AETHUS

I played the demo for maybe 15 minutes before I pulled the trigger and purchased. Very enjoyable survival base building game. Controls are taking a bit to get used to. The graphics are a bit low res, but once immersed in the story and play, I didn't notice or care. 11 Hours in at this point and going strong.

I enjoyed my time in AETHUS! It's a story-focused survival game, which is a rare niche. The story is decent, the game is very pretty. Despite the rough edges (solo developper), I had a fun 20 hours! I think there is a bit too much grind especially after the (very light) automation aspects, which in my opinion could have been twice as strong as they are currently without any downside.

This is a great game, can't believe I've only put 15hrs in. I've exited and saved just because I have to get back to my life, not because I'm bored or stuck. There is a lot of back and forth, running around, but it's not as bad as the negative reviews might lead you to believe. You make enough progress between running around that it never becomes a grind. It could use a hover bike or something for longer trips, maybe the devs will do something with that. What would be cool is multiplayer combat somehow, maybe you could play as Arc vs. (spoiler). Either way, I still have a whole sub level to explore. The amount of things I've unlocked I assumed I was closing in on the end game, but some of these players running over a hundred hours!

Great game!

Aethus nails the thing that matters most: immersion. The world pulls you in and the storyline kept me genuinely invested from start to finish. It's the kind of game where you lose track of time. My one real gripe is how progression is gated. Too often you're blocked by keycards or scripted story checkpoints: artificial walls that pull you out of the world the game works so hard to build. It's a missed opportunity, because the systems for something better are already here. Progression could be tied to in-game mechanics, like crafting the right gear to move forward. The game does this occasionally, but even then it hides the required blueprint behind the same kind of artificial gating. The far more satisfying version of this game gates progress through the mining mechanic: making you hunt for specific resources to advance. That would reward exploration and reinforce the immersion instead of breaking it. Still very much worth playing. Just imagine how good it could've been.

可惜他不支援中文, 但他確實是一款足以媲美深海迷航的作品

Very cool game. I had a ton of fun until the 14-hour mark when I started to get a bit bored - nothing about the game though, I prefer shorter stories.