Stranded: Alien Dawn

I really love this game. It's fun and completely sucked me in for a good while. I didn't really take a break to play anything else til I completed the scenario I picked, which is a rarity for me as I'm usually playing a few games at once. I spent a lot longer playing in the scenario than I think you're intended to and still had a lot of fun. I'm really happy that they put work into the replay ability, even if you don't pick a different scenario from the several offered you can pick different characters and change settings to get a different experience. I'll be coming back to this one, which I personally really appreciate in a game considering how different it is from all the FMV point and clicks with one ending I usually get into.

TLDR- its like eating a burger after eating a well seasoned steak. (its an ok game ...but a certain 2d game is way better. this game has more dimensions, and layers but its a plain nothing burger) probably ok if this is your first game of this genra -non randomized/customizable characters is boring. I had spent more time trying to mod the game to create a character i want and being afk than playing. -the game has less life than the same 2d game. the game doesnt interact with you, the wild life gets redundant after trying all the biomes, there was no point i felt i was in danger/ even if i put myself in danger I was left alone most of the time. best we can do is spawn random passive/aggressive enemies at you -there are few layers of tech. the reasearch is surface level and a few stat upgrades. there's like... work stations stuff>power making stuff>component stuff to upgrade the previous stuff> defense stuff that you would get away with layered wooden base and a few weapons> then endgame -character control feels restricted. cant force haul, characters doesnt seem to form relations, i dont think there is a fight back button when the chicken (that think they are meals) attack them other than drafting them. they spawn so frequently its insane. -game is basically spam the balloons at some point. collect resource> make base and research> balloon... wait> collect few regrown resource/ send more ballon... wait> probably get a few new stuff from ballon> new year.... game play -I still don't understand anything after playing the game. sure make your own story... hard to do when i dont relate to the characters... barely any events that can make the story. there was so many crashed objects but no civilization at all empty planet with no colonies -music is meh. music is meh.