
Your spaceship crashed on an alien planet. Explore, salvage, craft, trade, manage and upgrade your way back home!
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I had zero plans to play Lost Nova tonight, but between a dear friend expressing interest in what I’d think about it, and another trophy-hunter friend happening to be playing it when I logged into Steam, I decided to try it out. And here we are!! 6am, eight hours later, 100% achievements!! I had wayyy more fun than I even hoped to have. I got Lost Nova on sale for only $3, and I truly feel guilty for paying so little. So I’ve wishlisted the dev’s other games. :) Things I LOVE: + beautiful cel-shaded pastel art direction + endearing dialogue (so many little lolz) + quirky NPCS and relatable female protag + five distinctive biomes to explore + steady, well-designed progression + very addictive cyber gun foraging mechanic + unlimited storage for your items + more things to do after completing story + really wholesome overarching message Things to consider: • jumping mechanic takes practice to master • no quest list (though tasks don’t overwhelm) • several achievements are VERY grindy For the trophy-hunters out there, of which I am usually not one (but I loved this little world so much that I didn’t want to leave it): I relied on a guide that I found on Steam. One achievement in particular has a 1% spawn chance, and so I spent 15-20 minutes walking into and out of the spawn area over and over. >.< Another achievement requires an extraordinary amount of money. I earned it the “honest” way over the course of an hour or so, but I’ve seen that some people are simply modifying their save files to trigger the achievement. ;) So, I think that I finished most of the true game content at about the 5-6 hour mark, and took an additional 2-3 hours grinding out a few achievements while concurrently watching a movie. :) I played on a handheld (Lenovo Legion Go with SteamOS, which operates nearly identically to my Deck), and it was a flawless experience. This is a very easy recommendation from me. It’s a STEAL at $3, given the charming characters, delightful art style, and addictive foraging mechanic. I’d happily have paid double or triple that sale price for Lost Nova. For me, the ongoing little life-lesson behind one of the first achievements you will pop, “No Rush,” was more than worth the price of admission. <3
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Unfortunately the constant screen movement makes the game unplayable for me. the fov follows where the gun is pointing, so any slight mouse movement moves the whole screen. If you have a vestibular condition you should avoid this game, which is a shame because I was looking forward to playing it.
It's very pretty and well made sure. But it's ultimately not very fun, boring grindy gameplay and thats pretty much it.
I know it's an RPG but... there's no meat on the bone here at all. I thought it was just a cozy aesthetic and there would be some depth to justify the proposed $15 price tag but it's a little too simple and slow. Lots of just walking around talking to npcs for nothing and walking around more. Even the upgrades and shop stuff doesn't change much of anything, just less waiting on the laser cooldown. Maybe this is for actual children and I just missed the memo. The whole thing is a little pixel-y too and not in a good way like it's an intentional choice, more like I thought I needed to adjust the game resolution but there is no resolution adjustment option.
[h2]Sinopsis[/h2] Lost Nova es un juego de exploración de mundo abierto, recolección de recursos y crafteo, donde acompañaremos a Mia en sus accidentadas vacaciones. Lo que pretendía ser un viaje de relax y desconexión acaba siendo un desastre. La nave de Mia sufre un problema técnico y se estrella en un planeta desconocido, por lo que no le queda más remedio que lanzarse a la aventura en busca de alguien que pueda ayudarle a arreglar su nave y escapar de allí. Conoce nuevos amigos, recoge los recursos necesarios para la reparación y ayuda a los demás con sus problemas. ¿Quién sabe? Quizás este desafortunado contratiempo pueda ayudar a Mia a encontrarse a si misma. [h2]Jugabilidad / Apartado técnico[/h2] En Lost Nova tendremos toda la libertad del mundo para perdernos y explorar. La principal mecánica consiste en utilizar nuestra pistola láser para extraer diferentes materiales del entorno, como restos vegetales, rocas, coral o gemas. Los recursos servirán para mejorar nuestras características (velocidad de movimiento, poder del arma, eficiencia de salto, etc.) y las gemas podremos emplearlas para comprar nuevas herramientas, mejoras o elementos estéticos. Conforme exploremos el mundo iremos conociendo personajes que nos ofrecerán diversas misiones secundarias, como repartir paquetes, pescar, participar en carreras y otra clase de entretenidos minijuegos. Podremos esprintar, saltar entre plataformas, deslizarnos por el agua, excavar, etc., movimientos que iremos adquiriendo