Recent reviews by Calmputer

Incredibly relaxing and beautiful experience, if a bit on the short side... I wouldn't have minded if there was a few more hours of game.

Well worth the price.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6tblHns850

Absolutely amazing game with a beautiful story.
Easily a 10/10 game.

If you're playing on Steam Deck, make sure to downgrade the graphic settings to medium for 60 fps.

I love that this game exists. I really do... but it's simply way too scary for me. I never thought a top-down terror simulator could work, but it does.

The EULA was changed to allow data harvesting.
Either do not install at all, or play offline.

I regret every dollar, and every minute I spent on this game.

The only true sequel to Homeworld 1 is Cataclysm.

For the cheap price, it's enough for entertain for a day or two.
Don't expect more than that.

Once you've unlocked all the bosses and defeated them, there's nothing more to do...

Spoilers for the end of the game.
by the time I defeated the last boss and blew up the planet I was functionally invulnerable. I had killed about 300,000 bugs and reached level 12,000. To get the achievements for 1,000,000 kills and level 100,000 I had to leave my ship at an infinite spawn point for another 6 hours roughly. checking in on it occasionally to get back to base and level up some more... then back to the grind.

Good piece of news though, if you want to play on the Steam Deck you can get an acceptable framerate by enabling compatibility mode and choosing Proton hotfix.

This game was in early access for so long, only because the developers didn't know how to stop adding more stuff.
They didn't know how to stop making it.

There are so many option to choose from, in an infinite number of ways to combine them.
There are so many ways to play this game, that it's impossible to not find one that jive with your playstyle.

Sit back, relax your shoulders, and enjoy the havoc.

If you liked Limbo but thought it was a little too gruesome, and monochrome... this game is for you.

Also, you can hug. 10/10 game.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzAzU294oKo

All of the text in the game fades away WAY too quickly.

Everything from loading screen tips, to tutorial messages go through their fade-in to fade-out like they've got somewhere else to be.
As a non-native english speaker, it's really tough to keep up.

Either slow it down, or wait for a mouse click to move along, or add a slider in the options so the player can set the speed they're comfortable with.

A haunting story with immaculate art-, and sound-design somewhat hampered by a too-restrictive inventory-size.

Art-design:
As a style I feel there is still so much to explore with PS1-era graphics, unhampered by that era's limited processing power, and in this game it seems almost effortless in its execution.

Sound-design:
From music to effects, it is almost hauntingly beautiful at the same time as it's slightly upsetting. Perfect for a horror game.

Inventory:
Originally the inventory was limited to six items at a time, but the game has now been updated to let you choose the size of your inventory yourself, and one of the items that previously took up an item-slot, no longer does. A+ devs listening to the players.

Story and World building:
Haunting, is all I can really say without spoiling things. The world is very fleshed out, and so very bleak and dark... and yet, again, somehow beautiful.

Watch the first 20 minutes of the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWJP1xERAgI