Solar 2

Is fun. Be small rock. Get bigger until be planet. Eat rock until star. Eat planet until black hole. Eat everything until small rock. Repeat. Also has missions and story. Much good.

Got this game many years ago for some reason. Is okay, I guess. Wonder when the guy who made it will come out with Solar 3? Hopefully life treats him well these days.

Solar 2 has a genuinely strong visual presentation, and its physics system still stands out even today. Watching celestial bodies interact, grow, collide, and spiral into chaos is fascinating and, at times, beautiful. Conceptually, the idea of evolving from a tiny object into something truly cosmic is compelling and well executed on a visual level. However, my biggest problem are the controls. They feel noticeably outdated. Once the screen fills up with around 30 objects moving and interacting at the same time, things quickly become overwhelming. Important actions are mapped to keys that are far away from the main movement controls, and key rebinding either does not exist or did not work for me. For example, whether you absorb an entire planet or only its asteroids depends on pressing Space or L. The L key is extremely far from WASD, and even when using the arrow keys as an alternative for movement, the problem remains because the L key sits on the same side of the keyboard. In stressful situations, this makes precise control frustrating rather than challenging in a good way. I also really missed an option to reduce the game speed. Slowing things down would make it much easier to catch asteroids or react properly when many objects are interacting at once. Unfortunately, Solar 2 was released about 13 years ago and no longer receives updates, so these quality-of-life improvements are unlikely to ever arrive. Because of this, Solar 2 remains a very niche experience. Despite its strong visuals and interesting ideas, only players who can comfortably handle a lot of simultaneous information and awkward controls will be able to play it in a relaxed way. For everyone else, my personal recommendation is Not Recommended. (Disclaimer: This review was written with the help of AI, based on a self-written and honest personal experience. The structure and language were refined, but the opinions and impressions are entirely my own.)

Good Old Game

Оказывается в моей игре детства есть не только превращение из астероида в чёрную дыру. Впрочем в детстве я не знал английского, но даже так получал большое удовольствие от игры, и сейчас, зайдя в неё снова, получаю всё то же удовольствие.

Its a fun little indie game. Good for a chill time smashing planets together

A fun game! Great for some simple, mindless relaxation.