So, bloody ties released.

Short said:

Music:9/10

Cosmetics:7/10

Weapons:7/10

Story:6/10

Spectacles and other arena modes:6/10

Replayability:6/10

Athmosphere:8/10

Characters:6/10



Review


Story

Overall in a longer answer: this had a much better story than the base game. Unlike the base game though, this starts off weak, then strengthens throughout. The ending- is bad. One thing i really liked i must say, is that -minor spoiler- while climbing the ranks to defeat skull face, each time you come to do another challenge, you're met with a side quest to vary the content a bit. And the side quests aren't that bad, either. And of course, there's choices in this dlc too. And no, they didn't make up for the previous dissapointment. The choices don't change much, exept for a couple changed dialouge options.

Bugs

Now to the bugs. The bugs i sometimes found were quite gamebreaking, and they're quite common, atleast for me. Sometimes when dying in a spectacle, the spawn glitched, and i had to restart. and at the end, the quest doesn't finish and you dont get your rewards. If you have the same problem, try restarting or uninstalling, as that fixed it for me.

Grind

While grinding you get tokens, and with those (and mutation samples) you can earn mountains of content at the ''hall vendor''. This includes: alot of new weapons, 20 skins or so, 20+ masks, new item modifications, and a whole new armor set(included as outfit as well). And getting these tokens isn't much of a hassle, either. They're quite easy to get, and it'll remain fun while grinding.

Carnage Hall

Now on to carnage hall itself. Carnage hall is beatiful. It has different things to adore, see, and discover. It even has an outside area! There are zombies you can see, athletes, fire spinners, and much more. sometimes i didn't feel like leaving this area, thats how.. comfortable, it is.

Rating

Overall, i give this a solid 6/10, you did something techland.

Thanks for reading!


(For 10$, id consider this a steal, the developers are stealing from you.)

0,5 star rating reason: they added v-bucks to a 100$ game

In That Review Form Everyone Likes


---{ Graphics }---
☐ You forget what reality is
☑ Beautiful
☐ Good
☐ Decent
☐ Bad
☐ Don‘t look too long at it
☐ MS-DOS

---{ Gameplay }---
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ It's just gameplay
☐ Mehh
☐ Watch paint dry instead
☐ Just don't

---{ Audio }---
☐ Eargasm
☐ Very good
☑ Good
☐ Not too bad
☐ Bad
☐ I'm now deaf

---{ Audience }---
☑ Kids
☑ Teens
☑ Adults
☑ Grandma

---{ PC Requirements }---
☐ Check if you can run paint
☐ Potato
☐ Decent
☑ Fast
☐ Rich boi
☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

---{ Difficulty }---
☐ Just press 'W'
☑ Easy
☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master
☐ Significant brain usage
☐ Difficult
☐ Dark Souls

---{ Grind }---
☐ Nothing to grind
☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks
☐ Isn't necessary to progress
☐ Average grind level
☐ Too much grind
☑ You'll need a second life for grinding

---{ Story }---
☐ No Story
☐ Some lore
☑ Average
☐ Good
☐ Lovely
☐ It'll replace your life

---{ Game Time }---
☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee
☐ Short
☐ Average
☐ Long
☑ To infinity and beyond

---{ Price }---
☐ It's free!
☐ Worth the price
☑ If it's on sale
☐ If u have some spare money left
☐ Not recommended
☐ You could also just burn your money

---{ Bugs }---
☐ Never heard of
☑ Minor bugs
☐ Can get annoying
☐ ARK: Survival Evolved
☐ The game itself is a big terrarium for bugs

---{ ? / 10 }---
☐ 1
☐ 2
☐ 3
☐ 4
☐ 5
☐ 6
☐ 7
☑ 8
☐ 9
☐ 10


Review

kinda hate how games turn out these days, especially this one, but nonetheless, its a good game.


Expectations VS Reality

the reason i first bought this game was because of the way it gave you the option to exlpore a whole galaxy, read about interesting fauna and flora, build habitats wherever, and progress your tech and become the ultimate astonaut.
and while thats entirely possible, its not what the game strives to be nowadays. its beginning to turn more into a: get big ships with good stats, make a money farm and become a rich guy flying around focusing on becoming the most overpowered guy around.
that being said, i have to mention:

Incredible Support

as everyone and their grandma knows, this game has had, probably, the biggest comeback in gaming history, with updates coming out every year since the release, still at the time of writing this review, 7 years later. the thing i find incredible is how its all made by a small team, under 50 people!
every update this game gets makes it a more enjoyable experience, and at this point, im sat thinking how they continue to make these updates of great quality, but apparently, its one of steams top sellers, which i find jaw dropping.

Core

at launch, reviewers described the gameplay loop as something like this: hold down your mouse button to pick up rescources, deal with a full inventory, get an upgrade, leave the planet, go to another planet, repeat.
and now it looks more like this: hold down your mouse button to pick up rescources, leave the planet, take part in a space battle, get a giant ship, go to another system, encounter a broken big ship with lore and interesting loot, land on a planet, encounter one of many different POI's, get an awesome new ship, get some random new item you didnt know existed, get attacked by pirates from space, kill those pirates until a big ass capital ship spawns and shoots everything thats ever been at you, panic, escape, and so on. and its barely ever repeated, because of the amount of different stuff there is.
that being said, holding down your mouse button is as boring as ever.

Settling Down

one of the main reasons i bought this game was the idea of settling down on a planet and buidling whatever you wanted. and im glad to say that this game does that incredibly well, and i can say that atleast 50% of my time is spent browsing the immensely well varied oppurtunities it gives you when doing so. you can do so much, create so many feelings, you can even place 20 floors the same place as a design choice. i could go on and on about how much i love this system, but id want anyone to experience that for themselves.

Variation

another thing that done well here is the variation. for example with vehicles, which there are six of, which all feel different, like the mech that makes you feel safe and strong, or the fast and agile nomad, or the underwater nautilon, which all have great designs aswell. this is just one example, as there are many different suit upgrades as well, which can work as builds themselves, or the many ways to upgrade and customize your ship, freighter, exocrafts, bases, and you can even tame every single animal you see to ride on, from a wolf, to a dragon-like bird, or a long necked dinosaur, which all are gene-customizable aswell, allowing you to fine tune them however you want. all these variations are exceptionally well done, and are worth experimenting with, to truly make this world - or galaxies - your own.

11/10 would hold down mouse button again