2023, September 19th Update

7/10, formerly I thought 8/10, but had to reduce the rating due to some immersion breaking bugs and also immersion breaking ideology, all that I've come to discover after many hours in the game. I'm mostly ok with the ideology as a concept, not in practice, due to the high level of SciFi in the game but still think it was only put in there to help push a certain narrative in a somewhat subtle way. There is a lot here that I like, and a fair amount of things I don't like or disagree with (like not having any form of vehicular transportation on planets), but overall I really enjoy the game. It could be a lot better though if the devs gave the players the option to OPT OUT of some of the more woke/controversial stuff (like with the pronouns, so you could choose to not have the option to choose pronouns), obviously fix as many of the game breaking and immersion breaking bugs as possible (like the bug that has made most NPCs in my playthrough lose their clothes), and also add in features and QoL updates that make things more intuitive, functional, and user-friendly (like some bloody land or hover vehicles for planetary exploration). Still a great game, but needs some serious polish and some reassessment on certain concepts. Oh, and give us more than just the four options for romantic partners. I really thought that the girl on the colony ship that wanted permission to leave it was going to become a recruitable crew member, and possible love interest, but nope. No dice. Lame.

2023, September 19th Update 7/10, formerly I thought 8/10, but had to reduce the rating due to some immersion breaking bugs and also immersion breaking ideology, all that I've come to discover after many hours in the game. I'm mostly ok with the ideology as a concept, not in practice, due to the high level of SciFi in the game but still think it was only put in there to help push a certain narrative in a somewhat subtle way. There is a lot here that I like, and a fair amount of things I don't like or disagree with (like not having any form of vehicular transportation on planets), but overall I really enjoy the game. It could be a lot better though if the devs gave the players the option to OPT OUT of some of the more woke/controversial stuff (like with the pronouns, so you could choose to not have the option to choose pronouns), obviously fix as many of the game breaking and immersion breaking bugs as possible (like the bug that has made most NPCs in my playthrough lose their clothes), and also add in features and QoL updates that make things more intuitive, functional, and user-friendly (like some bloody land or hover vehicles for planetary exploration). Still a great game, but needs some serious polish and some reassessment on certain concepts. Oh, and give us more than just the four options for romantic partners. I really thought that the girl on the colony ship that wanted permission to leave it was going to become a recruitable crew member, and possible love interest, but nope. No dice. Lame.