I own the physical board game based on this, which is pretty good, so I thought the precursor would be as well. Unsurprisingly the art style is the same in both, and now I also understand why one of the pilots is a canary. The simple story is fun and I appreciate the kind of choice it allows you to make at the end. The gameplay makes a great first impression, however it starts getting somewhat boring and then frustrating after 2 hours unless you really enjoy the core digging experience for some reason. By the time I got to a 2nd playthrough I was mostly disinterested, so the replayability is not that great. And then I got seriously trolled when I went to complete Hardcore mode for an achievement. In this mode you also die (permanently) when your vehicle runs out of fuel - unlike in the standard game. This is not explained anywhere so I failed around 3 attempts by running out of fuel and wondering why do I explode "randomly" before googling it. I would've preferred to give a "neutral" recommendation, but since that's not possible I'll go with a negative. It's not a terrible game by any means, but maybe try getting it at a steep discount.

I own the physical board game based on this, which is pretty good, so I thought the precursor would be as well. Unsurprisingly the art style is the same in both, and now I also understand why one of the pilots is a canary. The simple story is fun and I appreciate the kind of choice it allows you to make at the end. The gameplay makes a great first impression, however it starts getting somewhat boring and then frustrating after 2 hours unless you really enjoy the core digging experience for some reason. By the time I got to a 2nd playthrough I was mostly disinterested, so the replayability is not that great. And then I got seriously trolled when I went to complete Hardcore mode for an achievement. In this mode you also die (permanently) when your vehicle runs out of fuel - unlike in the standard game. [i]This is not explained anywhere[/i] so I failed around 3 attempts by running out of fuel and wondering why do I explode "randomly" before googling it. I would've preferred to give a "neutral" recommendation, but since that's not possible I'll go with a negative. It's not a terrible game by any means, but maybe try getting it at a steep discount.