Lodestar

I got the game on sale and am glad that i only paid a reduced price for it, if i knew what i know now within the refund time period i would refund the game, as it is i have had my monies worth for the lower price point. The game play loops are fun enough, which is a shame because the game had the promise of being really good, however the game is not finished. It seems like the developer got about two thirds through development and for some reason decided to rush the second to last planet then toss in a last boss and call it finished. The said last boss looks like it is all placeholder the arena is full of colored boxes and it even shoots giant white rectangular boxes at you (no exaggeration). There are even upgrades for the last planet which is just the last boss arena that have "coming soon", I'm not sure you can even get one or two of the last upgrades. Since the game released in 2023, and the "coming soon" is still in a year later i see the game as abandoned as the devs have a new project releasing later this year. All in all even with a few fun game play loops i would avoid this game. If the devs cant be bothered to actually finish a project from early access and just up…

Its fun so far, but theres still a lot missing to it. It feels kind of bland and repetitive. I love the proficiency system but it levels up super easy so if 100 is the max im only on planet two and around 60-85 on the 3 proficiencys. its mostly mining and grapple/jump puzzles. The use of resources is mostly just craft a buttload of it to upgrade your skills or add attachments to weapons. Could easily add more craftables/buildables and more resources and expand on it. More building options to decorate the inside of your ship outside of the few you can find to unlock and the crafting tables. Could make it where theres ammo thats craftable and have stronger tier ammo, add more proficiencies to it and a map would be super helpful. You get a space mining vehicle but theres only so many rocks to mine around your ship. more potential to have space exploration adventure to it too. I hope they expand more onto the game. Its fun, its worth getting at least on sale. But it does get repetitive quickly. But give it a go if youre feeling up for it.

Game seems a bit basic, there isn't anything advanced to work on, just a quick go from 1 planet to another and it says "complete" yet there is a "coming soon" in the planet path list so seems as if they couldn't complete the game so they just went 1.0? just my personal thoughts but it doesn't feel complete there is barely any actual content it's just go to planet get this ore go to next planet get this ore and fight jumpy puzzles to get the things you need. In the current state I can't recommend this for more than $5 there just isn't enough content

Nice try for a game indeed. But it feels very on rails. And not so good at it either. To the point it got boring for me.

Pretty decent game just feels a little bare bones right now. Pros: Works fairly decent on controller if you turn the sensitivity way down. Game definitely looks beautiful on an Oled. Mindless mining for those who like resource gathering games. AI talks some major trash and can be funny at times. Some interesting weapons so far Cons: Combat is brutal the enemies move annoyingly fast and not much variety to them, probably much better with coop. Guns are not very immersive there's no reload and no ammo etc or even modding as of yet on my progression. The ship mining is cool but that seems to be all there is to do with the mining ship. Some ship battles would be nice. Even with the cons of this game I'll have to recommend it, I've been enjoying it and it's definitely something different.

love better than border lands 3