Fabular: Once Upon a Spacetime

Fun idea with no progress. Bought this because it reminded me of "Hammerfight". The combat in this game is good, but there's not enough content to justify the purchase. Very few weapons, very few events that you'll see over and over, and what feels like an unbalanced skill system do not add much replayability. Updates are small, and incredibly slow coming. I bought this game almost a year ago and saw most everything in the game after about 6 hours, now almost a year later the most recent update is 2 months old saying "Y'know, there are a few hiccups in development, but content coming soon [teaser picture]". Don't spend more than $5 on this.

Abandonware

Another developer that appears to have bitten off more than it can chew. Not a peep from them since May of 2024. No updates to the game or information for those that have already bought it. This may turn out to be a fun game but at this point there's no indication as to when it may be finished. In my opinion, what's here currently doesn't justify making a purchase. I suppose it's possible that they'll get it done, but so far all we have are promises. Don't buy in early access unless you're still willing to wait a long time for any progress. They posted on 2/26/25 that they are almost done with the next game area. Then absolutely nothing again as of 6/14/25. As I said before, if you buy now you better be willing to wait, perhaps indefinitely. Addition: As of 6/25 there is a new update. The developer has posted that they are going to make a greater effort at giving updates. I'm still cautious but want to give credit when it's due.

Рекомендую, но попросил возврат средств. Почему? По тому что мне оказалось не интересно играть. По базовым механикам напоминает FTL, Hades, Shortest Trip To Earth и прекрасный малоизвестный Hammerflight, но гораздо, гораздо скуднее. Это не претензия к разрабам: они явно очень постарались, игра цельная визуально, сюжета и лора ровно столько сколько надо и он хорош, отличная музыка, шрифты, о какие там шрифты! Базовый геймплей шикарен, физика движения приятная, ощущение обратной связи есть, и вообще кайф будет на геймпаде с вибрацией. Но базовый геймплей совершенно однообразный. То есть в Fabular прекрасно всё. Но мне скучно. И нет уверенности что что-то кардинально доделают. Если вы не фанат космических Roguelike но хотите попробовать - берите. Если раньше не играли в игры похожего жанра - берите однозначно! И особенно берите если хотите поддержать разрабов которые делают игры с уникальным стилем. А я всё-таки понял что после часа игры больше играть не хочется и запросил рефанд.

UPD: [strike]Okay, zero news for half a year so maybe it's abandoned or somethig. (UPD2: devs seems to have lost their publisher so now are moving forward by alone at a snail pace). But it's pretty cheap, and current content will be worth the price.[/strike] Welcome back! New content is pretty good! As far as FTL clones go, this in is one of the better examples how to do it correctly. Combat system is great, upgrades and equipment are cool, visual style is appealing. Of course, it is a bit short on content and requires a LOT of balancing. But hey, that's what early access is for. And progress over the last year (judging by the demo) was pretty significant.

Clunky, poorly balanced and boring. Early game runs are doomed because you lack the numbers to beat enemies. Skill has nothing to do with it. Controls are intentionally slippery but it doesn't lend itself to the duelist tuned combat. You get stuck on the map geometry a ton. Customization isn't what I hoped it would be. There's not much in the way of build variety. A mace and a claymore and the basic swords feel the same to use, same with the ranged weapons. Currently not worth $15 bucks.

Very fun!! Cant wait for more to be added!! Highly recommend!! more people need tot try this Getting those perfect parries and destroying multiple opponents that used to course you difficulty is so much fun!! PLEASE add an endless mode to survival or a saprate game mode id love to try and max out my ship and see how long i can last and restarting the survival mode gets very repetitive!! (also a reward for beating survival, perhaps unlocking challenge modifiers for survival? or cosmetics?) Also the assassin ship is massively less powerful than the paladin ship perhaps you could make the dash more of a boost and increase the ships stun duration or make a weaker version of the shield upgrade a part of the ship? also maybe multiplayer coop or vs in the distant distant future it would be a massive undertaking but it would be an absolute blast!! A sandbox mode where you can go crazy with spawn rates, try different upgrade paths and weapons would be brilliant as well! also also bug with the assassin ships lazer link upgrade when you create the distraction thing. The lazer appears for a split second while dodging near ememys when it shouldn't appear at all and it also somtimes stops after only firing for a aplit second when you have successfully dodged and it should still be going. Hope at one of my suggestions or maybe more can make it into the game! This is an amazing game so much fun! Keep up the good work!!

I've played 3 runs and have had the same encounters each time. Apparently there's almost no content. Every run feels the same, and there is no option to change your starting equipment. It looks like metaprogression is reasonable, but I don't have it in me to grind SO LITTLE content to get there.

先说优点：有趣的设定，还可以的升级技能路线和装备系统。 再说缺点：这游戏从EA发售至今，压根没更新什么内容，开发组应该已经跑路，这点内容根本就对不起这个价格。 本来想着感觉还可以买回来慢慢等更新 观望，但是感觉这么久了，就当是被坑了吧。

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