Sticker Shock...worth AAA price?

[Ozone Ranger]

The demo interested me but didn't floor me. I expected a modest price point but shocked at the final costs. Is there more worthwhile to it than experienced in the demo? is it WORTH $60?

[Z]

I was expecting somewhere around 30... Maybe tops 40 euro for this but 60?!?!?!? What a joke. That's not gonna end well!

[Ozzina Arcane]

You should assume just about any licensed game is gonna be a full retail price at release.

[Geeky the Cheeky Commando]

I have been playing it and it feels like a $50 when being generous...But this also very much relies on you being a fan of the series.

Gameplay: The first hour and a half of gameplay is a roller coaster of patience for me. Forced auto-drive vehicle sections at the start, a lot of cutscenes to skip, no incentive to get out of the vehicle other than materials that I still haven't used for crafting or selling, stilted physical combat, really poor forced stealth section...All of that is mostly the first hour with me skipping a lot because I actually know most of this from the Manga or can read into it. Then I had a fight with a group of tanks and an airship and I was having a blast for the limited time I was doing so.

Story: If you've read Sandland, you know the plot. Just add a random female mechanic into it and expand a bit here and there and you've got it. If you're not a fan and are interested enough in the world it's serviceable.

Customized Vehicles: Hour and a half in, I haven't gotten to do so yet. Think I am just able to do so.

Reaching an hour and a half I am debating on a refund to buy another game that could be more fun. I see where it is most fun, the vehicle combat makes me miss things such as old Battle Tanks for the N64 and the like, but with the cost it feels like it should've been giving more right out the gate for you to enjoy than ripping the controller out of your hands and making you listen to something that you could keep moving to listen to.

[NASTYSODA]

If it wasn't for the nonstop frame stuttering it would easily be worth that. This is a full AAA game with tons of content. I'm very sad it's not playable.

[Geeky the Cheeky Commando]

Originally posted by NASTYSODA:

If it wasn't for the nonstop frame stuttering it would easily be worth that. This is a full AAA game with tons of content. I'm very sad it's not playable.

Might just be your rig. Haven't suffered any myself. Which point did you get stutters in?

[Diernayr]

Its worth every penny to me, 3 hours in, running perfectly on PC and Steamdeck.

Bought the deluxe, tank guns do almost double damage, so that makes it worth it to me. Havent seen the furniture stuff yet, but looks to be a good deal.

[SnoLight]

you can go to a key reseller like greenman gaming and get the game for 40 bucks lol

[Big Boss]

Originally posted by SnoLight:

you can go to a key reseller like greenman gaming and get the game for 40 bucks lol

Greenman is defintiely not a grey market keyseller lmao

[Ozone Ranger]

Originally posted by Geeky the Cheeky Commando:

I have been playing it and it feels like a $50 when being generous...But this also very much relies on you being a fan of the series.

Gameplay: The first hour and a half of gameplay is a roller coaster of patience for me. Forced auto-drive vehicle sections at the start, a lot of cutscenes to skip, no incentive to get out of the vehicle other than materials that I still haven't used for crafting or selling, stilted physical combat, really poor forced stealth section...All of that is mostly the first hour with me skipping a lot because I actually know most of this from the Manga or can read into it. Then I had a fight with a group of tanks and an airship and I was having a blast for the limited time I was doing so.

Story: If you've read Sandland, you know the plot. Just add a random female mechanic into it and expand a bit here and there and you've got it. If you're not a fan and are interested enough in the world it's serviceable.

Customized Vehicles: Hour and a half in, I haven't gotten to do so yet. Think I am just able to do so.

Reaching an hour and a half I am debating on a refund to buy another game that could be more fun. I see where it is most fun, the vehicle combat makes me miss things such as old Battle Tanks for the N64 and the like, but with the cost it feels like it should've been giving more right out the gate for you to enjoy than ripping the controller out of your hands and making you listen to something that you could keep moving to listen to.

Thanks for the time on this comprehensive review! It's probably a no for me now, until maybe some sale, or way down the road when like everything, we see our 60 dollars down to 10, lol... your interests and disinterests sound like my impressions from the demo.

[Ozone Ranger]

Great responses, pro and con, everyone, thanks!