PsychoCarbo Journey to the Savage Planet Review

“Bringin’ democracy and civilization to a new planet simulator.” 08/10 ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ DaVinci created a new reality ☐ You forget what reality is ☑ Red Dead Redemption II ☐ Good ☐ Decent ☐ Don’t stare for too long ☐ Bad ☐ Atari ☐ Tamagotchi ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Can your PC run Paint? ☐ Potato ☑ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Cash cow ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Story }--- ☐ Story? What story? ☐ One word. Pewpewpew! Three words. Pew pew! ☐ Some smooth talk ☐ Average ☑ Good ☐ Beautiful! ☐ Isabel Allende, Machado de Assis and Tolkien teamed up to write it ☐ It will replace your life ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Excellent! ☑ Good ☐ Nice, but you could play it with two fingers ☐ Meh ☐ Might as well watch paint dry ☐ Yeah, right ☐ Smash your hand with a hammer, it’s more fun ---{ Grind }--- ☐ None needed ☐ Only if you care about achievements ☐ Not required to progress ☐ Medium grind level ☑ Grindmaniac ☐ You’ll need a second life to grind ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press “W” ☑ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☐ Significant brain usage ☐ Hard ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Playtime }--- ☐ Just enough time for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Medium ☐ Long ☐ You start, your grandkid finishes ☐ To infinity and beyond! ---{ Replayability }--- ☐ Once is enough ☑ Only if you’re chasing achievements ☑ After a few months… Years… Mods… ☐ Worth it with DLCs ☐ You’d better have time to waste ☐ Well… it’s not like you needed a life anyway! ---{ Bugs }--- ☑ Never heard of them ☐ Minor issues ☐ Can be annoying ☐ ARK: Survival Evolved ☐ Cyberpunk 2022 ☐ The game itself is one big insect breeding ground ---{ Multiplayer }--- ☑ No multiplayer ☐ LAN ☐ Says it has it, but your PC will explode if you try ☐ There it is… a lonely, forgotten desert ☐ Meh, it’s kinda fun ☐ Solo mission? What? ☐ Basically an MMO ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Audiogasmic ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Acceptable ☐ Bad ☐ I am deaf now ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☐ Teenagers ☐ Adults ☐ Grandma ☑ Everyone ---{ Price }--- ☐ No longer available on Steam ☐ It’s free! ☑ Fair price ☑ If it’s on sale ☐ If you have some spare money ☐ Not recommended ☐ You could also just burn your money ---{ 8 / 10 }--- ☐ 1 ☐ 2 ☐ 3 ☐ 4 ☐ 5 ☐ 6 ☐ 7 ☑ 8 ☐ 9 ☐ 10 Aaaah, folks, how I love surprises like this. I don’t know why, but I thought this was going to be a BDL-type game — and it is NOT. In the end, it turned out to be a completely different experience, and honestly? Thank goodness. This super colorful game, with questionable humor and interesting mechanics, feels like a warm hug and was clearly developed with a lot of love. It had been a long time since I’d taken a breath of fresh oxygen like this one. There’s an almost perfect balance between humor, intrigue, discovery, and difficulty. It’s not hard enough to make you quit, but it also doesn’t hold your hand like you’re incompetent throughout the whole experience. And it’s so fun that it clearly invites you to try and platinum it. What some might consider too short actually feels like the perfect length to me. Just right to make you want to buy and try the sequel. Of course, not everything is made of space roses. At the beginning, there’s a bit of difficulty getting into the experience, and sometimes you feel a little lost. But that doesn’t tarnish the beauty of this little gem, which leaves you with that delicious “I want more” feeling. Honestly, I recommend it! 🚀