Recent reviews by rio

Finally a game that WORKS on release. No ifs, no buts, it just works and its fun as hell.

A-Life fixes + Performance optimization would make this go from good game to great game

I wish there was a better guide for sub building

It's not a bad game but it isn't as good as I had hoped. It's a bit barebones for now, knowing PDX they'll be pushing out a stream of expensive DLC so I wouldn't bother with buying or playing the game right now.

Very fun, realistic, and well balanced. I wish the player-base was bigger, but there's still a ton of people to play with. Hacks and exploits are minimal.

Great game. The devs are pretty good at interacting with the community and updates are common.

Definitely buy this one.

The game's fun but it gets stale quickly.

The reason I'm not recommending this is because there's been no updates in three months. Supposedly an update will come soon, but nobody really knows. Wait this one out, it may end up being really good or really bad. Right now however, I say you should look somewhere else.

GOTY 2016

I love this game! and with the metagame mechanics I believe everyone should get this- Apart from being a simple twin stick shooter, it also has a layer of persistency that means every mission completed influences the whole "galactic war" which is pretty awesome.
I'd rate it a 10/10 for sure.

Oh god, I remember first finding out about this game while it was being made for a competition on TIGsource. It was great fun, and I suppose it still is, but after a while of not playing it and coming back to see so many changes, It has definitely taken a turn for the worst.

The basic premise of the game is pretty much a multiplayer 'bullet hell' style game, most of the action (PvE) takes place on a randomly generated continent which is really big and possesses many diverse environments. This means that there's not a shortage of bosses and mooks to kill, and temples and castles to raid for loot. The item system is pretty easy to understand, with gear being divided on tiers, a higher tier meaning rarer and more powerful items.

Initially, you are made to choose a class and dropped off in a tutorial with only a basic weapon and a skill item. The game itself is pretty fun, and you can play for hours without it getting boring or repetitive. Here's where the game starts falling apart. Most of the action that happens later is just plain old grinding. Even for the hardest monsters getting item drops is really hard, as the item drop rate is extremely tiny.

The worst thing that's happened to this game was the developers being bought by Kabam. It has pretty much become a pay-to-win affair. Before, you could buy cosmetic items and pets with real money to support the developers. Now you can get the rarest armours and weapons with a few bucks. Like I said before, the item drop rates are ridiculous, so selling weapons and items for real money feels kind of cheap.

All in all, a good game ruined by 'freemium'. If you play it, expect to grind a lot, or pay up.