Honeycomb: The World Beyond

Imagine Starfield, but walking around a planet with a scanner and building outposts is the entire game. Imagine Subnautica, but even more linear and without an ocean to explore. It feels like weird mish-mash of ideas with no clear design intent beyond "insert_title had that". For example, there's half a dozen metals you build stuff with. In Starfield, you gotta travel around multiple planets/systems to get your hands on all of them. In Subnautica, it likewise serves to encourage exploration of different biomes. Here, all the resources are located within dedicated POIs and respawn quickly, so if you want more silver you crawl into the same cave again and again. So what's the point? Or another example, how do you make a survival game? By adding a ton of dangerous conditions from bleeding to sprained leg. How do you keep such a game casual at the same time? By making said conditions disappear on their own an hour later, which the game conveniently lets you skip while you're crafting something. It's just awkward to play. Even a few planters require spamming a ton of water pumps around your base, meanwhile a single wind turbine will cover your power needs foreverish. The plants take 5 business days to grow, and barely fill your hunger bar. It's actually somehow better to keep harvesting wild plants around your base instead, as they respawn all the time and you get them with the least amount of busywork. Soon enough you get a hover board, but it's equally awkward to traverse the jungle with it, limiting its use to moving along the shallow river. Sure, I never got around to grafting one tree onto another and maybe getting something cool out of it, but a game that handholds you throughout the experience to the point it tells you where your base needs to be... I just can't bring myself to treat it like a sandbox. Long story short, it wants to sit on two chairs, only to clumsily fall to the floor. For a world to live in, it's too rigid and linear. And for an adventure to go on, there's just nothing going on here beside "here's a cute animal that jumps when you jump".

{cracks knuckles} Alright, since it seems a lot of the reviews especially negative ones aren't really giving the game a fair shot here's a review from someone who used to play games for a living and has worked in the industry. While I haven't played the demo and at this time despite how many hours I've played haven't finished the game, this delivers on everything the description has mentioned so far. By all means this is not a perfect game, there's some frustrations and some bugs but those things haven't negatively impacted my playthrough. Though this is a largely story based game, it's more along the lines of Subnautica where there's a main story questline and smaller side quests that do NOT have to be the focus on your playthrough. Once you get through the tutorial quest that takes about a hour or so to get through (movement, crafting/resource finding and gathering, base set up, and finally cross breeding animals and plants) you can take things pretty easy even after you reach the Rumble quest line. So far in my current playthrough I've befriended four species, started cross breeding with three of said four, built multiple base points for exploration pitstops, and gotten maybe a good quarter of the storyline started, that's a lot of open world freedom for a more story based game. The lore is interesting, the world building is gorgeous and all of the critters are so unique and memorable. Survival mechanics are also pretty satisfying and give me the same sort of resource management as Planet Crafter has, you have to unlock various devices that help you navigate the "breathable" air and more dangerous locations, some can be upgraded and all of them can be repaired (which I didn't realize at first and was recycling many items I could have just repaired) with varying levels of repair kits. Even though there is no way to fight back more aggressive animals you are provided with varying levels of tranquilizers to help you learn the best way to approach those specific species. There are also various plants that can help your survival while exploring, some you can eat raw and rarer ones can help combat your exposure levels to help extend your travels while others can slow you down. Don't do what I do occasionally and forget which button is to consume and which one is to open the item options less you end up hallucinating for a minute. The repair mechanic is also really handy once you unlock the Viper, it runs out after a little while and if you have red repair kits you can repair it to full health and get right back on it. It definitely makes resource management important as you can only hold a certain amount of weight, you have to really chose if you need to pack a ton of food and water with repair kits or trade off the food and water for heavy resources and scavenge while traveling if you want to build things at a longer distance that would rely on using the Viper to move between spots quickly. All in all; it's a fun game to get sucked into, the world is gorgeous, the animals are so cute and all the petting animations make me grin like I'm 5 again, and the story so far is very interesting! TLDR; If you like less hand holdy open world story games, are a fan of Planet Crafter, Subnautica, Satisfactory, hell even The Long Dark - This is worth giving it a hour or two shot! It's not going to be perfect but if you like Frozen Way's other games this one is on par with the rest of them!

Cute, but needs more time in the oven.

