Recent reviews by 3Form

Tentative recommendation. This has a really fun core gameplay loop of running quick dungeons and gradually moving up to harder and harder difficulties.

My only concerns are mainly the decisions to ape WoW a bit too closely in some regards. I am not really a WoW Mythic+ (i.e. dungeons) player, but I understand the game is trying to be Mythic+ without the baggage of WoW. But many times when you ask "why does the game do XXXX?" the answer is that "that's the way WoW does it", and a large portion of the community seem to be drawn from a pool of a certain type of WoW player... Which begs the question, why are they not playing WoW instead?

I don't think seasonal resets are being approached correctly. They are effectively full wipes of your gear and progression (just like WoW does it) which is pretty disheartening. I feel they should instead only reset player ratings/rankings, after shaking up the meta with rebalancing, new dungeons, new modifiers, new gear sets (sidegraded).

There is a really good core here, the turn based layer has great mechanics that are different enough to feel fresh but not too different to be difficult to grasp. There's plenty of weapons and gear to experiment with different builds on your units.

What it lacks right now is more content in the campaign layer: story, missions, ship upgrades etc. So you can easily get a good two dozen hours of fun out of the battles etc but it does ultimately get a bit repetitive just doing the same operations over and over again. But that's early access for you.

Really a very good puzzle game. Very nice art style, intriguing story and a unique theme.

Multiplayer works fine on my machine!

City builder crossed with roguelike is pure genius, 130 hours in and every game still feels novel

Game has potential and a committed, enthusiastic dev team. Looking forward to see where this goes.

This is really neat. Looking forward to full release.

I never played the original and I'm not a huge MOBA player but this has been fun so far.

If you enjoyed Frostpunk 1 as a purely narrative experience then this game offers something similar and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

That being said, it is short (13 hours to do the story) and expensive, so I'd be reluctant to recommend it unless on sale. I'm not sure how much replayability there is or what the upcoming DLC will add.

Honestly I enjoyed this quite a lot. It was essentially an extended episode of Trek, with all the advantages that being in video game form brings: interacting and "steering" the story & modern graphics. More visually striking sets and aliens that whilst still humanoid are more distinct than having a ridge on their nose (or indeed pointy ears) - transcending the limitations of the 1990s. I also really liked the two player characters, it was an interesting choice to have two. I initially thought I'd be more interested in one than the other but it wasn't the case.

What lets the game down is mostly down to a smaller budget, I suspect. The graphics are generally good, but sometimes miss. Especially some of the scenes in the initial chapters I felt were a pretty weak introduction. And generally UE5 issues with frame rates all over the place. I also felt some character models were way more detailed than others.

Other than that, some choices seemed a little contrived, and some of the responses from your crew even moreso, almost manufactured "consequences". And then the general issues I have with the telltale style games: some of the QTE seem unnecessary, and then the fact that the games are so "short" (12 hours for me). But that's generally just a desire for more, these are visual stories after all.

On the whole though I can recommend, and would like to see sequels or DLC if possible!