y mejorando con el tiempo. Se trata de un juego tranquilo, sin prisas, cuyos personajes van evolucionando con nosotros y que poco a poco irá revelando una interesante historia. [h2]Valoración[/h2] Lost Nova es uno de esos juegos perfectos para pasar el rato. Tiene un toque alegre y simpático, apto para todos los públicos. Su jugabilidad es agradable, rápida y entretenida, pudiendo convertirse fácilmente en un pozo de horas. El problema es que, a pesar de sus variadas e interesantes mecánicas, acaba volviéndose un tanto repetitivo por la falta de profundidad en su mecánica principal: la recolección de materiales y el crafteo. La variedad de recursos se siente escasa, el mapa no es demasiado grande y las mejoras no potencian especialmente la experiencia del juego. Inicialmente pensaba que era un juego del estilo de Nova Lands, con construcción y automatización, pero no, su punto fuerte es explorar un mundo que rápidamente se queda pequeño y cumplir con una serie de misiones con el fin de arreglar nuestra nave. No me malinterpretéis, el juego me ha gustado y me lo he pasado bien las 5-6 horas que dura, pero creo que esperaba algo más. Por lo tanto, si te va el género y lo pruebas con la mente abierta y expectativas moderadas seguro que lo acabas disfrutando. ✔️ [b]Positivo[/b]:[list] [*]La jugabilidad se siente fluida y entretenida. Podemos correr, saltar, desplazarnos por el agua, etc., así como pescar, cavar o cultivar recursos. [*]Ofrece una buena variedad de mecánicas y misiones secundarias. [*]Posee un toque muy alegre y amable, con ese estilo cozy que sabes que no defrauda. [/list] ❌ [b]Negativo[/b]:[list] [*]Me esperaba una mayor profundidad en la recolección de recursos y crafteo. Personalmente creo que se queda algo cojo y le falta otra vuelta de tuerca. Además, si quieres sacarle todo el jugo no queda más remedio que farmear recursos repitiendo misiones secundarias. [*]Es una experiencia corta, el mundo no es demasiado grande y rápidamente alcanzas a sentir que lo has visto casi todo. [*]No está traducido al español. [/list] 📢 [b]Idioma[/b]: No está traducido al español. ⌛ [b]Duración[/b]: 5-6 horas juego base/ 6-7 horas para 100%. 🎮 [b]Steam Deck[/b]: Funciona perfectamente. Lo salvaría de las llamas! 👨🚒👍🔥 [h1]7’5/10[/h1] [quote]🚨 Si te ha gustado la reseña y quieres descubrir buenos juegos, sígueme en mi página de Mentor: [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/45092978/] Indies ON FIRE [/url]🚨[/quote]
This is a crafting game with all the boring and stressful parts stripped away. There's no cumbersome inventory management. There's no annoying monsters. There's just chill music, loveable characters, and oodles of charm-- all wrapped up in the most adorable art style. I only spent 6 hours on this game-- and two of those were finishing up achievements. In such a short time, the game managed to make me fall in love with each and every NPC. I would die for any one of those quirky little idiots. The dialogue was hilarious. The story was surprisingly compelling. The controls were intuitive. Everything felt streamlined and fun. This is a game that feels like a lot of love was put into it. I only wish it was longer.
On your way to your vacation destination you crashland on an alien planet. Explore, upgrade, craft, make friends with the locals (and the not-so-locals), and solve simple puzzles to work towards fixing your ship. Lost Nova is a a cozy sci-fi indie adventure game that [i]oozes[/i] charm and positivity.
beautiful graphics, fun, relaxing and surprisingly so wholesome!
Lost Nova was a super pleasant suprise. I went in thinking this would be a typical craft and mine colonist type game and I was totally wrong! This game is CHARMING! While yes the main mechanic is mining and farming the environments to upgrade things, helping others on quests and ultimately fixing your spaceship, The mechanics of how you do this while exploring the world are super organic and enjoyable. The game has no time limits, no pressure, no enemies. It's a purely explore, find secrets, make friends and have a blast type of game! If you like wholesome games this one is definitely for you! It was super relaxing without being overly easy at any point as well. Super rad all around. I also absolutely adored all the diverse creatures, people and alien pals we meet throughout the game! There are so many different side quests, hidden secrets and bonus challenges that gives this game a much higher play time than I expected. The game is also very whimsical and filled with witty fancies all around. The other thing that suprised me most was that while the underlying story is not very long or complex, it was well written and heartfelt. Usually in this genre the story is secondary but here I really came to love my time on that planet and was curious and engaged the whole game. Lost Nova is totally out of this world!
Chill little crafter/explorer. Not worth the full price though. Best to get discounted!
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