After giving it a go - I have to agree with others, it's not fun

[falloutgod13]

It's not the worst game I've ever played, but a lot of the design choices - overly limited inventory and obnoxious amounts of enemies, just make it feel overly grindy even if you tone down the difficulty. Sorry, but killing the same stuff over and over in places I've already been just doesn't do it for me.

On the other hand, it's a interesting little world, some interesting characters, but also a lot of cliche crap - I mean, every story has some tropes in it so I can't really complain about it other than it's not anything we haven't seen before, nothing really strikes me as exceptional here and that combined with slow paced game progression and exploration I just can't get into it. I want to, but the game play experience is just unpolished and feels like I'm doing chores. I have about as much fun washing my dishes after cooking.

Tragic. The game could be a lot more fun but they made a lot of questionable design choices that make it way too grindy. Speaking of grindy, seems like the enemy spawn amount option doesn't work. I walked out of the interchange and got mobbed by 14 outlaws right out the door on the lowest setting. I'm not looking forward to that every time I have to backtrack to that place and the lack of fast travel in the game is another thing that adds to the grind.

[Xafron Chi]

I've played 12 hours so far. I have a mace, a pristine scoped rifle, a pristine revolver and a rusty semi-automatic shotgun. So far I've had more atomic batteries than I need, and I've learned 12 skills and found multiple skill books. I've learned I think around 8-10 crafting recipes, and I have a decent stockpile of stuff in storage. I don't know how far into the game you are, how many hours you've played or how much you know. If you just absolutely hate the game then drop it I guess, but if not I think it's worth sticking with. Can't really play this like it's Fallout, have to do things on this game's terms.

- Inventory is pretty restrictive, but as you find more pneumatic tubes and crafting supplies/recipes it will start to feel easier to handle

- As long as "Trespassing" isn't on your screen, you can avoid most enemies out in the world as long as you don't get too close to them. They'll just yell stuff like "easy friend, we don't need to draw blood here" and you can move past them.

- If by progression you are just referring to unlocking and leveling up skills on your character, it's directly tied to exploration (or trade). As you explore you find more and more of the "Training Stimulant" skill points in specially marked BARD boxes, or in some cases sitting in a little open case on a desk or something. And the skill books that you learn skills from you can find at traders and also hidden around the map. The story being good or not is subjective I suppose (I've liked it so far), but exploration feels quite enjoyable to me.

- You're right in that there is no fast travel, however as you open up the interchange more and more it links you up to every map. With the exception of the protocol interchange entry point, the others in my experience typically have almost nobody near them. So it makes for a handy short cut system. Though for Skethermoor it may be easier to use the Wyndham entry point. None of the maps are massive, so running across them feels like a non-issue to me.

- The game takes an estimated 15-25 hours to finish once. So I wouldn't really call that a grind.

[M19*Haunter]

Originally posted by falloutgod13:

I walked out of the interchange and got mobbed by 14 outlaws right out the door on the lowest setting.

That's a lie, you don't get that amount of enemies even on max difficulty. So I guess your other complains are lie as well.

[falloutgod13]

Originally posted by M19*Haunter:

Originally posted by falloutgod13:

I walked out of the interchange and got mobbed by 14 outlaws right out the door on the lowest setting.

That's a lie, you don't get that amount of enemies even on max difficulty. So I guess your other complains are lie as well.

Ah yes, I must be lying because some troll says so.