Recent reviews by Laz

While the story and characters are fun and this mostly feel like the kind of star trek game I want (cinematic, having to make tough ethical decisions in the heat of the moment), the controls are absolutely atrocious. It's filled with QTEs that are either pointless (press w to walk through a crack) or they bugged to hell, there are several where you need to keep the cursor in the centre of a circle and as it gets pushed out. I'm now stuck at a point in the game where I can not continue because the cursor will not stay on the highlighted area. I've tried changing sensitivity and everything. This is not meant to be a puzzle. Unfortunately most of the game is like this. The QTEs a less of a challenge from gameplay reasons and more from getting them to work reasons. I can not in good conscience recommend this game in its current state. If they fixed the control bugs it would be one of my favourite games, and certainly my favourite star trek game.

Game is waaaay too under cooked, even for Early Access. Too many game breaking bugs that just prevent you from doing some of the most basic things like stages not working correctly, and fuel being used by the wrong stages even though crossfade is not on.

Less than ten hours in and after one play through I feel as though I've experienced everything the game has to offer which is much. Even when keeping your villagers need well met, it takes a long time to gain new ones and so you often find yourself waiting around before you can add more buildings and grow the city. Defences and walls are purely aesthetic, and the trading system is either broken, or simply poorly utilised and explained. For a game that has been in early access for nearly two years I would have expected much more.

Having said all that, I did find it fun to play while it lasted. The graphics although VERY basic are pretty. I like the way that it moves away from grid based city builders in a way that is very organic and fun. I'm the kind of person that swears by grids and filling up every little square, and I found this was done in a way that satisfied me well. And although the tutorial could benefit from being made clearer, the game is very straight forward and easy. Although perhaps the ease of it is also a drawback.

Great game for crafting and exploring. Looks amazing too. Great solo, but especially fun with friends.