Space Bob vs. The Replicons

Lunar Lander meets the FTL game. A good concept and a good modern take on Lunar Lander game mechanics. Where you have to tow collected resources back to a orbiting mother ship. Once collection is done navigate on FTL style jump map. To go to the next world. Finally racing the bad guys to the end level point on the map. Thumbs down because of mystery doors that block access. With no clue as why they even exist. Also the random placement of resources means it is possible to have several planets with no fuel in a row. Which means you automatically lose regardless of an actions taken. It is a random flip of a coin between a good strategy game or one that removes all player agency. The developer admitted that "game's challenge is somewhat based on RNG". Confirming that player skill can take a back seat over pure random chance. In terms of development it is a solid concept that well executed. However the randomness of it all is just not for me. The whole thing is spoiled by the random low chance that resources actually spawn at all. Which makes the whole thing nothing more that a roll of the dice. All skill elements are removed and play length is determined by luck. Total waste of time

Look, you can't beat the price. Also, it's genuinely fun.

TL;DR: Space Bob is a tribute to good ol' lunar lander, but with a few nice twists. Your goal is to harvest all kind of resources from the planet surface and transport them to your mother ship. The gameplay mostly revolves around solving various logistic problems: how to gather and transport heavy objects using your lander and grappling hooks. Anything that fits into mothership's dock can be salvaged. Anything. That also includes your enemies and a few other environmental hazards. It's really fun to spend time trying to figure out how to secure and transport stuff efficiently while managing your fuel and the other resources at the same time. Summing up, this is a really decent game with a lot of content. Even tho the gameplay loop is relatively simple (discover new planet, harvest, upgrade, survive) there is still a lot of other stuff the game has to offer. If you like physics based games, resource management and exploration this is the game for you.

Un gran juego indie. -Sistema de fisicas con cuerdas -Sistema de mejoras varias -Enemigos variados -Sistema procedural de planetas -Dificultad endiablada. -Eres Bob el astronauta Eres bob el astronauta, un humano que robo una limusina espacial xD, no espera, eres un aventurero espacial que tiene que recogiendo materiales para mejorar, mantener y sobrevivir en tu ardua mision de encontrar las gemas del destino xD, que no leñe, que la mision de bob es averiguar que son unos portales estraños que aparecieron en el universo, o puede que siempre estuvieran alli, no tengo ni idea ya que no sobrevivo el tiempo suficiente xD. Lo tipico, uno muere por una explosion, se le olvida el sistema de fisicas y queda atrapado en su propia nave, le cae un pedrolo en la cabeza, muere envenenado, quemado radioactivado xD, si una radio posiblemente mato a Bob xD. El caso es que lo recomiendo, aunque parece simple, sobrevivir es complicado, ademas que te lo pasas pipa con el astronauta Bob. PD: hay mas cosas pero como no sobrevivo, pues es lo que hay, Bob y las 1001 y aventuras, proximamente en cines xD. Piu Tic Parara Tac Piom musica espacial, Bobbbbb!, eres Bobbbbb!, Bobbbb el astronauta!, surcando el cielo, estrellandote en el suelo, que mas puede salir mallllll, pues ya te digo que lo vas pasar fatallllll, Bobbbb!, Bobbbb, Bobbbb el astronauta!. SI HAS LLEGADO HASTA EL FINAL DEL ANALISIS, COMPRA EL JUEGO! XD

this is such a good game, so glad i found the reddit post

Early review : - ridiculously fun ! - very hard ! I love it !

Fun game, a bit more platform than I am used to, but I figured the premise was good enough to try, have two people in my household who love platform games. Very much had a blast playing it. Totally worth the money full price, easily, though I did get mine on sale.

I played this game because it had good reviews (and it was on sale). It is a nice arcade game. It was a very addictive game that kept me on playing and playing without stopping. The 2-D graphics of different planetary environments was psychedelically appealing, and the way the camera moved as you moved your astronaut (all 2-D) was cleverly automated. I enjoyed ways to efficiently move a bulk of resources from the caves or bottoms of the planet into the surface where my rocket could thrust them into my spaceship – using the grappler in creative ways, the logistic challenges of moving bulk kept me hooked for a while (but after a while you figure out all that can be done with the simple tool). As the robotic enemy Replicons kept on getting stronger, I had to act faster with more proficiency with navigating the astronaut around different planetary environments and building my assets (better gun, stronger armor, more powerful thrusters, etc); once I maxed out my asset capabilities with enough resource gathering, I became almost invincible and was able to get around at will without much fear of death. In the end, I didn’t learn anything new and felt no better from it playing it. No real physics as there are no extremities in gravity or environmental challenges (i.e. most planetoids were the same, some with more caves than others). There was some puzzle-solving when I encountered the mothership, but it was rather straightforward. It was just entertainment without any education. CONS: • Limited replayability (theme repeats itself often) PROS: • Entertaining to use the grappling tool in creative ways and move astronaut around near-zero gravity environments and watching an eye on various resources (energy, fuel). RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE GAME: • New themes like new enemies and planetary environment with more extreme (but realistic) conditions, i.e. gravity, atmospheric density, etc

I have just bought this game and I will give it a thumbs up. I don't know if this game is still being developed but it sure is worth the 6 euros I paid for it while it is on sale. The controls are a bit wonky and pose an extra challenge. Mostly in the start, when Bob is very fragile in his normal space suit. Concept: Go to planets, get recourses, don't die, extract them in your mothership and leave after repeating this process multiple times. The recourses can be a bit heavy, but it's totally not bad. I mean, Bob's jetpack can barely carry 2 giant rocks, which is quite some mass. The enemies are fun because they give a sense of urgency: you can't stay on a planet for too long, or you need to use super much ammo. Some planets have RNG problems, as a negative review already stated. I find the fuel quartz to be too rare. Combine that with the low amount of starting fuel and you might run into some problems. What I do like is that there are different planet biomes with their own dangers. There is also 2 modes to play. Each mode can have your own preferred difficulty. The idea of this game: space, upgrades, resource management, careful movement and exploration, make this a good game for me. I recommend this game for a -50% sale, but you should also like the idea for the game to buy it.

This is a great little game. Part No Man's Sky, part Gravitar, with rogue-like elements. I have a very soft spot for 2D sandbox games and this one really rings all my bells. It's slow-paced at times, but this complements the intense action and gives you a nice breather from the moment when you are zipping around neon caves killing bad guys. I thoroughly recommend this game.