Homeostasis

Well, while it has its weaknesses, I decided to give it a thumbs up. But it was close. What to expect: You are in an arctic-like cold dark environment. Completely alone, you and your vehicle. All thats between you and death by the harsh environment is your vehicle and the fuel in its tank. The tasks/quests themselves are straigthforward, you drive from point to point, navigating with your map, gathering stuff, repairing stuff, and so on. Pros: The atmosphere. I just like the atmosphere of being alone, in the dark. Trying to survive. And what I *really* appreciate is, that there is no strange "mystery-threat" or "monster from outer worlds" or silly cheap jumpscares, no, the danger is to freeze to death, the danger is to lose orientation, get lost, run out of fuel. So - for me - that feels so much more 'immersive' and 'real' than the 10th "super dangerous monster hunting you" oder "a higher supernatural power"-nonsense. A good atmosphere is all you need. I really like it. Cons: Bugs and Gameplay. I had several bugs which were quite annoying. I got stuck in an invisible whatever and couldnt move - had to reload. My vehicle got stuck and couldnt move but I also could not get outside to look why or what happened - had to reload. A door/cabinet was bugged so I couldnt open it - had to reload. And Gameplay has its... quirks. I understand that the fuel consumption is at such immense rates for gameplay reasons, but it just feels off and reduces the immersion. Same for the overheating-stuff. Get it, its for gameplay but it just feels unealistic or somewhat immersion-breaking. Why would someone build such a mess of a vehicle... I just think there could have been better ways of introducing shortage, pressure and so on than by introducing some strange (and somewhat nonsense)-limitation of your vehicle like a range of only several 100m... (like - just an naive thought - instead of a strange motor-overheating, having only limited electrical power, so you can use not all equipment at once or for a long time, because it will drain your battery or whatever.) So overall... I like the idea, I like the concept, I like the atmosphere. But the implementation (regarding technical state and gameplay) is not on the same level. Despite that, I give it a thumbs up - not least to avoid discouraging the developer. I want more games like this - next time with the same atmosphere and concept but even better game mechanics ;)