Evospace

I really wanted to love this game. At first I was really excited, thinking this was gonna be my next 200+ hour game. I was impressed with the environment and the visuals and it seemed like it had all the ingredients for a great automation game. No tutorial? OK, I can live with that, I don't usually do them anyway. But as I struggled to get a foothold, I found the "how to get started" text explanation. Not great, but got me over the first hurdle. So it doesn't have ZERO tutorial, it has some early pointers, which are helpful. But getting started felt janky. Now I'm finally moving on research and I'm thinking I'm finally rolling. Well the research tree is just... well it's lame. I won't give too many spoilers but usually there's some thought or reward for effort that goes into research trees. This is basically just do the same thing and prepare to wait, a lot. Janky? Definitely milquetoast. Then after fighting through a lot of confusion about resource names and what makes what and finally getting to the point of being able to make something just slightly more complex than basic parts, I was ready to actually get into some automation and moving resources. That's when the real jank sets in, just trying to set up the simplest of conveyor runs is a frustrating experience. The jank is hitting record levels here. Then it occurs to me, I'm five hours into this game and I only just now have my first functional, albeit very short, conveyor run. At that point is when I just kinda noped out. This isn't a fun game about automation, this is a game about trying to figure out how to read the developer's mind. The ingredients are all here, but the "how" is only intuitive to the person who made it. There are so many better games in this genre that'll have you automating in a matter of minutes, not hours, because they just make more sense from the get-go. It's a shame because this game does have a lot of wonderful things going for it. I don't hate it, but honestly the gameplay is just more frustrating than fun.

This review was written for version 0.21.0 RC Evospace feels like a Unreal Engine modded Minecraft with a tech tree from Factorio. graphicly it feels on par for what to expect for an unreal game. The UI needs a little work since there are so many machines that are needed to represent for each material level. As a result of each machine needing research for each material level, the tech tree felt a little daunting to look at and took about an hour or two to prioritize its research order. New player experience is pretty poor. If you already have many hours under your belt from the factory genre or modded Minecraft, you should be able to parse its complexity with no problem. But if you haven't, expect little help starting out and no documentation in the mid game to late game. So you will have to rely on the community for filling in the extra details of what you should be doing. I'm having a hard time judging the value and its audience for this game. While playing, I tried so hard to judge this game on its own, but there are so many elements and feelings from the many factory mods I've played in Minecraft. Modded Minecraft (with the frustration of debugging mods) can have the same look, feel and complexity that this game provides. also for free. looking in the steam discussions and release cadence, the game looks to be a passion project of the dev. so any bugs you find will be addressed and prioritized at some point. so there is no worry of this game being abandoned as some other EA steam games. Should you get this game? If it's on sale for its historical price. Yes. but I would say this game needs way more documentation in order for me to actually recommend for the wider audience. Normal Factory gamers will see this game as a worthy challenge and maybe produce better guides for the dev But it's by no means a finished product in its current state. Transparency: This game was given to me for free for review and to be played on my twitch channel. Thank you to the devs and Keymailco

nice and relaxing

Sound design is terrible and conveyors are beyond infuriating. Interface leaves a lot be to desired. Needs way more time in the forge.

Its a good game, and its very unfinished. As expected. Its gameplay is good though, just a lot to take in at once.

Etwas aktuelles über EvoSpace. Pro: + Preis + Updateversorgung: Es wird langsam. + Sehr viele verschiedene Komponenten. + BasenBau und automation, fast ohne Grenzen. Kontra: Die Steuerung ( man muss schon etwas gedult mitbringen, um es zu verstehen) Auf dauer, etwas langweilig. Die Landschaften, sind halt einfach gehalten. Dieses Spiel bitte nicht mit Satisfactory vergleichen...denn da sind Welten auseinander. Wer gerne Aufbauspiele spielt, sollte zugreifen, wer mehr mit Gewalt zu tun hat, ist hier total falsch.

In EA since 2019 and not even having a simple tutorial or a nice looking crafting tree. Sadly a waste of time and money.