The Planet Crafter

Started feeling like an idle game real quick, waiting around for the number to go up and reach a new milestone so I unlock new tech that makes number go up faster (even though it really just got slower, since the milestones got exponentially larger each time. The lack of QoL was pretty surprising for how long this game has been out, no quick deposit to containers with similar items already in them, no crafting from materials in base storage. Maybe it's just one of those "mods fix it" games. Either way, it's just not for me, but clearly a lot of others like it and that's great. I'll go play something else instead.

Let me preface that I played the demo for this game wayyy back and was really into the sense of progression. I decided to wait for the right time to purchase the game + dlc because I was convinced I would love it. Unfortunately now at the point of wrapping up my playthrough I don't think I'll be bothering with the DLCs. While initially really addicting, the gameplay loop becomes an absolute chore towards the mid/late-game. I cant stress how stagnant it felt. Go get resources, build rockets, build new producer, repeat. The exploration also is really lackluster. The environments are pretty sparse in a small map often with large invisible walls and many MANY places without collision for you to fall through the map (something that is downright unacceptable in a full release game WITH DLC (absolutely insulting to ask for more money with the present lack of polish btw)). What should've been the saving grace to keep you invested in the resource grind, the lore ends up being generic sci-fi bog-standard nothing burger-core. I wont spoil it, go be disappointed yourself if you'd like. All in all just kinda a waste of time as it stands. Lots of potential, and could be fun with friends (I played solo cause I thought it was the intended experience when initially released). Subnautica without the magic 3.5/10

absolutely gorgeous game! im playing with a friend and were always telling the other to look at the sky, or the grass growing, the clouds showing up etc. i have fainted when not drinking water/eating/having enough oxygen more times than i care to admit but its not a stressful game (other than trying not to die on mars lol). highly recommend if u like cozy sims. i prob would have chosen all the easy modes and drops multipliers but my duo actually likes to challenge herself unlike me LOLL still 10/10 its a wonderful adventure<3

Игра отличная! Мне особо нравятся такие игры где необязательно спешить и можно спокойно изучать мир. Особенно понравилась система развития, где необходимо почти постоянно улучшать свои источники ресурсов, энергии и тепла. В игре есть дыры, можно забраться туда, куда не нужно, но мне понравилось искать такие дыры. В общем игра очень понравилась!

No long review here. You can see I've played for many hours (though some of those are leaving it running overnight). This company can ♥♥♥♥ off, and so can Steam for allowing them to release this buggy alpha of a game as "finished", and then immediately start pumping out paid DLC for this buggy, completely unfinished game. What a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ scam. Don't get me started on how unoptimized this garbage is. I have a laptop with a 140W 4060 in it, 16GB RAM, AMD Ryzen 7 7735HS. But I had to LOWER the graphics quality from Ultra to Very High, just to get the game to run properly. And it's still using the entire 8GB VRAM of my GPU while heating it up to ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 83C. It's a UNITY GAME. With garbage 25 year old graphics. Too many other games on my backlog to continue wasting time with this.

The sense of progression in this game is one that is hard to beat. Turning the barren wasteland into a thriving ecosystem is one of the most satisfying ways to indicate progress out of many other games I've played.

There's better survival crafting games to spend your money on. Only get it if it's on sale. Genuinely, I'm shocked this is a full release game.

Absolutely recommend this game, its beautiful, the music fits it well and it gets veery addicting. I love decorating my base and creating new animals. And you can now also sleep!!! But if you find gathering resources boring, it wont be for you as a lot of especially beginning gameplay is just that. Anyways, game is a 10/10, i will forever continue to glaze it, devs did an amazing job.