Absolutely incredible title with probably some of the worst cover art I've seen. I took a random plunge on Game Pass for this one and I what I got was one of the best base building/ wave defense/ twin stick shooter I've played in a while.

All achievements were earned on PC running a 3800x and RTX 3080. When the game is maxed out pushing hundred of enemies with ray traced shadows and lighting the game is truly a spectacle. Guts, goor, and loot litter the aftermath of a job well done and it never gets old.

Achievements really push you to play all aspects of the game and work yourself deep into the tech tree where you can really turn combat into a trivial thing as you launch radar guided nuke artillery from what feels like across the map.

The character interactions were great and not too intrusive, only complaint is the constant reminder that you're at full resource capacity which will happen plenty as you stop spending as much and are running huge cultivation farms.

A brilliant game from start to end that really keeps excellent pacing.

Noted on PC, there has been discussion of slowdown during major fights or bugs that can soft lock. Im fortunate enough to not have had a single bug during my 30 hour campaign run nor during smaller survival missions. Though that was the experience for me, it may not be the same for everyone.

Very excited for what this team pushes out next in this world. At the time of writing a new expansion is in the works with COOP being a later roadmap goal.

Reviewed on Jan 08, 2022


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