
In Lightyear Frontier you use your powerful trusty mech to farm on a large beautiful alien planet. Settle your homestead, farm and deliver produce to remote colonies, gather and manage resources, build, craft, explore, expand, improve your mech, meet neighbors, and make a place to call your own.
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Settle your interstellar homestead in this open-world mech farming adventure!
Build your farm, customize your mech, grow alien crops, and explore a vast new world full of promise with up to three friends!

Farm, build, and explore in a customizable mech! Craft new parts and mod chips to tweak your mech's performance to your specifications. Choose from an array of options to build your trusty all-purpose vehicle.

Settle on a verdant exoplanet in the Lightyear Frontier, a cluster of habitable worlds in the far reaches of the galaxy. Overcome its environmental challenges in order to thrive on your new home.

Take farming to a new level with the power of the mech. Use its mighty tools to plant, water, and harvest vast fields of alien crops with ease. Mastering crop rotation is key to optimize your yield!

Create the exofarm of your dreams! Make your mark on the world as you build your homestead piece by piece into a handcrafted retro-futuristic farm. Make your place your own with alternative color palettes and decorations.

Send resources to remote colonies, befriend interplanetary neighbors, and build a stable of alien livestock. Use the bounty of your harvest to benefit those around you and create a better tomorrow.
While your mech can handle anything the world throws at you, feel free to invite up to three friends to join you on this journey of settling and exploration! Pool your resources to create the perfect homestead, and share the rewarding feeling of a good harvest with your pals!
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese*languages with full audio support
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Не ожидал, что игра меня так затянет... Даже в начальной локации есть чем заняться, построить дом, наладить ферму, прикольного робота заапгрейдить, в общем побегать с кентами самое то, по скидону надо брать. Она еще и оптимизирована хорошо, идет на моей старенькой Radeon rx 580 в 60 фпс
really boring. oooh farming with a mech. i bought it for the automation and regretted it. to late to refund after a month.
Я бы очень хотел оставить хороший обзор этой игре, но, к сожалению, не могу. В игре много апгрейдов робота, которые действительно помогают, но размазаны они тооооненьким слоем по всему адово-гириндовому дереву прогрессии и зачастую когда тебе дают какое-то улучшение, мысли больше "та ♥♥♥ уже и не надо" ибо процесс, который этот апгрейд тебе улучшает/ускоряет/упрощает уже успел вытрахать тебе всю душу и ты просто смирился. Почти добрались (!) втроем до этапа колес, но на душе ощущение, что как буд-то уже и ♥♥♥♥♥. Автоматизацию, логику и эндгейм улучшения как на скриншотах, мы, скорее всего, не увидим. Не потому что их нет, а потому что нахер надо. В общем, "не лезь, дурак, оно тебя сожрет"
This doesn't feel like an early access at all. Granted, I've only played 10 hours, but it's lovely. The concept of the mech creates a very novel experience. The world feels full and interesting and the farming/building kept me engaged and busy. This game is perfect for people who don't feel like the hectic, rush, rush, rush of timed events, constant attacks on a base etc. It takes a bit to go through the UI and figure out how to use the different modes and such, but ....there is no rush. Take your time and when you've got it....you've got it. I tried to post this now and it is forcing a 'what you didn't like' out of me. I'm not a nitpicker when a game is as satsfying as this one. So....hmmm......on one of the trees I didn't like ....the leaves.....
I came fresh from Satisfactory after hearing that this game was picking up popularity. I will say right now that there are some similarities (Coffee Stain Studios my favorite). Playing this game whether it was with friends or by myself was just the most peaceful experience ever. The pacing of the game itself and activities you will find yourself doing just seems to be so relaxing for me and friends. It's a super chill and dopamine-inducing experience where you move from that stressful concrete jungle in Satisfactory to a more hands-on farming role with the helpful assistance from your trusty mech. Probably one of the most interesting themes for a farming game I have ever had the pleasure of playing through. I'd recommend this game to someone who enjoys some casual, laid-back gaming or is on the hunt for a unique farming game to dive into.
Годнота! Кооп релакс мехоферма. Радует, что уже в раннем доступе достаточно много контента. Жаль, что боевки по сути нет, так как банально нет врагов. Имхо, можно было бы добавить и врагов, и орудия приспособить под бой. Хуже бы не стало точно! 9/10
Воплощение кози игр. Мало механик, много ненужного фарма, всё ради того, чтобы спасти природу, которая не сильно то и меняется после "очищения". Кажется, что ты раз за разом занимаешься ничем и ни для чего.
Honestly, feels like a pretty solid game. However, there is a lack of pressure, although I suppose that is the point of a cozy game. However the pressure doesn't seem to exist in this game, where in stardew valley, it does. That being said, I do wish they'd include areas of combat, we are in giant mechs after all. Having to defend your farm and livestock from marauding bugs and threats would be great. Could even be a raid style event where you could have it disabled, or even reduced to an extremely small attack so that you can satisfy multiple player bases. Until something like this occurs, I will have to shelve this game.
[b]Lightyear Frontier[/b] is a farm sim with adventure elements. The plot is simple: Earth is completely screwed, so you fly to another planet to grow wheat and help out fellow outcasts along the way. [b]Playtime:[/b] I tapped out after 13 hours, but if you're aiming to finish every single task, it could easily drag on for 50–70 hours. [b]The Short Answer: Is It Worth Buying?[/b] Who knows.Personally, if you want to meditate and actually use your brain from time to time, you're better off buying Satisfactory. Lightyear Frontier is only worth it if you specifically want to zone out while farming. [b]Mechanics[/b] 6/10 They give you a giant mech to run around in, which can transform into a car, a tractor, and a harvester. The mech can fly, but it does a pretty terrible job at it. On top of that, it constantly takes damage, so get ready to patch it up regularly. Gathering resources isn’t hard, but moving across the map is just plain tedious, even when you're in vehicle mode. There are crafting benches available to cook up various upgrades and items. [b]Automation and Progression[/b] 2/10 Reaching automation takes a solid 20 hours of pure grinding because the game constantly demands more and more resources—one minute it wants 1k wheat, the next it's cabbage. While automation does exist, getting to it (if you play at a relaxed pace) takes about 20–25 hours, and even then, it’s honestly pretty subpar. Overall, progression feels incredibly slow, and tool upgrades feel more like a joke—you barely even notice them. [b]Farming and Crops[/b] 5/10 The plants themselves are pretty cool. There’s a soil mechanic featuring 3 different types of land, which directly dictates what you’ll grow: a standard crop, a mutation, or just a basic plant. It’s a neat concept that forces you to constantly rotate your crops, but in reality, it becomes a total chore—especially when the game demands a very specific crop type for shipping. Interface and CustomizationCosmetics and decorations are in the game, but they just sort of exist. The annoying part is that the game practically forces you to use and place them, otherwise you straight-up won't get a necessary buff. [b]Story and NPCs[/b] 2/10 The story is virtually nonexistent, and the NPCs you do encounter feel incredibly bland and forgettable. [b]Music[/b] 4/10 There is some basic music; it doesn’t actively annoy you, so I guess that’s a win. [b]Overall Score: 65/100
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