[h1]Planet Crafter vomits in this game's face[/h1] Pros: [b]#1.[/b] The game is pretty [b]#2.[/b] The animals are cute Cons: [b]#1.[/b] The game has 'game settings' which you can set when you create the world, but nothing after the game begins, which means you're completely unable to change the hunger/thirst/stamina/lootdrop/etc. of the game after that initial selection ever again. [b]#2.[/b] No 'dual keybindings' (which is a big issue in a game like this) [b]#3.[/b] The game has crafting from storage, but only when you are INSIDE your actual building, not outside, which means anytime that you want to expand your base or build any power/water/etc. buildings then you have to go to your storage and get the resources from it before you can build. [b]#4.[/b] No 'store similar' button [b]#5.[/b] No 'mute audio when focus lost' option [b]#6.[/b] The game falls into the same trap which Starfield did, which is that the game forces you to basically always have your 'scanner' enabled, which means for 90% of the game you're going to have a blue piss-filter and blue vignette on your screen, due to the scanner being enabled constantly. The dev could easily have made this effect removable. [b]#7.[/b] New blueprints are unlocked when completing certain steps, and if you don't complete those steps, then you'll never unlock that blueprint. One example which I had is where the game requires you to go to sleep in a bed, but you can disable sleep completely in the game settings, so why would you ever build a bed, or go to sleep? Well then you'll never unlock that next blueprint I guess... [b]#8.[/b] Animals are glitchy, and they teleport in-and-out of existence randomly [b]#9.[/b] The game only has a single manual save slot [b]#10.[/b] Many of the game's menus are missing tooltips, so if you are looking at a storage container, then it won't show any tooltip on an item, but if you exit and then open your own inventory, then it shows the tooltip over there. [b]#11.[/b] The game arbitrarily limits the amount of items you can craft at a time (sometimes it's 1, or 5, or 10), so you have to click craft and then wait for the crafting period 10 times, if you want to craft some items 10 times. [b]#12.[/b] The game is missing many tooltips, like what does "Draw Resources" mean? and "River Force"? [b]#13.[/b] There's zero info regarding what actually changes between the 3 different difficulty options (Scientist, Survivalist and Space Hell). [b]#14.[/b] The storages a limited to 100kg, which isn't a lot. In 4hours of gameplay, I already filled up 4 storages, which means after 20hours you'll have 20 full storages, etc. and since you can't label your storages, this means you'll have an entire room, or multiple rooms, full of storage containers. [b]#15.[/b] The tutorial is bad [b]#16.[/b] There's a few places in the game I've seen where the trees aren't even attached to the ground [b]#17.[/b] The game has a non-sensical timer on all plants which makes it so that plant fruits that are on the ground will disappear after a short period (even when you've disabled food decay), and even the fruits still on the plants also disappear after a short period, which means all of the plants in the game are on a perpetual cycle of never letting you actually collect more than just 1 or 2 of the fruits per plant (and sometimes the plant won't have any fruit on it, or on the ground either, even if you've never touched the plant) [b]#18.[/b] Terrible hitboxes on buildings and certain environments [b]#19.[/b] 3 crashes in the first few hours of the game [b]#20.[/b] When attempting to build something, you aren't given any information regarding WHY you can't place an object [b]#21.[/b] The game has atleast two places where I've seen AI-generated slop and that's unacceptable in a game that is funded by a studio as massive as Snail Games. [b]#22.[/b] The publisher of this game is Snail Games, which is a scum publisher with a history of abandoning games and screwing customers [b]#23.[/b] The game is for sale in places that commit crimes against humanity, like Izrael and Ruzzia. Considering that "Planet Crafter" was created by just 2 people, it's just shocking how many issues there are with this game... now, it's issues that the devs can certainly fix in time, like especially #1, #2, #3, #6 and #9... if those 5 issues were fixed then I would have been able to recommend this game, even with all the other dozen or more issues that it has, but as it stands, the game just isn't fun and you're far better off spending your money on Planet Crafter or Subnautica or Satisfactory. My first 4hours with the game (I'll update my review as I play more of the game): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hjtnfTEghg&t=13688s

I was so excited for this game when I saw someone petting a camilla. I immediately bought it, downloaded it, and started playing it on GFN. Here is my main issue, the journals that you have to complete, specifically the scan 13 plants and 23 animals.... is horrid. For the animals, quite a few are SUPER tiny bugs. They are so hard to see it gave me a headache running around staring at the ground trying to find them. And for the plants.... I quit after 12/13. There is one plant that I cannot find for the life of me. I have legit walked the entire map. Revealed all unknowns that I can possibly get to after 9 hours of playing. There are several that are just out of reach on a cliff, that I can't access. And some behind a hidden door behind a waterfall. I have the mysterious figurine... but am locked to be able to place it down. I will come back to this game after a few more updates. Peace Out, Cupcake.

[h2]我是这公司的沙比信仰粉，好评纯粹信仰好评，实际目前不推荐！！！欢迎贪吃小馋猫[/h2] 定价太自信了吧？！？！又不是真正的开放世界，能交互的元素少，画风比较舒服但是不算精致，所有资源都是地图上标好点了的按固定时间刷新。 还有你游戏给我做好了再发啊？？？各种脚卡地形，5分钟强制脱困了两次，一个生存制作游戏，做个建造器的材料要跑3个方向的4个地方，我都不敢想开始建家了我得跑多少趟。还有饥饿度和口渴度的翻译是反的这种低级错误怎么会出现的！！！我抱着个我以为的多汁水果啃了半天发现饱食度满了口渴度还是一半！！！！！ 等我缓一缓再继续吃……

I bought this game with high hopes. I liked becoming friends with the animals, well one species is all you can make frinds with. It soon became very repeditive. Not enough in it for the money .

