Drifting Lands Reviews

great game and runs perfect on deck

EDIT** I decided to change my review to recommend begrudgingly. All of my criticisms still stand regarding first impressions, but in light of the very low price and the replayability, if you like powercreep games with lots of upgrades and equipment options, with a rarety tier system, then you can't go wrong with this game, once you figure out the UI.... The following is my orginal review. I really want to recommend this game as much as I want to love it. But I don't. Too many glaring flaws that make you wonder what the devs were thinking. No button prompts anywhere. So you have to guess what your buttons do, in game and in the menus. Then you have to remember... You want to look at that item you picked up? Pressed x? Woops out the air lock... Want to pause the game? Hit select? Woops, retreat from level and no way to cancel.... just odd. Horrible decisions. I like grindy power creep games. I know what they are, and I know what the gimmick is and I am ok with it till I get bored. But this game seems like it is trying to annoy you with its obtuse mechanics and controls. Not to mention the level map system. I am not stupid person. I get confused sometimes because I expect things to be intuitive. But Why am I playing the beginner level over and over with no advancement? it says there are three, I thought I played all three beginner levels, but now 2 and 3 are locked again and I can only play 1....what is this? There are other things on the map but I dont know what they are, side missions or main progress? Can't tell. Since there is no explanation of what I am supposed to do. Its just half assed all over the place and the devs have obviously abandoned this game... Try it on a deep discount maybe.

I will edit my review later, but I just think that this game, while flawed in unfortunate ways, and stubbornly irritating at times, is overall a bit underrated, especially at the current price.