Aloft

Edit: I had a good experience overall and the developer replying in such a swift and friendly way made it seem more than enough to give it another try after seemingly being locked out of further progress. I'll keep playing after i found some more time to contact the developer and play some more. *** I got softlocked by my world being generated in a way that locked me out of [spoiler] healing many islands unless i find a spesific island [/spoiler] to progress so that i can backtrack to the [spoiler] islands i had to passby...[/spoiler] I looked for hours and like 50/500 islands. (10 of which i couldn't do anything on bc of this issue) [spoiler] Then I came to that one island with a life tree without needing cure. But it required me to finish all the life saplings in that section(?) which included one island locked behind needing a "cure"[/spoiler] I give up and i probably won't try again with how much grinding i had to do bc i couldn't simply progress naturally.

Aloft is a wonderfully relaxing and creative experience. Its floating islands, charming art style, and soothing atmosphere make exploration a joy. The building system is intuitive, and discovering new islands feels rewarding. A perfect game to unwind with while still feeling adventurous.

Fun at first but gets very tedious where you need to do boring tasks over and over to progress.

Пишу этот отзыв, основываясь на версии ДО патча "Цветение и Увядание", так что некоторые моменты могут быть немного не актуальными. Как давнему любителю Worlds Adrift мне понравилась эта игра. Очень хотел подобную игру, желательно без обязательной привязки к онлайну. Без пвп и прочих приблуд, присущим различным ММОшкам. В этой игре мне понравилось путешествовать на своём летающем острове, обустраивать его, исследовать другие острова. Понравились головоломки. По большей части их легко решать, но попалась пара штук, где немного голову пришлось напрячь, что для меня плюс. Немного неприятный момент, что в каком-то участке карты было очень много одинаковых островов, где просто копирка 1в1. Почитав форумы, нашёл информацию, что такой "баг" происходит на "границе карты", где начало и конец "сшиваются" друг с другом. Сама игра довольно атмосферная, эти звуки ветра, шелест листвы, объёмные облака и различная погода, от ясного "штиля", до непроглядных штормов. В общем кайф. Битвы с противниками довольно простенькие, но мне больше нравилось именно зачищать острова от заражений, а также восстанавливать экосистемы, хотя местами немного запарно было, т.к. я не особо подготовленный был и не собирал кучу различной живности в свой зверинец. Из минусов, как дошёл до третьего биома, то интерес начал падать, начал немного душиться от однотипных действий, поэтому эту часть своего путешествия я сокращал, как мог. Собрал нужные компоненты для "босса" и полетел выполнять последнее задание. В целом игра добротная, хотя производительность на больших островах немного хромает. Хотелось бы в будущем увидеть новые биомы, постройки, существ. Новую погоду, одежду, побольше "ветряных стен", а не только при переходе в более мелкую окружность урагана (местной карты). Так что рекомендую для покупки, кому нравится умиротворительный и спокойный геймплей.

У игры огромнейший потенциал, поскольку то немногое, что есть в ней сейчас, уже затягивает с головой! Играть рекомендую только в кооперативе, поскольку так игра раскрывается с лучшей стороны. Нам с невестой игра очень зашла, особенно радует тот факт, что разработчики постоянно выпускают патчи и обновления. С нетерпением ждём новых обновлений и возлагаем большие надежды на разработчиков. Удачи вам!

I bought a couple copies of this game to play with my young daughter. She really likes it, and I don't hate it. However, we seem to have run into a wall with progression. We keep exploring new islands but never discover anything new. We can't craft anything to progress past the "storm wall", which seems to be the avenue for progression. I don't know if we are missing something, or if this is just the early access content that's available. As an example, we need to craft a "cure" to cleanse a tree island, but we can't craft it yet, and the research station requires materials that we have never seen to advance. At this point, the game is good for a few hours of fun, but at that point it becomes repetitive and frustrating that you can't progress. So, I can't give it a positive recommendation at this point. I will continue to monitor future updates and if the game improves I will come back and modify my review.

Right from the start the main menu is well made and peaceful with ambient noise. The character creator is nothing to write home about, you have 6 body options to choose from, 3 male and 3 female. Besides that you can change facial hair, hairstyle, face shape and eye color, with a few options available for each. I would like to see more customization personally, but its not a dealbreaker. Aloft is a beautiful and unique survival/base building game. The premise of the game is to explore floating islands via your glider while you gather resources, learn about the past and discover new ways to improve your base and gear. While on the topic of bases, this game allows you to turn most islands into flying bases through the use of various buildable devices such as a helm and sails to soar through the sky on your very own portable island base. The way the game is structured is both familiar and unique at the same time. It has your standard resource gathering and base building you come to expect from the genre. While also adding in its own twists such as a unique crafting system, unique ways to discover new building recipes via a sketchbook you can use to “sketch” things you see while exploring to unlock new building plans for furniture such as beds, tables, chairs and probably a lot more. The game is very well designed from everything to the art style, music, ambience and flow of gameplay. Very rarely did I feel lost or confused. The game does a good job of guiding you without it feeling too much like a tutorial and being boring. It allows you to explore at your own pace and isn’t too in your face with way points constantly. It instead gives you goals and its up to you to gather resources, fight enemies and explore to accomplish those goals. This game is definitely one of the better cozy games I have played in recent memory, it shakes up the formula a lot in creative and fun ways. It also includes difficulty settings to allow for combat to be easier for players looking for an extra cozy experience. There is even a peaceful mode where enemies won’t attack you. There were a handful of weird quirks I encountered such as when I was placing down a particular type of crafting station it was placed backwards and wouldn’t let me interact with it because it was obstructed and there was no indication of which way was the front that I could see. That being said, none of the small issues I encountered took away from my overall experience and were all easily resolved. The game is also still in Early Access, but despite that is pretty well polished. There appears to be no shortage of content either. I played for 2 hours and barely scratched the surface of the research and building trees. All and all this game is a very good buy if you’re looking for a new and refreshing take on the genre. It also includes multiplayer which I did not personally test as of yet, however if it works just as well as the singleplayer, I could see this game being a fantastic way to spend some time with your friends. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with this game and will definitely play more beyond the 2 hours I played to write this review. Whether you’ve been thinking about picking up this game, or if you’ve never even heard of it. If you’re a fan of the survival or cozy genres, I highly recommend giving this one a chance.