Space Bob vs. The Replicons

I wish I enjoyed this as much as the others who reviewed this game, but I really didn't see any of the positive aspects of those reviews in my time playing the game. To start with, you'll have to remap some controls, because the dev put controls in seemingly random locations on the keyboard aside from basic movement. Then you are thrown into a tutorial with no urgency before starting a mission where you are told you pretty much have an hour to live, good luck. If that's not enough, you are meant to search planets for resources to keep your ship running/your guy alive, but by the 20 minute mark it's impossible to land on a planet without being overrun by spiders and wasps. Maybe I was very unlucky, or maybe I was just missing some crucial information but this game seems like it might need some more work before it's worth buying. I got it at a 75% discount and will still be returning it because I have no desire to play it in this state.

This game is the third game in the Lunar Lander series; 1. Lunar Lander (Arcade) 2. Solar Jetman (NES) 3. This game right here! (Props to the comments here that told me the name of Solar Jetman because I've been trying to remember that game's name FOREVER) I mean this in the form of Spiritual Successor. This game just nails the niche of the genre so well that it deserves to be known WAY MORE than it is... This game isn't exactly like the other two in the form of linear gameplay. This is 100% a roguelike game that you can enjoy countless times while not even gaining progression. I want to point out that I am TERRIBLE at this game. I can't seem to get the controls completely down. I crash into everything. I constantly grab the wrong objects. I can't aim to save my life. I switched to a controller to try to get better, and the zoom function is connected to a very vital control of aiming with the right joystick... and it kills me so often because of it. Even after saying that, I still love this game. This is a very rare form of discovery into grind that takes the troupe of "1 more try" to the extreme with each run potentially taking hours to complete. The only problem with this game is that you can stumble into planet after planet that doesn't help your progress because of the lack of resources (levels seem intentionally scarce or procedurally generated), and that doesn't feel fair in the slightest. Sure, you can grab landscapes like rocks/stalactites(stalagmites) and gain resources from it, and you can destroy/capture enemies for some as well, but it doesn't make up for the amount of resources used to gather them. It feels like rolling the dice when deciding on which new planet is a good idea. Yes, this is the reality even with the descriptions available for each planet. I know this jumbled mess of a review isn't normal for me, but that's because I don't have normal things to say about this game. I bought it on sale for like $4 or something like that, and I feel like I didn't spend enough to play this game. This game would definitely be on my list of "Top Hidden Gems on Steam"... I might actually make that just to showcase this wonderful game. Thanks for the great game with tons of replay value!

Playing with physics is way too addictive (distracting) !. The so called "go in and out" fast and easy landing, often end's up with no or almost none energy/fuel for "safe" trip to spaceship base for refill.