Second Sun

I find after playing the game for 7 hours, myself frustrated. The NPC interacts as repetitive and slow. item management is poor. In the attempt o play I lost my Legendary chest armor when attempting to "remove" the mods I had slot, as it destroyed the item to recover the mods without warning, even though the NPC vendor was listed as "recover mods from item". The play style gets boring, the enemies seem to move faster and faster. The deer that I killed with a 10pt pistol, level match you and take a lvl15 assault rifle nearly a full clip to take down, if you can as they blur across the screen. And don't get me started on the annoying rats in the dungeon crawls. Which by the way are boring and repetitive. The game feels unfinished and lacking maturity.

Too many crybabies in the reviews. This is a looter-shooter from indie team, that’s a bit of a “boomer-doomer” shooter, but more like something from between the years 2000–2005. What it’s supposed to do, it does very well. It’s missing a few QoL things (an F5 save would be nice, or at least an autosave when fast traveling or entering a dungeon). The quality is directly proportional to the price, and for that price you get a lot of fun. Some people should come to terms with the fact that it’s not 2010 anymore and that games from indie teams are no longer sold for a sneeze and a nickel. With the 1.1 update, a difficulty option was added as well, so some of the people who, for whatever reason, want everything to be “souls-like” can calm down a bit. Or go play Dark Souls, Sulfur, or maybe Cultic. Weapon feedback feels directly proportional to what kind of game this is. I’m not expecting weapon behavior like in BF or MW. I think the developers will still fine-tune this. On the contrary, it’s a pleasant nostalgia dose like shooters from around 2000–2005. The important thing for me is that there’s plenty of loot and also some upgrading to be done; it’s true that packs of mobs could be a bit larger, but Unity has its limits. It would also be nice to spice up environmental exploration a bit, because for example the north-western corner of the map, that outcropping, is almost empty — it needs more environmental storytelling (or more lore scrolls) and hidden things to collect. I originally had a pirated version, and after 5 hours the choice to buy the official version on Steam was clear. For me, a solid 7/10 indie game, with room for further improvement and polishing of what’s already there. And hey, if anyone wanna some looter-shooter with nice atmosphere, buy it.