Ive only been able to play for a couple hours so far, but I like it! If you are a survival game veteran, the tutorial is frustrating, but the mechanics seem pretty strong and i like the aesthetics a lot. It seems like they;re going to be looking into some QOL features, but what they have right now is more extensive than a lot of games out right now. If you dislike a the hud, most of the elements are able to be adjusted. The VA is great, though I will say her lines proc a little too often for my tastes. I've always found it a bit excessive to have voice lines proc for materials you've already collected before- like... yes. I am aware I collected that rock. I have done it 100 times by now, I don't need to be reminded. the animals are very cute, I love that you interact with them in various ways. The world is very cute. So yeah, I recommend it.

Hallo Leute und liebe Entwickler Also Leute wo fangen wir an ? Die Baustelle ist noch ziemlich groß. Das Spiel ist soweit schon OK und die negativ Eistufung sicher etwas hart aber... ! Rezension nach 2 Stunden schreiben find ich nicht angemessen da man nicht Ansatzweise den Inhalt des Spiels erkundet hat. Als erstes nehmen wir mal die rosa Brille ab das alle Tiere süß, flauschig und kuschlig sind, das ist nur ein Teil vom Ganzen. Der Grafikdesigner hat seine Arbeit zu 100% erfüllt, das Spiel ( Landschaft Tiere usw.) sieht wirklich super aus. Was den Questdesigner angeht hat er den Roten Faden in meinen Augen verloren, wir wissen das wohl die Erde wieder mal im Arsch ist und wir nun einen neuen Planeten suchen um auch den wieder zu zerstören in Zukunft, ha ha, es lieg wohl an uns das wir es nie lernen werden. Denn noch kommt die Story nicht so rüber was wir an alter Zivilisation finden und was wir im Spiel machen. Wir sammeln Datenkerne um mehr darüber zu erfahren, aber da kommen wir zum nächsten Problem ! Die technische Umsetzung läst noch Wünsche offen. zum Beispiel: Quest : Staubsturm-Folge dem Signal = Bug im Boden kann nicht gescannt werden da es im Boden versunken ist. Quest : Rätsel des Sees - Geh zum Archivarium und entschlüssele den Speicherkern = keine Interaktion möglich durch den Scanner! wie soll man den Datenkern entschlüsseln ? wird sogar durch einen gelben Kreis angezeigt ! Quest : Spähhelfer -Spüre unterirdische Vorkommen auf, habe alle Vorkommen mit der Drone gescannt aber nichts. Quest nicht erfüllt. Seit der Dronenbenutzung Ständig ein Fenster "Scanne das Gelände mit X und finde unterirdische Vorkommen, geht auch nicht mehr weg. Baumenü sehr durcheinander: Spiegel, Lampen und Spint würde ich zu den Möbel einsortieren und nicht unter Geräte packen. Der Werkzeugslot den ich mit verschiedenen Werkzeugen und Materialien bestücke ist ja normal aber warum liegen die Sachen immer noch im Inventar, dadurch wirkt das Inventar sehr unübersichtlich . Andere Entwickler schaffen es auch. Im Sturmgebiet benötigt man ein Atemschutzgerät wo das Glas Dreckig ist, hat mich sehr gestört ,dachte erst meine Brille sei dreckig aber nein. Nächstes Problem was ich habe ist nach dem Ausbau des Ressourcenrelaisnetz (in Verbindung mit der Bergbauanlage) was sich über die ganze Karte ausbreitet, das wenn ich den Scanner anschalte riesige Digitale Karten vor mir sehe und das auf meinem ganzen Weg über die Karte. Habe auch Bilder davon gemacht. (zum Ausblenden keine Eistellung gefunden) Das war aber auch noch nicht alles, wenn ich in der Basis etwas bauen möchte sehe ich Massen von Wassertropfen Energieblitzen und diese Digitalen Wände wie auf der Karte. Das macht das Spiele Erlebnis sehr kaputt und mehr als unübersichtlich beim Basisausbau. (auch hiervon Bilder gemacht) (einige Clipping Fehler auch noch gefunden) Also durch die von mir aufgezählten Fehler ist natürlich auch kein weiterkommen im Spiel möglich da man dadurch nicht in das Dritte Gebiet kommt und somit nicht weiter spielen kann. Wir dürfen nicht vergessen es ist kein EA Titel sondern ein fertiges Spiel was 25,52 € zur Zeit und dann 30,49 € kostet. Ich habe mir mal alle Spiele vom Entwickler angeschaut und ich würde mal sagen 60% der Games sind Ausgeglichen, hier sollt man mal Intern über eventuelle Probleme sprechen denn mit rund 450 Spielern im Schnitt am Tag kann es doch nicht Befriedigend sein für einen Entwickler oder was meint Ihr ? Trotz dem wünsche ich allen die noch spielen weiterhin viel Spaß in der Hoffnung das doch noch etwas verbessert wird am Game, so das doch noch eine Positive Bewertung zustande kommt. Liebe Grüße von einem alten Gamer mit stolzen 68 Jahren.