I Was a Teenage Exocolonist

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This game is criminally underrated. There are so many phenomenal aspects of this game, art is absolutely stunning, the speculative biology rivals series like Scavengers Reign, the soundtrack is absolutely perfect and adds to the atmosphere of the game, the characters are wonderfully written, and the gameplay loop is incredibly fun and worth a great many replays. There are few games I have wanted to replay quite like this one, there are so many different paths you can take in this game and your decisions have massive impact on the story. The deck building elements are also incredibly fun. I am not generally a person who enjoys deck building games, the closest I have ever come is Card Jitsu on Club Penguin, but the game makes it fun and engaging to unlock and upgrade cards. If you have ever once considered playing this game you should buy it. My partner tried for over a year to get me to play this game, and when I finally did I quickly discovered I have never and probably will never play another game like it. As an ecologist this game had a profound impact on my life and how I prefer to solve issues, and I really love this games approach to environmentalism.

excellent game ! (and that's not something I say often, the only games i consider as "excellent" are this one, OMORI and maybe In stars and time but I haven't finshed it.) I just finished my first playthrough, and i already love it ! There are 29 endings (which is already a lot) but each one have variants depending on which character you are friend/partner with, who died and who you managed to save, and even your pets ! And since I already made one playthrough (for now) i didn't even see the replayability mechanics yet ! (and i love the fact that the main menu definitely change when you befriend a character, at start it's only a beautiful landscape but each time you befriend someone they appear on it (I only unlocked Cal(yet))).

I realized I never left a review for this game, so it's time to rectify that: this game is incredible, an emotional and genuine and deeply relatable ride that instantly became dear to my heart, with gorgeous art and unique, complex, well-realized characters that I will never forget. If you love good stories, please play this game.

I like the identity options

I was gifted this game by a friend out of the blue, so it was not something I was seeking nor wanted to pay my own money toward. The artstyle looked like it was made by women who find attractive characters in comic books offensive, so I was not particularly enthused to play, but I gave it a shot. Sure enough, it was exactly what I suspected it was because right from the get-go you do not choose to play as a male or female character but you are given a "gender-slider", and not only that but you are given a "gender-presenting" slider too, ewww. Your character does not look any different no matter what you choose, and you are not even given customization for skin tone or hair color, so you're stuck with an ugly androgynous "they/them" with Ukraine flag hair for the whole game. The ugly character designs don't stop just with the main character though, everyone including the characters that are supposed to be attractive to pursue as love interests are hideous. The visuals paired with the cringey tumblr dialogue spewed from their lips did not make for a particularly pleasing experience. Not to mention those ugly alien designs, and I get that it's supposed to be a "scary alien planet" but man are they ugly motherfalcons. The friend who gifted me this game has never watched any of the Alien movies and refuses because he thinks the xenomorph is gross, yet has no problem with the even more questionable disgusting alien designs in this game, whatever dude. Now, I've went on about the artstyle and dialogue, but is the gameplay any good? Eh, kinda. It can be sort of fun to see the numbers go up for your stats when you do certain activities. Other than that you just play cards based on items, memories, and equipment you can get for events in the story, which isn't too bad of an idea. When you get a winning card play it can feel satisfying to an extent, but I really just wish everything else was stellar to really drive it home. At the end of the day, this game is made for a certain audience. It's not for gamers who enjoy games for unique gameplay loops, compelling character designs, or symphonically fantastic music, but for a very niche audience who just wants their message to be validated and feel cozy about it while playing card games and watching numbers go up. If you think pronouns are the best thing ever, hate traditionally appealing comic/anime artstyles, or think that action games are too hard, then this is the right game for you. As for me, I hate that this is one of the only games I opened Steam for in a while and now my play history/library is tainted until I get a PC that I can play more games on regularly. THANKS AI FOR INCREASING RAM COSTS!