Being a fan of Image and Form thanks to the wonderful SteamWorld games this was one of the few things that were coming exclusively to Xbox I was sad to be missing out on.
Many, many months later thanks to the wonders of cloud gaming I've finally played it and honestly, it's fine.
I enjoy the aesthetic, the flowing gunk, the tabletop miniature looking characters, the scrappy look of the tech.
I think the voice acting was solid, the two main VA's doing a great job with getting the strain in their character's relationship across.
Along with a decent soundtrack this game has it's presentation down.
Gameplay wise however nothing really changes past the first hour or so, mildly more complex puzzles and additional enemies just make a relaxed game irritating when it didn't need to be.
The combat especially is lacklustre and this game is another one that decides you need to farm for resources and upgrade. Which, justified by the plot a little does nothing to add to the game that couldn't be done in a smoother frictionless way and you'd lose nothing.
The Gunk is nice, it's short and only a couple of times did it fully annoy me.
If you have access and want a little game to go through maybe this is the one for you but if you pass on it I don't think you're missing out.
Shame. Now give me SteamWorld Heist 2 I&F!
Many, many months later thanks to the wonders of cloud gaming I've finally played it and honestly, it's fine.
I enjoy the aesthetic, the flowing gunk, the tabletop miniature looking characters, the scrappy look of the tech.
I think the voice acting was solid, the two main VA's doing a great job with getting the strain in their character's relationship across.
Along with a decent soundtrack this game has it's presentation down.
Gameplay wise however nothing really changes past the first hour or so, mildly more complex puzzles and additional enemies just make a relaxed game irritating when it didn't need to be.
The combat especially is lacklustre and this game is another one that decides you need to farm for resources and upgrade. Which, justified by the plot a little does nothing to add to the game that couldn't be done in a smoother frictionless way and you'd lose nothing.
The Gunk is nice, it's short and only a couple of times did it fully annoy me.
If you have access and want a little game to go through maybe this is the one for you but if you pass on it I don't think you're missing out.
Shame. Now give me SteamWorld Heist 2 I&F!
2 Comments
You might get more from it than me and it definitely fulfils an admittedly specific gap of wanting a fairly short game that's nice and not too taxing.
Angry_Kurt
1 year ago