The Next World

Krótka piłka: A Next World przyciąga jak magnes ciekawą lokacją oraz tajemniczą muzyką, ale... to tylko pierwsze wrażenie. Bo zaraz po rozpoczęciu gry okazuje się, że fabuła to irytujące zalewanie ścianami tekstu ze złym tempem ich podawania. Czcionka też taka, że nie chce się tego czytać. Postacie są nieciekawe, wizualnie wykonane jak z jakiejś przeciętnej mangi, a najgorsze, że gra sprawia wrażenie martwej przez zero dubbingu. Tak, nie ma tu żadnych głosów postaci. Ten Nowy Świat jest martwy, więc nie polecam tam lecieć po przygodę. Podobne gry: Morningstar: Descent to Deadrock, Tharsis + Steam Kurator Fidelio de Krytyk: ➥ https://store.steampowered.com/curator/10437106/

I am loving this game. I have always had a great fascination with colonisation, and this game really grabs the feel of a desperate frontier colony while also having a great deal of deep character interaction. It feels more like a visual novel where you also get to build a colony and that's something I really appreciate. Most visual novels have no game-play apart from dialogue 'choices' which often only have subtle changes or just lead to immediate bad ends. While here the visual novel elements only serve to introduce the plot while the gameplay focuses on managing the colony. Colony management is tough, and its a real challenge to juggle necessary resources for survival. Love this kind of stuff and I look forward to the next thing the devs make.

Rather fun visual novel / light strategy game.

This is a fun enough narrative to play through, with the addition of the Planetary Exploration DLC. It's closer to a visual novel than city builder or base management sim, but there's enough there for some variety (again, I stress, with the DLC). The characters are memorable, and the writing is (blessedly) actually decent. The art is great too, consistent and varied. I think this is one of the better VNs out there.

The art and music are amazing!

Like a Choose Your Own Adventure book with some resource management. I played this straight through. Good story.

An interesting story, definitely more of a VN with very strong RNG elements than a true strategy. Sierra's Outpost it ain't, but if you care more about a story and characters than city building and mechanics well worth getting.

Just installed the 2 DC options to spice the game up. I certainly recommend them, despite possible disadvantages i found in my first game. General notes: I finished the game in 5 intense hours, in my second game, on the third difficulty setting, "challenging" its called afaik. But im expert in this kind of games, so had some advantage and know the drill. Also I used reloads a few times. In general, try permadeath and dont use saves unless for technical and practical reasons. Certainly i would not recommend to play on easy level anyway. With the DLC its worth the money, but i would wait for the discount if you want to be sure its worth your investment. Love it or hate it. Pro: *no micromanagement, but choices in management do matter and make a serious difference! *its more about discovery, story-driven game play and making tough choices as leader. I like it. *Easy to learn, hard to win - on higher difficulty levels *Addictive for some people *DLC will spice it up for limited costs Neutral: *Building your colony is a limited business, but matters. *A bit short in play, but DLC might compensate this *NPC chats, love it or hate it. Story driven... *Tough on higher difficult levels, few room for faults *Simplified utilities, can be pro or con Cons: *Easy levels might spoil your fun and limit game-play *Skipping the crash part (vids and chat) is not possible with DLC (bug?) *Repetitive events and dialogues when you play it many times *DLC adds nice features, but salvaging seems to harvest less resources then *Game story and game play is a bit short for seasoned gamers in this genre Summary: worth your bucks, certainly when you get the discounts and start with DLC added. When you like the genre and style and have decent expectations, this game will be a pleasure for you.