There’s something paradoxically satisfying about running around an alien landscape, using the single boost of your jetpack to jump from one rocky outcrop to another. However, it’s still quite fun to explore. Even the interior environments you encounter look like something out of the fan-made Counter-Strike map community. And while it’s obvious the lack of detail is a necessary sacrifice in order to enable a single developer to create sandbox environments as open as these, it just seems a little redundant when you discover these ‘open’ areas are actually quite linear with only one true route from end to another. The game more than lives up to its name the titular planet feels empty. It’s indicative of Lifeless Planet’s entire ethos: a crude experience, but one with fleeting yet impactful moments of brilliance. #LIFELESS PLANET PREMIER EDITION XBOX ONE PC#Sure, it might look like something you’d find on a PC Gamer magazine demo disc from the early 2000s, but there are some vistas scattered throughout the game that are so captivating that we found ourselves stopping to marvel at them while exploring the barren alien wasteland around us. It makes sense for the game to keep you guessing as to its true nature, but much like the story that ties its disparate parts together, that dissonance never really comes together and you’re left feeling rather unsure about what you just spent three-to-four hours playing.īut, for all its faults, there’s something rather compelling about it. Part of this is clearly a conscious decision on the part of indie developer David Board - the one-man outfit behind Stage 2 Studios - with a veil of mystery and the unknown permeating every corner of its alien world. Is it a sandbox exploration title? A walking simulator? A puzzle-platformer? A sci-fi adventure with a splash of horror? In truth, it’s an amalgamation of all these things, but it only ever dips its toes into these creative sources and ends up feeling shallow and undefined as a result.
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