Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor

This is what you play when you know you want to play a game, but don't have the attention span to do something deeply involved. That's not to say there's a lack of depth, but that this is just a game to kick back and enjoy. Everything seems to be well thought out and well balanced in such a way to provide hours of entertainment, with not too heavy a skill commitment. Every loss is somehow a success, just not as significant as a completion.

As a big VS and DRG fan i really wanted to like this DRG VS-clone. Sadly i don't. I'm no stranger to grind and meta progression, but here it's just pretty underwhelming. Generally the weapons are the most disappointing thing and translate not well from the main game imo. Sure the overclocks change things up a bit, but coming from the craziness other games offer, this still feels very tame. The mechanic that makes the game unique from other vs games is the digging. Which is cool i guess. You can use the terrain to your advantage, but it can also get annoying. Especially the resource gathering adds to an more engaging playstyle over other games, which also leads to less chill games. At least if you're in need for upgrade materials, which you will be for quite some time. This may change in the endgame, but i don't feel the motivation to get there. You also find equipment with several small statboosts and rarities. The once i saw so far were pretty meh, i doubt the legendary ones somehow will get crazy. I won't find out either way. There are the 4 classes from the DRG game with 3 subclasses. Nothing crazy here either, just small bonuses and weapon selects. In the end 12 characters. compared to VS an ridiculously low number and it doesn't help that they sell one new character + gamemode (here are 2 in the main game) for allmost the price of the game and looking at the reviews it isn't great either. That's basicly what it boils down too. It's an somewhat underwhelming VS-clone that banks on it's strong ip. There are serveral better games in this genre that offer vastly more for less money. I can't bring myself to grind through this mediocre game that nickel and dimes it's players, while i could simply play a better game. If you want to give it a try, go ahead, but i would wait for a deep discount.