Bionite: Origins

At its current state I can't recommend. I've re-downloaded when new updates were made, but sadly the game does not feel like BZ. The controls are too sophisticated (couldn't implement the original's?), unit AI needs a huge improvement, and many bugs just build on top of it all. Seriously though, commanding your constructor to build a guntower shouldn't take more than 5 minutes. Bad pathfinding and controls plague a game where basic game mechanics should be a priority. Besides, 6+ years and it's still in early access? Sorry, but donating to them was a mistake.

As others have said, this game unfortunately seems to have grinded to a halt since 2018? Developers obviously lost interest. It's a buggy mess that is COMPLETELY unplayable at this stage; controls are wacky and nothing seems to work correctly. Don't buy it. I think everyone was hoping something great would come of this spiritual successor... it's a shame. Oh well, Battlezone 98 Redux and Battlezone: Combat Commander are on Steam now at least. *EDIT* in response to developer: I fully understand that game development is very difficult, especially when starting out or with only a small team, and as such, many projects take years to develop. HOWEVER, "Having patience" and "Nothing worth having is easy to get" are not excuses for the fact that the game has been in development for 6 years, and in that time, actively sold on steam under the "Early Access" banner in an almost unplayable state, with basically 0 community engagement for the better part of 3 years. I wanted this project to succeed, don't get me wrong, it just clearly hasn't been handled well enough, though I am curious to see where the game is at now that it's "fully released". *EDIT* 2 after attempting to play the game as of release: Unfortunately, while slightly more playable now, the current "Beta" release is still incredibly buggy, unpolished and the whole UI and command scheme is not intuitive at all. At least the main menu screen is promising. Developers response for accountability: "took longer that we thought but the game made it to full release in Beta. Game like this are extremely difficult to make and dont just make themselves when you snap your fingers. If you dont have the patients to wait for something that worth waiting for then youll never have anything of worth. Nothing worth having is easy to get!"

wth did i get this for omg.. not even close to being done.. unplayable.. not close enough to bz1 at all sorry..still havnt got the mouse sens done yet??? dont get

So, I bought into this on indiedb in 2014. At the beginning, there was a lot of progress made, but mostly tech videos which are easy to make look better than the actual game. It is still so broken that you can't play it. I can't recommend buying it. The last update was January of this year. The game is still not even Alpha quality. It's basically an early dev build. Do NOT buy this. I love the series, but this game is not it.

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Officially the game left development long ago. But there are a lot Bugs present. Some menu can not be accessed (sound settings). Menus can only be closed with the back button and no other way to return to previous menu. In game in the excape menu most of the button don't do anything. Unable to scroll through missions. And there are many other bugs. The game deffinitely does not feel finished. Can only hope the development does still continue.

Haven't played much yet, but i like it so far. :)