Recent reviews by Seb410

As someone who played 60+ hours on FTL and a big lover of co-op games, I was stoked to see this game coming out. After playing for more than 15 hours, I concluded that I cannot recommend this game, unfortunately.

There are 3 main reasons.

Firstly, the difficulty is unbalanced and is probably mathematically impossible to beat on hard or nightmare. You start with 2 weapons, but cannot add more throughout the run (unlike FTL). On the other hand, the enemies will start with 1 and get more as the run progress, to a max of 5. On top of that, the HP of said enemies weapons will start at the equivalent of 1 attack and will increase every encounter, which, eventually, will require 5 or 6 attacks. Even with a maxed-out DMG perk character and a blue or purple or golden weapon and upgrades. Keep in mind that repairing (for enemies too) takes the same amount of time even if it's for 1 HP or 40 HP. So the difficulty is not linear, it is exponential.
If you doubt what I'm saying here, just go ahead and check how many people have the achievement "Nightmare: Defeat the final boss on hard"

Secondly, AI is terrible. I could elaborate, but just read other reviews and you will get an idea. As an example, the bots use and waste buffs between encounters while not even being in combat. Why? Another example is when they use bombs, they shoot randomly which sometimes make them land directly at the incinerator, basically making them useless.

Thirdly, the upgrades and loot feel a little bland. It would be cool to add some systems like door upgrades, cloaking, physical combat, etc., just like in FTL.

The game has HUGE potential, and I really wanted to love it. I like running around and repairing stuff. I like the overall chaos, just like in overcooked. The mini-games between combats are fun.

But not being able to complete a single run after 15 hours, even at easy difficulty, is such a bummer and not fun. I cannot even get to try the other scenarios...
At the current state of the game, I cannot recommend it.

Also, why can't I play with my buddy with Steam remote play together and choose online mode so we can fill the match? It's possible in other games like Plate-up.

Will update my review if it get patches for new content or balance changes.

Very addicting! Feel like a city building town

Very addicting! Once you really understand how every "cities" are just another "run" in a rogue-like, it's so much fun to make a "run" works with the resources available and the buff/debuffs.
There are so much content for an early access game!
If you like city building, give it a try, no doubt. There are a LOT of mechanics and so much room for much more. Playing 1 hour feel like playing 20 min.
The devs really made a great foundation for their game early access, unparalleled in my opinion, and now they can just improve every aspect of it, without altering the core gameplay.

This game is great!!

Very underrated!! Super fun! Great puzzles. The creator is a genius and it shows, he knows that we played many games before this one. The game doesn't hold our hands, we have to test things to see how different mechanics or abilities interact with each other, allowing us to solve the puzzles. Some area requires skills and timing, which feels rewarding when succeeding.
One minor negative point is, I wish chests (especially Gold Coin Chests) were more meaningful. Post-ending chests are basically 90% useless. Maybe adding some purchasable upgrades would fix this issue. Purchasable upgrades like, having opened chest marked in the map (and would be retroactive for past chests) or a fast travel that would allows us to teleport back to town (example in the pipe room) would improve the game without changing anything at the core design.

Cool game with a LOT of potential.
For me, currently, the game feel kinda meaningless after few hours.
We need things like goals, scenarios, objectives, missions, quest, etc. in order to give a "purpose" to the game.
Currently, other than the aspect of expanding settlements, there is no goal to achieve.
Also, I dislike the "districts" concept. You have to create different "cities" which have their own population. Not really fun to have to create multiple same buildings like storage, housing, food, etc.
Recommended because the devs are very active and the game has a lot of potential.

Great little puzzle platformer

Wow!!! As great as the base game!! Very good. Awesome music as always.
You guys rock

Just like Mini Metro! Very good and fun.
Casual and relaxing

I can't believe the attention to detail, the puzzle, the silliness, the humour, the surprises of this game. Also, the graphics and the optimisation are extraordinary. This game is insanely good. It's now in my top 5 best games of all time for sure.
I seriously hope EA got the sales figures they hoped for and even more... We need more games like that. Games that can make us embark on a journey and experience and enjoy every second of it. I'm only in chapter 3 but I don't want to rush it because I know that once it will be over, there won't be any other game like this one. 40$ USD for that masterpiece is a joke. I played with 3 friends, just by buying the game once. It's worth every penny. Highly recommended.