The Universim

Imagine giving a (completed) game a negative review for not getting updates any more. Kids brought up on live service games should not be allowed to review games.

I suppose it would be fine if they fully released version 1.0 before the full game was finished...... if they at least planned on finishing half the game they started.. "We want to clarify that we’re not stopping support for The Universim. We will continue improving the gameplay, releasing quality-of-life updates, and fixing critical issues and bugs. Seeing your love and passion for the game, we decided to spend just a little bit more time with the game and give you what you’ve been asking for so long - the ability to mod the game, which will provide you with the real creator powers you've been seeking from the beginning." sure seems to me that since its been almost a year and they haven't even released a bug fix update means the only thing they did was lie through their teeth and expect the modders would finish the game for them This game has more potential than most AAA titles..... if only they didn't give up halfway through and release an unfinished game only to take it off early access

Asked on their discord years ago if they are abandoning the game. One of them told me no... they lied

ABANDONED GAME DO NOT EXPECT UPDATES OR FOR IT TO GET BETTER.........if you insist on buying it still get it on sale

It was good for a while, but i wish they had finished it eventually. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth

Bought this in early Alpha and fell for all the fun promises the devs had to offer but 1.0 feels like 1/100th of what was promised.

I really want to like this game... I originally backed this project, I played from creation until they implemented save files thenforgot about the game. Jumped back in years later and after 13 hrs playing... Im not having fun. there isnt any game play, you cant place things where you ant them, its just chaos with nuggets and not in a managable way.

This game starts off well but then just kinda trickles away until there is barely any gameplay left. I'm not much experienced in god games, but I really liked the style and trailers, so I decided to give it a try. My time with it was not horrible, but it just felt incredibly padded out. A lot of times I was just waiting for buildings to finish or resources to reach a certain level or for research to complete. Sitting there and essentially doing nothing. I've reached the space age now and everything is kinda grinding to a halt. The powers I have feel somewhat meaningless, and no new powers have been added since the 4th hour of gameplay. All I've done is make rain, zap UFOs and move stuff around. The devastating powers like meteors or quakes are completely useless as other civilizations have magic shields and spamming lightning strike the the best way to down anything. Well, or you just destroy them as soon as they pop up and can be done. There are quests, but they just seem to stop popping up when reaching the space age. The systems of the game don't allow for really complex interactions, therefore they are mostly limited to getting something, killing something or keeping someone alive. The research tree makes barely any sense. You discover batteries in the stone age, but don't get better cementery infrastructure between middle ages and space age? Instead of having sub-trees for each technology like iron, stone, manufacturing, engineering, crime, cleaning etc. it all is woven into a super-linear research tunnel that might as well auto-research as you play without your input because of how little branching there is. All in all, the game is really stylish, but suffers from really bad pacing, moments of zero activity and not much to do, really. It's not horrible by far. But not being good is enough for a negative review.