Terraformer Expedition to Mars

Cannot recommend, classic game which was forced through EA and released in a very buggy and incomplete state.

I bought this game back when it was in early access to support what sounded and looked like an amazing concept (along with several other survival/colonization games of the time). After years with no updates I had forgotten it was even in my Steam library. Imagine my surprise to find that not only are there still no updates, but the game is no longer in early access. What the heck, I'll install it again... Nope, looks just as bad as it did two years ago. Crashes 3x trying to play the first 30 seconds of the tutorial. So screw it, I'll try the real game - it can't be that hard to figure it out. OK here are some metal plates and rods, I'll make a....shovel? Surely that's the most important thing to craft when stranded on Mars... I now have a shovel, it's time to do some terraforming! So let's see, I'll click on the dirt? It's not doing anything but I can't stop shoveling....maybe I'll try to equip one of these steel rods instead, I can plant it upright and start building a shelter. Oh wait, all I can do is put it back down just like I found it but look! The crafting menu says I can make a hammer; we all know hammers are necessary! With my new hammer and trusty shovel I decide that I'll explore my surroundings for a place to build a new home. After a 30 second jaunt around the planet, I return to the wreck of my ship and attempt to use my hammer on it. Apparently this is NOT what you do to survive on Mars as Terraformer immediately stopped working. This is one of those games that has made me hesitate to give any money to early access developers in the future - it could have been great but they settled for mediocre. 2/10

tl;dr: Game is completely broken and bugged, no QA been done at all. Graphics are horrid, pricing is completely inpurportunate ===== I got this game as a gift a few years ago when it was still in early access. Back then I tried playing but the game was incredibly unstable and buggy. A few weeks ago I tried again but little has changed, the entire tutorial is still the same, buggy and crashed the game in the end. Graphics are way below any standard, so are the sound effects. Gameplay looks like it has the elements to be there and to be a game in it's own right. I'm not here to insult the developer, I'm sure there has been a lot of work and learning here but this doesn't mean the product of that can be excused for what there has been put down here. -Stability is the number one issue here, crashes galore and bugs for more. -Menus are clunky and UI/X has not been iterated up on since early early access. -Graphics got a call from 1998 and it was laughing, models and textures both really lacking any quality, let alone animations, a lot of actions even lack animations. -I'm sorry if you like survival, terraforming or mars, there are better games out there more decently priced for their performance. -Price does not match quality what so ever, I don't have the hours to know all the content at all. But the instability, bugs and problems surely ruin the experience to even try. Sorry can't even rate this game out of 10. Without any improvement of a working product it's 0.

ABANDONED!!

This is an amazing game and I would recommend it to anyone who loves this sort of game, the only real problem which isn't really a problem is that it is buggy but you know what? It's still very enjoyable so if you're feeling daring and want to try a new fun game then this is for you just beware of the bugs. Oh! btw a little tip try to conserve your iron 1. I find it's rather hard to get. 2. it's used in a LOT of stuff.

very unstable and abandoned shortly after release, dont get it.

Considering this game was released in 2013 and I have had to for two years with no updates Id naturally assume the dev took the money and abandoned this game. Therefore Id say dont waste your money. It is buggy and crashes ad least 2 times every hour and considering my PC can run the witcher 3 max graphics on 4k with 60fps id say its deffinatly the game. The graphic quality is on par with minecraft, A.K.A ♥♥♥♥. The game itself is slow and does not flow. The conscept is ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ fantastic however due to the lack of a proper developer and a decent engine the gane turned to ♥♥♥♥. Someone PLS make a game like this I want this concept to become a reality and not just a money grab like this lump of ♥♥♥♥. simplely put, dont buy this game unless you want to waste your money.

I like the direction it's going. I really do. The only real issue I can see so far is its early stage of development. When you are constantly living in fear of the "Falling" glitch, that's something to be said for a game that tries to be so immersive that it plays you the song of your respirator's people. If you don't know what I'm talking about, I'll explain... You have to constantly listen to your own breathing. Oh, you meant the game-breaking and ever-lurking bug? Why, that's when you hit terrain funny, or the edge of such, or the game just gets a wild hair up its ass, and decides that you aren't touching ground. You can 'float' along, stuck in the falling animation and gaining digital momentum, until you manage to trigger either the same or a different bug, which forcibly helps you meet the ground directly under your boots, at terminal velocity. For me, it happens about once every hour. Could be more, could be less, and I often forget to save. That... is what makes this game unplayable in its alpha state for me. That one bug. Does that mean I say the game sucks juevos grande? No, of course not! Like I said, I like the direction it's going. I like having to care for the suit and all your needs, (power, water, oxygen etc.) and feel it's a nice touch to differentiate it from other block-mining games, as well as giving the term 'SURVIVAL' its meaning. The enemies, once you find them, I couldn't help but laugh at when I glanced through the forums and first found their lairs. The crafting system, while not very intuitive or flashy, works well, (I'd recommend mentioning to people that turning on a forge while holding it will kill them... and a better guide of what to do to advance your tech wouldn't go amiss. Particularly iron. Maybe some sort of mission parameters and planned actions tab on the PDA, like proper space missions. Could even tie in the milestone achievements in-game to it.) As with all early-access games, especially alpha-builds, this thing needs work. A lot of work. But... if this all pans out right, I got a good feeling about it. It's tough... but I'm gonna say I DO recommend the game, not for what it is now, but what it looks like the dev wants it to be.

Another developer abandoned early release. If I didn't already own it, I wouldn't play this one for free, much less pay for it.

Awesome sim. Headphones HIGHLY recommended for immersion. EDIT: Update for so-called "full release" Game is unfinished. It crashes, and has several bugs. This is still, imo, a beta and not a full release candidate at all. My "recommended" rating was based on this being Early Access and still being updated. Now with unfinished "full release" I have to switch to Not Recommended. I may switch back if/when a major update fixing the myriad problems gets released. I consider the game unplayable at this stage.