Lighthouse Keeper

This game reminds me of Among Trees, a game which was a lot of fun but clearly ended development too early. Yes, it's a complete game, I had no bugs, but there were a lot of little things that could have been done to make this game standout more. Puzzles are used to 'repair' parts of the lighthouse. There are five puzzle types with varying degrees of difficulty within. None are that bad, but if they're hard for you -- no worries, the point of the game is to automate repairs, and you can choose the order. Just automate the challenging puzzles first, and the game will be quite casual beyond. The "Open World Survival Crafting" tag is a complete farce though. While you can technically roam freely, all the islands and quests are in linear order, so it is 'faux-open-world' at best. It's also not "Survival", as there's not even a health bar. I jumped off the lighthouse many times and took zero damage. Not sure there's damage anywhere in the game? Crafting exists, but outside of a few quests meant to act as a crafting tutorial there was no need to craft anything. All that said it was fun for a weekend, and it's an easy 100% achievement play through.

This could yet turn out to be a good game. But without some *serious* reformulation, I can't recommend it. I came in looking for a cozy lighthouse repair game. But the lighthouse is working from the beginning. It continually degrades. It devours oil at a rapid pace. Everything is timed, and the time-of-day display is unclear, both in the environmental cues and the GUI. Your ability to gather basic resources like stone and wood are sharply limited until you've obtained lava. It all adds up to a frustrating experience of perpetually fighting entropy, instead of the chill experience I wanted, quietly building up something I'm proud of. This is the kind of experience I have in real life, I don't need a game for that. Some things were nice. The graphics, the character controller, some of the UI felt good. Unfortunately, with the amount of time this game has been out, it seems unlikely that these things will be expanded upon, or that the problems will be addressed.

I finished the game in about 5 hours. Do with that as you will. ***Some Spoilers ahead*** At it's core, I'd have to say this is a puzzle-like game. It has crafting, survival, farming, etc, however all of those elements seem completely secondary to just pushing through the different quests to get to the end. In its current state, it feels like a demo that was turned into a full release game due to being abandoned. It's decent for what it is, however everything is so disjointed from one another that it has a problem with figuring out what it really should focus on. (btw, you can shoot the birds... that was fun lol). It's lacking polish of game testing, depth of many other survival/crafting games, and should be played knowing exactly what to expect going in: a subpar experience in everything, but you'll get a 100% achievable game in about 5 hours from it. I'm pretty sure I spent more time sailing back and forth from quest giver, to quest island, then back again, than I did with anything else in the entire game. Farming is pointless - no way to get seeds unless you aimlessly explore islands and stumble upon the one farm one. Upgrades are very few and, if like me, you spent time collecting resources because of its "survival-like" atmosphere in the first few hours, they can be upgraded all at once. a singular spot to cook, to trade, no inventory upgrades, etc, along with random chests everywhere. These are just to name a few things. I gave up on things after a few tries because it seemed pointless. Just follow the quests, continue doing that, and a few hours later you're done and have 100%'d the game. I enjoyed it, but I wouldn't recommend this unless you can get it for 90% off normal price or something. It's not worth the $12-13+ it's asking for. I think I got this in a humble bundle myself, but I honestly don't remember. It's just been in my library for a while now and figured I'd check it out finally, lol.

Starts off with a chill vibe and some decent ideas, especially with collecting resources and exploring islands. Unfortunately, that novelty wears off fast and turns into a repetitive grind with little payoff. It’s also pretty buggy, which makes the experience even more frustrating. By the end, it just feels tedious and kind of pointless, like there’s no real reason to keep going.

It's fine. It's chill, short, simple and rough around the edges. It's dirt cheap on sales. There are no survival mechanics here, just some crafting/exploration/following the marker quests. I did however experience a probably game breaking bug where one of the 5 unique items you need to get did disappeared because I tried to pick it up with full inventory. I was able to fix it by editing the save game after picking up another one of the five. There are many smaller issues/nitpicks: * Can't actually see the active lighthouse light from afar when exploring islands. * White crosshair on white/snow island * No tooltips on items, so no way to know what they are * No chest auto stacking * Some mechanics don't really have a use (potion making) or little use (fishing, farming)

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Uzun zamandır inceleme yazmamıştım, başlangıcı yapalım. Pozitifler +Görseller iyiydi, harika diyemeyeceğim ama oyunu sevdirmeye yetti. +Paneldeki bulmacalar ideal olmuş, bir tık daha zor olsa daha da eğlenceli olabilirmiş. +Çok uzun bir hikaye değil, daha uzatsalarmış sıkıcı olabilirmiş. Mevcut yapılacaklara göre süresi ideal. +Kısa hikaye oyunlarını sevenler için tadında bir oyun, şans verilmeli. Negatifler -Umarım benim acemiliğimden değildir ama ben baltanın basılı tutup vurulacağını şans eseri öğrendim, ondan öncesinde bir tur oyunu başlatmıştım. Hiçbir şey toplayamadan eşyaları kırdım ve resmen 20 dakika öyle etrafta dolanmıştım. O kısım daha açıklayıcı olabilirmiş. -Gemiyi döndürmek ömürden ömür götürüyor. Ben pek sevemedim. -Oyunda 4-5 kere bug yaşadım. Özellikle zıpkın ve olta bug olayına çok müsait. -Bir yere gitmeye yol bulamadıysam taşlara space tuşunu spamlamak çoğu zaman yeterli oldu. -Adalarda yapılacak şeylerin biraz daha fazla ve belki bir tık daha bulmacalı olmasını isterdim. Yani iki ada arasında o kadar yol gidip geliyoruz ve pek yapılacak şey olmaması can sıkıcı. Böyle yazınca negatifleri fazlaymış gibi göründü ama oyunu gerçekten öneririm. Boş bir gününüzde oturup bitirebilirsiniz. Ve LÜTFEN bunun biraz daha bulmacaları hali coop olarak gelsin..

oyunda çok fazla bug var, özen gösterilmemiş bir çalışma