Hello again, ole bean! Welcome to the islands, where it’s always raining and blightin’ killer robots are patrolling towns.
Seriously, though, enough of the bad British accent. The only “hunting” involved in this game is trying to find the 27 fragments to go back home.
The robots are always either patrolling towns or sometimes patrolling where you have to get the fragments. If they were really hunting me, there would be scout parties combing the countryside looking for me, and robot dogs sniffing the ground trying to get my scent.
Other than that, the game is pretty good in its Survival aspect. It hits the nail on the head everytime.
Also, saving can only be done at a stone, which you see when you first start a new map. There is no quick save or quick load. It’s supposed to add to the atmosphere of the game to be extra careful.
You can explore the four other islands anytime you want; there is no quest. Each island has its own fragments you must collect. But what’s bad as these islands, the only way to save your game is use the boat that brought you there. And you also have to not be bleeding to death.
Yeah. Bleeding is a problem. You WILL bleed out. But that’s why there’s bandages to stop the bleeding. Your health regenerates overtime, but not while you’re bleeding.
Robots are alerted by all types of sound. Making sound can both be used as a distraction, and a way to ‘paint’ a “I’m here, kill me!” sign on you if you don’t time it right.
Robots have special icons over their heads. A “!” means they spotted you and you have about 3 seconds to take cover (depending on the view distance), and a red “!” means they definitely spotted you and are now shooting.
A “!?” means “Stop hiding! Come out!”. A “?” means “Where did he go?”. And lastly, a “#@” means the robot is being attacked by you and attempts to run away, giving you time to kill it.
Overall, the game just gets boring with the lack of actually being hunted. But it would also get annoying rather quickly. So there’s a good and bad side to this.
This just isn’t my kind of game. Though I’m also interested in what the developers at Big Robot do in the future for this game.