First impression frokm a 1%er
So, I belong to the 0.1% of players who have reached the end, at least on Steam. Here are my brief impressions –
- I haven't been so blatantly lied to by game developers in a long time. 'We wanted to keep the playtime for the main game roughly the same!' That's probably the most outrageous understatement of the decade.
With almost 1000 hours in the base game, and without spoilers for Space Age, I got started. I wanted to be well-prepared to reach the other planets, so I built my home base for 40 hours. The playtime has remained the same – so 40 hours to two well-functioning silos and a sience plattfom – therefore, the DLC needs another 40 hours, which means I should be done and happy with 80 hours!
Haha... 130 hours of pure save file later, and I have reached the end of the solar system – but I wouldn't be able to come back. The DLC is so massive – it's really overwhelming. Battling through all the new mechanics solo and figuring things out is incredibly brilliant. The scope is also insane. There are only two points that I found negative.
There should be a platform 'Building' mode. Ghost building everything is absolutely annoying, and hauling stuff just to test something and then not needing it later is incredibly inefficient and tedious.
The flight to the edge of the solar system is way too extreme compared to the other trips. The jump from Nouvis to Gleba & Co and than the one to Aquilo are comparable... but then the jump just feels too massive in my opinion! Overall, 99/100 points – what a brilliant DLC."
Thx a lot!