An early access game (at the time of writing this) that has a cool concept, but seems lacking any fun.

It's a 4 player co-op "survival" game, where you are sent underground to perform tasks and have to deal with aliens that are alerted to sound and light. Once awoken, they swarm you, so the key tactic in the game is stealth. Stealth, crawling and whacking things with a hammer - that is literally 80% of the game. With 4 people playing, levels are a long drawn out affair with a lot of wandering about and down-time. A very slow-paced game. Tactics are important - to a degree, but it seems more like a place-holder for stuff to come - which would be welcome.

The rest of the game breaks down into fumbling about in terminals to locate routes and items, and some frantic gunplay which normally ends in death or soon-to-be-death if you expended too much ammo. It simply needs more.

The concept here is really cool, but it just lacks "something". They need to improve the gunplay, add more ways of dealing with threats and add more in terms of gameplay than simply crawling around whacking things with a hammer. If and when they do this - the game could be something special. I like the idea of always being on the "back-foot" and struggling to survive, but it needs far more development to be an enjoyable game.

I will keep my eyes on it and see where it develops...as for now, I simply cannot recommend it in the current state.

Early Access Jimbo Rating (provisional): 5/10

An early access game (at the time of writing this) that has a cool concept, but seems lacking any fun. It's a 4 player co-op "survival" game, where you are sent underground to perform tasks and have to deal with aliens that are alerted to sound and light. Once awoken, they swarm you, so the key tactic in the game is stealth. Stealth, crawling and whacking things with a hammer - that is literally 80% of the game. With 4 people playing, levels are a long drawn out affair with a lot of wandering about and down-time. A very slow-paced game. Tactics are important - to a degree, but it seems more like a place-holder for stuff to come - which would be welcome. The rest of the game breaks down into fumbling about in terminals to locate routes and items, and some frantic gunplay which normally ends in death or soon-to-be-death if you expended too much ammo. It simply needs more. The concept here is really cool, but it just lacks "something". They need to improve the gunplay, add more ways of dealing with threats and add more in terms of gameplay than simply crawling around whacking things with a hammer. If and when they do this - the game could be something special. I like the idea of always being on the "back-foot" and struggling to survive, but it needs far more development to be an enjoyable game. I will keep my eyes on it and see where it develops...as for now, I simply cannot recommend it in the current state. [b]Early Access Jimbo Rating (provisional): 5/10[/b]