Recent reviews by NeuralSimulation

This game is great! I just completed my first playthrough on adventure (easy mode) and I'm staring a new play through.

They've added saving to the game, although it wasn't that big a deal before, IMO. Anyway, now you can save pretty much everywhere it makes sense.

So don't listen to the super negative reviews. If you like space management/trading/base building type games, and star trek, just buy it. You'll like it. But I do have one warning, minor spoilers ahead:

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SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER DO NOT GO PAST THIS WARNING IF YOU DONT' WANNA SEE ANY MINOR SPOILER THAT WILL HELP YOU PAST A BS PART OF THE GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

DO NOT CONTINUE IF YOU DON'T WANNA SEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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In chapter (sector) 5, they artificially cut your ship's power for the whole mission. This angered me a lot when I first encountered it and it took me awhile to pick up the game again. I'm glad I did. Just be warned in advance and prepare for it.

I'm in a room with a bunch of faceless, ruthless, pitiless, single-minded red men. They can't move (much) unless I move. I can dodge bullets. Sortof. Yeah!

If you liked the first game you'll love this one. RE: Performance - I have a 10 year old gaming rig and it plays the game fine. I did lower the refresh rate to 30 and did a few tweaks in nvidia control panel, but the game feels smooth and is pretty at those settings so I don't have a problem giving a thumb up!

Like X-Com meets Slay the Spire, meets a Persona game. Very well done, even if the writing is a little juvenile.

Lucky for me, I had this one in the bank. I played stick of truth, and this, for a few hours and abandoned them in the past, but after dusting them off, I'm really loving both games. Both games are funny, and the mechanics are fun as well.

I didn't like this game the first time I played it, but I came back to it after years.... and it's awesome. Funny and also fun with RPG-like mechanics (think Final Fantasy with south park characters). Definitely worth the money.

I have not finished this game, but it deserves a thumb up simply for its unique gameplay concept and excellent story/writing. Some of the puzzles are pretty difficult, which is why I haven't finished it yet. The game is so compelling I can't bring myself to look up spoilers for it. This is one of those that I feel like I will come back and finish but just haven't gotten around to.

Very dark, humorous, and well written. It's a gem.

Very short, cool concept but feels more like a tech demo. Story is painfully juvenile and boring... ended up just skipping it. Might be a great game for grade school kids but I didn't care for it.

I don't think I'll ever play this again, I sank WAY too much time into it originally, but I obviously got my money's worth out of it. It's been so long since I played it that any review I write would be hopelessly out of date and based on foggy memory, but I really liked it. I love the way bosses work: they only show up when you build the right stuff, and you can also build structures to fight them in. Really creative concept and they've added so much content since I played it actively, it's definitely worth the price tag.

I really wanted to like this game. But I kinda hate it... almost everything about it. The UI is clunky, it's boring, it's non-intuitive, and it's been in early access for 13 years. I bought it kinda with the hope it might one day become a good game, there seems to be the shell of a good concept there, but it's clear that they're never going to polish this to a point where I as a player will enjoy it.

Suppose I might change this review if they actually release the game someday and they knock my socks off, but I'm not holding my breath.