Within the Cosmos

The game is obviously heavily inspired by [i]The Outer Worlds[/i], and it does have some interesting ideas mechanics-wise. Story, dialogue, and voice acting are average at best (arguably below average), but since the game is made by a solo dev I don't mind that too much. However, even almost a year after release major gameplay elements still don't work properly. Quests are broken. Quest tracking doesn't work properly. Gunplay is unbalanced (the sniper rifle for instance feels like a peashooter). The map overlays stopped working at some point, which not only disables quest markers, but fast travel as well. Another issue I have with the game is that character attributes are fixed after character creation. Upgrading your character is done through skills and perks only. And progression feels quite slow. Rating: ★★☆☆☆

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I really, really wanted to give a chance to this game. It's been developed BY A SINGLE PERSON FOR EIGHT YEARS. I mean that should count, right?... well, no. There's a simple rule: if you are a newbie dev and make a hobby game, DON'T ASK FOR MONEY FOR A TRIAL PROJECT THAT IS FULL OF BUGS I mean there are such issues with this game that could've been fixed ages ago. Some of these: - some surfaces just straight up not making your walk sound, so you literally are noiseless. Extremely immersion breaking. - Certain UI issues which can force you to Alt-F4 as you can't move (like try clicking on the map icon where you can't fast travel a few times) - You can fall out of the map as it's unfinished a lot of places. I mean really? The list could go on, but there's no point. Also QoL is just nonexistent here. You can't just fast travel anywhere on the map with icons, only "social hubs" (so, towns). Performance is ♥♥♥♥ on a mid-to-high performance PC with generic and ♥♥♥♥♥♥ graphics where changing anything doesn't help with FPS. Overall: I'm sorry, but this is just not enough if you want to get paid. I was giving it too much to prove and so I can't refund.

I like this game! Is it perfect? no. Will it compete with triple A titles? no. But is it a great effort by a solo dev to make a game that is interesting and fun? Definitely yes. I have not run into any bugs except one stopping my smg from working. All other weapons, containers, vendors, etc. have been working just fine on my run through. I have just made it to Alios and am looking forward to finishing the game. Too often we judge games by solo developers as not good enough compared to huge blockbuster games. But it is very hard for solo devs to get their games to a playable level, let alone a game like this with an interesting plot. Also, the developer is still releasing updates and I think that is pretty good. The game isn't expensive and I hope more players will give it a chance.

the game crashes when i try to go through a barrier in the med centre.

i tried to give this a chance. it has so many bugs still. fatal errors, some quests not working, inventory changes, your character changes, very bare bones kind of fallout skeleton game. not worth 14.99 not worth the 50% off i paid. I get that you are doing this yourself, but the price tag is way too high for this when it's in the state that it's in.