Not "game of the year material" or anything, but it's a fun and memorable romp around a planet created to justify hours and hours of couple banter. If that's not your thing you won't like this game but I found the characters entertaining to watch and was invested in their homesteading and cottage core space life... If only because becoming a space fugitive is a fantasy of mine.
I enjoyed that the game shows the progress you make on the planet in your living space on the home islet, its great to watch the Nest slowly look more and more "lived in" over time. A lot of effort went into the interactions between Kay and Yu and they do seem like a real couple. The game doesn't really shy away from anything in their relationship except for direct depictions of sex. The gameplay is functional; it isn't going to push you that hard but it was interesting enough to hold my attention with its combat and basic resource collecting mechanics.
My main gripe is with the crafting interfaces- I really wish you could just cook or synthesize items in bulk. Having to wait for the items to fill up in the crafting menu over and over just to craft on Balm or Tonic at a time got old fast. Some additional biomes would have also gone a long way into making the map feel more distinct- right now a majority of the game takes place in similar looking areas and the additional biomes amount to little more than palette swaps. The grass and sky look a little different but otherwise it's the same thing and they are quite small. I would have loved to see biomes with creative flora like what you can find in Subnautica.
Overall recommended, even at full price, if a casual character driven game interests you at all.
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So lemme get this straight. This features a het love story where a couple is running from conversion therapy and the main villains are queer.
So the story is about gay people doing to straight people what straight people have done to gay people forever. And they thought that this was a good idea. Oof.
Let me get this gay! Both main characters' gender is optional . So they can be two hets, two girls or two guys. (btw playing yaoi option with that sweet voice acting felt strangely satisfying).
nah, it's not really about that. spoilers but there are no explicit "main villains", the couple is mostly running away from a society with a forced matchmaking system. the mother of the girl happens to be in a relationship with another woman (it's barely mentionned), but the intended partners of both protagonists are het, so it's not really about reversing what straight people have done to gay people or anything like that.
So the story is about gay people doing to straight people what straight people have done to gay people forever. And they thought that this was a good idea. Oof.