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The most quirky game I’ve played in years. It is also very warm and calm. There are no explosions, no big drama, it seems like the authors deliberately make their world as cosy as it can be so that the characters with all their uncountable eccentricities have some safe space to live. This feeling is very unique and I love when games or movies present to me something which cannot be replicated.

That being said, it is certainly not for anyone. It can easily become weary. I found it best to play in smaller portions so that it made me relaxed after a whole day.

It feels like an alien was trying to replicate human architecture. Locally it looks fine, but the longer you traverse it the more you see how devoid of purpose it is, how distorted into something not truly suitable for humans. A nightmare.

Peculiar little game. Immensely atmospheric, poetic even. Gameplay wise it is quite simplistic, but it didn’t bother me, for me it was more of an experience than a test of skill. It touches many subjects (some are quite obvious, such as totalitarianism), but is not very clear about any of them. More of a vision than an essay with a clear message. Especially in the ending, which is very enigmatic. But I liked it like that.

Very unique game! Very original and satisfying gameplay which combines sniping with logical thinking. The atmosphere is also on point. It is relatively short (3-4 h with repeating some levels for fun), but it is perfect for utilising this gameplay concept fully and not getting boring. Highly recommend it!

I finished this game 1.5 years ago. I still think about it from time to time.

Great action game with unique aesthetics!

It has a very interesting combat system. Healing is very limited and even some simple mobs can take most of your HP bar with 1 hit! To compensate you can regain health by quickly attacking enemies (Bloodborne style) and you can parry most of their attacks, with a generous time window. This makes fights tense and enjoyable.

The artstyle is also fantastic. The game looks immensely rough, intense and emotional. I will gladly take such stylisation over most of AAA blandness. The plot is also quite something. It is teenage angst, and extreme one at that. You talk with a given character for 5 minutes, then Tragedy happens, that’s the whole game. It was much too over-the-top for me to treat it completely seriously, but it is sincere with what it is trying to do and it has its charm.

Very unique game! Playing was very relaxing for me. This game is not particularly hard, on normal difficulty and above the longer it takes you the less money you gain, but as long as you are doing something all the time you should be fine.

There is much freedom how to play. You can stop dismantling a given ship whenever you want, so you can take out the easiest elements and skip to a new one. However I took the "feed your OCD" route, trying to be as thorough as possible, which was satisfying.

After some time gameplay can become schematic to a degree, but navigating 3D zero gravity space was quite stimulating for me. It is tricky to trace where are you and how are you located! If they were more ship types it would be just perfect, but I guess it is something to wish for in the sequel :)

This game has just fantastic graphical style and even better music. For me it was worth playing just for the atmosphere. That being said, it has its problems.

First, the gameplay does not feel good to play without few of the upgrades in the skill tree (and even with them is mostly tolerable). Fighting without at least 3-hit combo feels like a drag. Even worse, all the game you are planting various seeds, often in the walls and ceiling. The thing is, your character needs to unlock a skill to learn how to throw things (sic!); without it is an exercise in frustration, you hit items multiple times and hope that finally they hit the target spot. The thing is, you do not see much in the skill tree, so I was unaware that such upgrades even exist. I found the upgrade to throw as the exact last in the whole skill tree and it just made me angry.

Second, the game is stingy with opening shortcuts. You are forced to travel many areas exactly the same way like you were the first time which discourages re-exploring.

The last thing I wanted to mention is not exactly a flaw, more like a disappointment. Ultros has fantastic concept for obtaining its true ending. It has unique gardening-based gameplay and fits perfectly into the game themes. However, it is implemented in such a way I cannot bring myself to do it. If feels trial-and-error and bothersome instead of engaging. I seriously doubt many people will achieve it, which is a pity because it had great potential. Maybe I will try later, if there will be a walthrough which makes the process more manegeable.

I mostly complained here, but I stress the graphics and music were just soooo good and stylish I was quite satisfied during most of my playthrough. The game would definitly profit from more polish though.

There is a tongue-eating louse which does a musical number here. That's all you really need to know.

I am but a son of man, not worthy to judge the DAEMON.