About 8 hours in and and level 7 as of 2/25. Came into the game late and totally blind. Menus and UI are a bit confusing and there are many bugs (both alien and game wise, lol). I’ve been blown under the map on three different occasions now, my rag doll body floating into space.

Missions are way too repetitive for how much of a grind the pass is, but I understand they’d want to keep players around for the item shop and battlepass 🤑🤑

The irony is not lost on me of a game with this type of satire having an item shop - and the game even leans into it with fake reviews, which I enjoy in a warped kinda way lol.

I paid for it, but having Stratagem Hero being locked behind $20 is dumb. Also if someone has Stratgem Hero and is on another ship, it should activate on that ship. As long as someone in the party has it it should be playable IMO. No reason I should be stuck on my own ship to play it whenever I join someone else’s game. Super niche gripe - but an oversight IMO.

Simple gameplay, but oh so real narrative. I’m not an immigrant or part of a family who is, but the story of growing up and growing apart from your family is so very real. From the arrogance of being a teen, to being an adult and longing for a single moment with a loved one you may have taken for granted. The only game that’s ever moved me to tears - maybe because I was stoned, but it really connected to me and how I’ve been experiencing growing up around my family.

Great stuff, and a short game but very worth your time. Absolutely lovely.

Glad Xbox gave it a free weekend as it’s a very short game for its asking price (beat the main story in about 15 hours and that was taking my time).

It’s always fun being able to explore creative renditions of places I’m familiar with, and that’s on full display here. Environments are fun, and very LA - even if they may not be accurate to their real life counterparts like other games.

Combat is interesting for the first few hours, then it’s a chore.

RPG elements are laughable and low effort for a game calling itself an action rpg.

Most likely gonna be my GOTY contender, I can already tell.

Improvement over Y7 in every way, aside from the story. Characters are great as ever and the new combat mechanics made the fights super engaging and scrappy feeling.

The end game DLC dungeon was a bit disappointing, especially being locked behind a paywall.

All in all, very worth your time tho!