this, I basically was surprised on how fast time goes when you're playing it. Just add a podcast or a bit of that funky music in the background and you've got the best way to spend your afternoon. On a few occasions, I've been playing the game for a day straight, and I didn't get bored in any way. Cause, the main reason I keep playing is because of wanting to have everything be more and go faster. Like, I'm that deprived for more that I am still trying to upgrade my factory, even though it's perfectly fine the way it operates. The game is just doing an outstanding good job in making sure that you don't get bored. Cause there's always something to do. And I mean that quite literally lmao.

The game get's even better when it comes to player/vehicle transformation. The player walks on a regular phase and runs even faster. Jumping feels kinda weird (in a good way), cause the gravity is way less on the planets. But when you combine run, slide and jump, you basically got a way to cross large pieces of land in just a few minutes. It really helps, cause sometimes the ores can be pretty far away. The other reason I like the sliding, is because of the way it looks and feels. It really seems like you're doing some sort of space parkour. Which, can be pretty fun if you for example make a whole course for it. The vehicle are pretty fun to ride in. They are kinda hard to master and the steering is a little wonky when you go on high speeds, but overall they're fun to ride in. Don't even get me started about the player transportation tubes. They feel so good to go through and honestly just feel like you're actually moving your butt in a really fast manner.

The game does have some outstanding graphics! I honestly didn't expect it to be this good. Cause I was thinking that they used some sort of rendering system to make everything look good for the trailer. But honestly, I can't seem to find a difference when it comes to the trailers graphics and the actual game itself. It just really is satisfying to take a deep breather and look at the amazing landscape.


Everything about this game is just perfect the way it is, but there are some things that I think could be improved on. And I know, the game is in early access, but maybe I could just hand over some ideas! ;)

- The enemies in the game are to my personal opinion pretty useless. They feel pretty annoying when you encounter one and it kinda ruins the mood for me personally. Plus, whenever you kill it you basically get monster organs (or something similar) that won't be useful for bigger factories. I've killed a lot of enemies and never really used their organs as biofuel cause I can literally use the grass or wood to make longer lasting fuel. Maybe some way of making it more worth it to kill them makes it a bit less of a pain in the ass? I mean, maybe it would be neat to make it so that you can combine the organs and stuff to make it into one longer lasting sort of fuel. I don't know, I haven't really figured out that well on how the enemies can be improved on. But that doggo do be really cute tho :3! Maybe making it able to stop following (and just stand still) would make it a little bit more better?

- The game itself isn't laggy at all, but ones you start to make an entire factory, it basically starts to get more and more laggy. You won't notice it on the start, but when you at some point have an 80 hour factory, it starts to lag for me. To me this isn't my biggest problem, since I can just reduce the graphics a little and the problem is solved. But for a game that is based around making factories, I think it feels kinda odd for it to become laggy. Though, this isn't my biggest problem, and I kinda don't even wanna call it a problem. Because it's something that can be fixed really easily by just reducing le graphics.

- This is just a thing that I discovered, but in my world I have conveyors overlapping and I don't think it's supposed to happen, but oh well, I'm using to advantage. Hehehe ;3.

- Maybe adding something like a lore/story could be a fun way to add some story to the game? Maybe there could be a part where there's a bit of story about past employees that lived on the planet that did the same work as you did for the same company? Maybe something like notebooks from the past employees that are scattered around the maps.

Overall, I'd say this game is in my opinion worth 9.5 out of 10 smexy burritos. It's honestly one of the most addictive games I've ever played (in a good way), and I can't wait to see what this game is going to bring to us in the future!! Damn, right now I feel like one of those 9 year olds that get hyped over Ninja or some shizzle like that. I'm sorry if some sentences don't make sense.. I've pulled an all-nighter on this game and I still haven't slept.. Aight, well, Imma just take a 2 hour nap and come back to this game. Thanks for taking the time to read this monstrosity of a text, if you even did? Lmao

Aight well, See ya'll? Bye? Adios?
(I swear to god, how do you end a review? Lmao)
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