IXION

This game is both incredibly cool and fascinating in its setting, gameplay and design, but my biggest gripe is by and far the repair system. My colony space station loses constant HP because of the VOLOS drive jump /and/ the opening of new sectors??? Its very frustrating to be on my first playthrough roughly 7-8 hours and just be unable to progress due to that. Unlike Frostpunk, where the Generator feels critical to the game, your hull for all is just a resource and crew sink, it doesnt provide any ingame benefit other than preventing a game over. It is a much slower and much harder frostpunk (imo). With all the ups and downs that comes with. I respect what the devs were going for with this, and i think theres a good skeleton, with some good meat ontop, but its frustrating, and while i will finish this, it will 100% be on a custom difficulty to tweak it.

я не знаю, на що я купився. Космічна стратежка. Бігають пікселі а-ля як у 90х. Треш.

故事讲的倒是可以，游戏性差点，分区功能很有特色但也很蛋疼，有些科技独享，有些科技引导不够，总体来说给个中上评吧

Great Atmosphere, Frustrating Gameplay Ixion is one of those games where I really wanted to love it. It gets so many things right, especially the atmosphere, sound design and overall presentation. The writing and voice acting are genuinely great. The story has an interesting premise and does a good job of making you want to keep playing just to see what happens next. I also really liked the strange mix of Babylonian, Norse and Greek influences in the setting. It gives the whole corporate dystopian world something different. The Jupiter P.A. was probably my favourite part of the presentation. It really sells the scale and importance of what you're doing. The gameplay has that classic <just one more thing> feeling that games like Frostpunk have. Managing your resources, research, population and different sectors can be really satisfying, especially early on. The UI feels good, and all the little sounds of buttons, machinery, alarms and the Tiqqun itself add a lot to the experience. And honestly, the soundtrack absolutely slams. Guillaume David absolutely nailed the dark, depressing sci-fi atmosphere. Some of the music in Chapter 3 in particular is fantastic. I just wish there was more of it. Unfortunately, the game also has some pretty big problems. Visually, Ixion looks great at first glance, but the actual station can feel surprisingly lifeless. Everything is quite washed out and there aren't enough different visual assets. You're supposed to be managing a massive station full of people, but sometimes it feels more like you're playing a very pretty puzzle game. The story is another mixed bag. The first few chapters are interesting and kept me hooked, but things start falling apart around Chapter 3. By the final chapters, the story feels rushed and the ending just isn't very satisfying. The journey is definitely more interesting than the destination. But my biggest issue is the moment-to-moment gameplay. Ixion tries to combine Frostpunk style survival management, SimCity style building and a kind of Tetris like spatial puzzle system. When it works, it's great. When it doesn't, it can be incredibly frustrating. Resource management can feel unnecessarily restrictive, accidents seem to happen constantly, and having to repeatedly deal with things like hull repairs becomes more of a chore than an interesting decision. There were quite a few moments where I wasn't struggling because I had made a bad decision, I was just tired of dealing with the game's systems. Still, there's something about Ixion that kept me playing. The atmosphere, music, setting and overall presentation are fantastic, and the game has a really good sci-fi story buried underneath some frustrating mechanics. It's definitely not a perfect game, but if you're into slow-paced sci-fi management games and can tolerate some frustration, there's a lot here to like. One thing I do want to give the game credit for is its technical performance. I didn't encounter any bugs or glitches during my playthrough, and the game ran smoothly throughout. Combined with the intuitive UI, which was easy to learn and satisfying to use, the overall experience felt polished from a technical standpoint.

Immersive. Fun.

отличная игра

An unforgiving base builder's dream, or nightmare! Tight difficulty makes the whole game feel dangerous and high stakes. The story so far is deliciously dark and really makes me appreciate the precious blue planet we call home. A must buy for fans of base building, scifi, and challenging games.