A nice souls experience! If you want some sci-fi souls get this game!

Pros
- Aesthetics/lore are the standout aspect here: a mix of cosmic horror, Cthulhu stuff, space and tech
- A lot of different influences: Dark Souls 1-3, Bloodborne, Dead Space 1-2, Hollow Knight, Metroid Prime 2, Grim Dawn, maybe The Surge?
- Inherits the NG+ system from Dark Souls, but IMO has a really cool lore-friendly implementation (certain progress also carries over, not only your levels/equipment/the usual stuff). Also there are Bonfire Ascetics from DS2, but they're a little more flexible here.
- Certain boss designs and arenas are pretty cool.
- Lore and implications are really interesting, philosophically.

Cons
- CLUNKY CONTROLS. IMO this game feels terrible to play, and many boss fights come down to poor AI and obvious tells. I finished a lot of fights feeling accomplished, but also annoyed.
- Non-obvious controls: upgrading conductors at a weapon bench, and leaning left/right on ladders
- Certain boss fights ruined by sudden OHKOs, _no sound effects_ (which is incredibly weird), lackluster camera, and additional enemies.
- Very indie. Leftover bugs never patched, including bad/wrong hitboxes (i.e. your weapon swinging thru an enemy doing no damage, or taking damage from a projectile a mile away... happened to me a lot, in a certain fight in the Port)
- The space station looked a lot bigger w/ more variety when I started the game, but ends up feeling like a long corridor. I often felt boxed-in.
- Critical NPCs can die even though they might not show a HP bar, so your playthrough is screwed. (You could redo it on NG+ and reduce the difficulty to NG though.)
- Blue Sun (DLC) is tempting if you want to fully experience the game, but allegedly it's of mixed quality... read reviews carefully.

Tips
- Victim Poker weapon is good IMO, I liked STR build and upgrading the Strength Conductor to +2 and beyond.
- Check Steam Guides for the "Stat Breakpoints" guide, but I kinda wish I stopped upgrading STR at like... 20-25? instead of 35 which is suggested.
- Ignore Coins
- Use a guide for the ending you want, *however* i admit the game felt more natural when I didn't get that ending on NG but got it in NG+. To repeat what I said earlier, the NG -> NG+ transition is really lore-friendly.
- Certain rewards for hidden content are.... terrible. Use a guide to see what you'd get.

The beginning is slow and it can be very challenging but after you pass the first level everything goes really nice and smooth, overall is an underrated great game!