Recent reviews by Wevi

Game has been very therapeutic.

When I was a kid my parents bought me almost every set of this industrial themed RC toy brand that goes by the name Rokenbok. The next best toy was probably Lego Mindstorm kits but that might have been too complicated for kid me at the time (I do eventually get it and compete in regional team events). This game reminds me of Rokenbok; Its simple to get into and it doesnt punish you for experimenting. From all the crafting survival games that try to capture the feel of you building out your infrastructure on mystery locations, Astroneer gets things right where other games do not and have no plans to change.

The progression in Astroneer is fantastic. Nothing is too out of reach in terms of materials and if it is by the time you get to the point of needing it you wont be grinding your way to get those resources. Item tiers feels like actual upgrades and not something you need to start from scratch to make use of it only being marginally better than what you used before. Progressing to the next tier still allows the player to use lower tier items and not just scrap them because they dont have any uses. Crafting in general is not overly complicated because resource collection is made simple. You're not filling out your storage with random junk you think you might need for crafting at some point so general storage is streamlined. With the game designed around those basics the game becomes very unique.

The visual and audio design of this game is amazing. Everything has a unique noise, unique symbol, a unique color, just a unique visual representation of a quantity. From your dynamic ui to the battery levels to even the platform tiers for what can be placed where, there are not a lot of games that would put this much focus into this aspect of game design. I might not go noticed by the average player but every single time a game does it it's appreciated. whenever someone is not confused on what things do and how they work and isnt alt tabbing the game to go read a wiki paragraph on something that should be basic information is a win.

There is not too many games where i can just install it for the first time and sink 40 hours in let alone take screenshots of me playing the game. I have really enjoyed playing this game.

FUG Sony

The requirement for communication being the game play is excellent. I hope this game continues to get updates like Unturned.

Imagine shutting down your own competition. ill never touch an Activision Blizzard game again,

Corporate greed once again ruins any future enjoyment of a simple passionate game.

Overclock grind and having the cosmetics & emotes be gained per drawf rather than all of the classes is the only thing the game struggles with. Some overclocks basically change entire functions of the basic weapons and the only way to get whatever specific overclock you see in videos or by other plays is to basically get lucky as you grind for them.

Other than that its a fantastic game with an equally fantastic community which is very rare these days.
ROCK AND STONE

When i first saw the trailer for this game it looked amazing. Cool PVE game.
From what was provided in the beta the main game play is PVP FOCUSED.
But not just any PVP, its mixed PVE AND PVP. You basically are speed timed different objectives and you are scoring against each other.


Combat for half the mechs are solid. thats about it

[The login system probably ruined the game for anyone trying to return to play it.]

Above was my previous review. and now I will talk about what has happen since then:

- I can not create a new account because innersloth will always label the account as "made by a minor"
- you need a credit card number OR YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER to unlock features on the "minor" account
- account is still limited as you are unable to link it to twitch so no twitch drops or any other account integration
- Game hardware id locks your account preferences for a picked age that is probably 0 since my owning and playing this game predates there ever being a age picker. Uninstall and reinstalling does absolutely nothing
- I have gone through support several times and no one seems want to fix what is essentially a very meticulous soft ban

Getting a refund seems to be the better course of action but I do not think they would even honor that.

I did not receive any items.