Recent reviews by [A2M] Lenny

yes :)

Remove logistics from the game - Games should be games, not jobs

This game has great potential, but the game is almost unplayable solo. The AI crewmates are ineffective at best and destructive at worst. To my knowledge this is not being addressed at all with the upcoming 1.0 release. While this game has immense potential, its length and the required number of human players make it too difficult for an adult with a life to be ever to likely manage. Likewise, the low player count means that without dedicated friends to play with, you are also unlikely to get a pick up multiplayer game.

This game just has so many hundreds of "Why did they do this particular thing?" moments that all add up to a massively frustrating ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. Why does the Orca have a reactor that can't power the ship in combat? Why don't medical bots carry medical supplies with them? Why do the bots move items from places I obviously want them (like the fabricator) when issues the cleanup order, such that I have to choose between items all over my ship and having the bots put things in the wrong places. Why do the vanilla spawn ships have broken AI waypoints?

If you are a young person with A LOT of time on your hands and all of your friends are buying the game, pick it up and you might have a good time. Despite its great potential, a series of dropped balls by the developer render this game unsuitable for the vast majority of players. The achievements data bears this out: Less than 2.5% of players have ever completed the game...

A vast improvement to AI crewmates, easier access to pickup multiplayer games, and a revamped and rebalanced early game (particularly painful for balance reasons) could turn this game around in a big way. We will see how they do. For me, for now, it is a no.

Yes :)

Main campaign is just awful...


**UPDATED REVIEW** Immortal empires gud :)

no

The initial veneer of the gimmick of this game soon wears off and you will eventually realize this game is trash that is almost impossible to play solo or with randos. It is fun with friends but guess what, sitting at a bus stop is fun with friends. The only thing I am thankful for is that I bought this game on sale.

[Revision] Played a little more to give it another chance. I was right, it's trash. Unplayable solo, unplayable with randos. A game with some potential totally ruined by some baffling design choices. Ultimately an unsatisfying experience, a huge waste of money even on sale.

Still nothing back hackers in every lobby after all these years.

It's okay for a few games but eventually you realize just how much time you spend waiting to respawn. The majority of the time, you will spawn as D-class or a scientist and will die within the first few minutes. I think if the map were expanded with fewer chokepoints and SCPs were released more slowly instead of all at once it would be a bit more balanced.

I bought this game because so many people compared it to ARMA, but this game is nothing like ARMA. It's closer to Red Orchestra/Rising Sun, but not nearly as good.

[update] Game still sucks. You wont get a functioning squad the majority of the time. AFK squad leaders left and right. The lighting in the game was done by someone with severe vision problems and thinks your night vision is as bad as his.

[Update] It still sucks. The ICO made some positive changes but did not address many of the fundamental issues of the game. Having had more time to play the game i've only discovered deeper and deeper flaws. They will not be able to update their way out of the dated and poor design of this game. It will take a sequel.