Recent reviews by Dapper Raptor

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Honestly, I'm less than an hour into the game but I spent more than enough time in the demo when it was available. I'll update this review should ANYTHING change, but this game is incredibly well designed and really enjoyable.

No mechanic in the game is particularly complex or difficult - every individual action is simple and easy to complete. But they all come together in a way that gives a really well crafted experience. You go out and explore the world for resources, mine them, bring them back, refine them and use those refined materials to upgrade to explore further, mine more, etc. There are locations like caves and such that spice things up, and I've already found a little lore that I wasn't expecting.

What blows my mind here is that this is the dev's first game (according to their launch post) but everything is incredibly well designed. All the mechanics feel deliberate and meaningful, and everything seems incredibly polished. It all feels like this was part of the idea the dev had from the beginning and they just executed on it perfectly.

As I said - if anything changes I'll come back and update this review... but as it stands, if you look at the screenshots/trailer and read the description and it sounds up your alley, you are going to have a good time I'd say. Its a very unique idea with a very specific experience its going for, and it nails that perfectly.

One special mention for the music too - absolutely lovely music that really adds to the experience. Dev if you are reading this - soundtrack release please! :)

After playing more - I can honestly just confirm the initial review I wrote was correct. I've seen a lot of people complaining that its too short for the price... They are all finishing it in 6ish hours, and sure - you can rush through it in that time and probably even get all the achievements, but I'm at 8 hours now and I don't think I'm near the end yet. I'm enjoying building my base out, setting up refinery rooms, farming areas, etc. I'd expect I have at least a few more hours in the game so idk - if you're the type of person who just takes the shortest path, AND you think the price is a bit high, then yeah you might have issues with the length. For me the price is more than worth it - even if I had only gotten 6 hours out of it - after having recently put over 220 hours into Starfield, I'd MUCH rather take a 6 hour game that is well designed, polished and clearly executes on its design goals over something longer that doesn't do those as well.

Final addition - I just finished the game at 11.2 hours. Idk why people are rushing through this game tbh. Its incredibly fun and if you are looking for a checklist to burn through, idk, that's not the vibe of this game. Absolutely loved every moment of it :)

Spent the last 3 or 4 days binging the game after forgetting to pick it up on launch... absolutely love it. If you enjoy forager and factorio - this is a good mix between the two :)

Having a blast. There's a huge amount of flaws in the game, and there's even more questionable design decisions made on bethesda's part... but overall its a very solid title if you go into it expecting the normal weird game design of bethesda's rpgs.

That said - anyone who says they don't enjoy it, its not for them, or the game is bad - they totally have a point as well lol

Oh also - modding is basically a requirement imo. Things like StarUI are basic necessities to maintain sanity.

Tried to play the game multiple times but everytime I do I get horrid motion sickness. I'm not super prone to motion sickness in games but this one leaves me laying around in bed wanting to die lol... Devs don't seem to care much despite there being quite a few people complaining about it. If either headbob or motion blur gives you issues in game, avoid this one like the plague. Shame cause it seems fun.

Honestly... picked it up on a sale with a hope that one day it'd be good and had fairly low expectations going in... Fired it up a few weeks later (hadn't even tried it) and planned on playing an hour or two just to get a feel for it and ended up playing for almost 7 hours straight and being up way too late doing so haha. Incredibly solid base for a Day Z like survival game. Really looking forward to sinking a lot more time into this once the quests are added. Very happy with this so far.

A fun and chill survival experience, Drift feels like a relaxed version of voidtrain in space. It manages to strike, for me, the right balance between survival game grind and progression - that is to say I was able to always see what my next goal was, and how to work towards it, but it required a little back and forth in the way you expect from games in the genre.

At the moment it is quite light on content, but what is there is a very solid foundation and I'm looking forward to seeing what the game becomes over its life in early access. Try out the demo - if you like the demo, you will likely have a good time here :)

The game is super rough around the edges. The gunplay feels a bit weak, there's a LOT of small design things that irk me, and it feels like zero effort was spent on quality of life (maybe because early development). A lot of the systems need work, and overall the game feels like it doesn't respect the players time much.

That said - I'm having a blast... So... Greater than the sum of its parts I guess would be the title of this review haha. Its free so give it a go - I expect it will probably be dead in a few weeks but for now we all seem to be enjoying ourselves.

Good game, but very early on with not much content. Will be interesting to see it develop!

Honestly... I don't mind Vampire Survivors but this whole genre has never really clicked with me too much. But this game is amazing fun. Picked it up yesterday and looking forward to seeing the content expand - but its incredibly fun as it is now. Easy recommend.

Super enjoyable game that feels like a marriage of Atomicrops and Don't Starve but still manages to feel like its own thing. Its not very challenging, which may be a little disappointing to those who tend to play roguelikes, but its a lot of fun and manages to stay fun for the entire duration of the game. Looking forward to revisiting it after the early access period and replaying it all over again to see what is added, but even in its current state its a great game well worth the price of admission!