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Neo Scavenger “spiritual sequel” Ostranauts is now exploring space in early accessYou thought life on Earth was hard? Try space
You thought life on Earth was hard? Try space
The crew behind the fantasticNeo Scavengerhave returned to the universe of their post-apocalypticsurvival gamewithOstranauts, a “spiritual sequel” about struggling amongst the cold stars rather than on the ruined Earth. Launched into early access this week, the sci-fi life sim makes us the captain of a spaceship trying to scrape out a living while dealing with the mechanical problems (and many buttons) of our vessel as well as the emotional and physical needs of our crew. You might want to wait for a patch or two first, mind.
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“The writing is great,” he said. “It achieves that thing science fiction so often attempts and so rarely manages, in giving the sense of a world that’s fully realised and consistent with itself, and which will keep about its business whether you happen to be looking into a tiny corner of it or not. You get the sense that wherever you look, you’ll find something interesting.”
Buuut Nate stalled hard on dealing with the user interface, enough that he said “I’ve concluded that I really like everything aboutOstranauts, except for actually playing it.” The UI was one of Blue Bottle’s focuses for improvements before this early access launch, but it sounds like maybe not enough, and other areas needed care too.
Many of the initial reviews complain about issues including bugs, crashes, trouble with the UI, losing save files… yeah, I wouldn’t go just yet. Blue Bottlesaythey expect to launch a patch today to fix some crashes and glitches.
Ostranauts is availableon Steam Early Accessnow, with a 20% launch discount bringing it down to £12.39/€13.43/$15.99. The devs expect it’ll be in early access for around two years, adding and polishing bits along the way. Plenty of time for improvement.
