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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 61.6 hrs on record
Posted: Nov 28, 2024 @ 4:26pm

Early Access Review
$10 isn't a huge amount of money, and Lethal Company will provide $10 worth of fun to any group of people willing to play a toned-down loot and scoot game. This game definitely falls into the "party with friends" category though: I don't see myself booting this up and joining a random lobby anytime soon, though the option exists if you want to go that route (I wouldn't buy the game if that's the primary method of play though).

PROS:
- Simple basic controls and gameplay loop: walk around, pick things up and scan. Easy to get into.
- Has surprising depth to it with regards to enemy behavior, loot and item strategy, bonus moons, and teamwork
- Lots of room for "shenanigans". Roughhouse with your friends or play Seal Team 6, it is up to you
- Healthy mod scene with much customization: "Skinwalkers" is simultaneously hilarious and terrifying
- Relatively cheap
- Has unique charm: see dancing animation and shop jingle

CONS:
- unforgiving penalties for failure: team wipe can be the end of a run just like that
- Not a whole lot to do if you get bored of walking around collecting things, easy to zone out in a haze. Once your friend group has their 5 hour high, might be time to move on to the next party game
- Nearly impossible to learn everything about the game from in-game tools: high level play in high quota levels can require in depth knowledge attained from other sources
- Modding isn't workshop based, oh well. I don't like Overwolf.

Decent game if you're not expecting 40+ hours out of it, although you can definitely get that amount of hours if you want to push yourself to really high quotas, full clearing moons, and killing enemies. I do not regret my purchase.
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