Astro Looter: Survivor
- July 15, 2024
- Soda Game Studio
Get on Steam"Astro Looter: Survivor" is a challenging combination of roguelike, survival, tower defense, and mining elements. Play as armored heroes like Storm Striker or Air Colonel, plundering minerals from various habitable planets and fending off alien bugs. Upgrade your equipment and weapons with plundered minerals and experience-based lucky cards, and take on five unique alien maps with distinct terrains. Only a skilled few will make it past the first level.
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Reviews
- The game features impressive graphics and immersive environments that enhance the overall experience.
- It offers a unique blend of roguelike, survival, and tower defense mechanics, providing strategic depth and engaging gameplay.
- The game has potential for fun and replayability, with various heroes and upgrade options available.
- The game is plagued by numerous bugs and performance issues, including unresponsive controls and crashes.
- There is a lack of content and depth, with repetitive gameplay and limited character customization options.
- The advertised full controller support is misleading, as many controls are not functional with a controller, leading to frustration.
- gameplay18 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 17 % negative mentions
The gameplay has received mixed reviews, with some players finding it repetitive and lacking in content, while others appreciate its engaging mechanics and unique blend of genres. Although the game offers a fun experience and a decent price-to-value ratio, many feel that the gameplay loop is too short and decision-making is minimal, leading to a grind for upgrades. Overall, while the aesthetic and certain mechanics are praised, performance issues and a lack of depth detract from the overall experience.
“The aesthetic is fantastic, and the gameplay matches it perfectly.”
“It really adds a sense of depth and challenge to the gameplay.”
“The gameplay itself is highly engaging.”
“There’s very little content, and the gameplay is repetitive.”
“The gameplay loop is too short for any roguelite choices you make to really matter.”
“Bought assets lazily pasted over a mediocre game, all further held back by crashes, performance issues, and a litany of other issues regarding UI, settings, and gameplay.”
- graphics12 mentions
- 42 % positive mentions
- 33 % neutral mentions
- 25 % negative mentions
The game's graphics have received widespread praise for their realism and attention to detail, with many users highlighting the impressive space and surface environments, as well as smooth animations. While the aesthetic is considered fantastic and immersive, some players noted optimization issues, particularly on lower-end hardware, which can affect performance. Overall, the graphics stand out as a strong aspect of the game, contributing positively to the overall experience.
“Space/surface environment looks great, graphics seem to be more realistic.”
“I very much like this 'realistic' style of graphic.”
“The first thing that struck me was the remarkable attention to detail in the game's graphics and animations.”
“Optimization is not terrible, but bad-average as for the game looks: Steam Deck at 15W TDP on medium graphics with dynamic resolution -- you'll see 25 FPS at best.”
“At this stage of survivor games, Astro Looter offers not much new aside from its space-inspired aesthetics.”
“The only positive aspect so far seems to be the game’s graphics.”
- story10 mentions
- 30 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
The game's story is well-written and engaging, effectively keeping players hooked throughout the experience. Players appreciate the addictive gameplay and the strategic choices involving weapon and turret upgrades, although some express frustration over the lack of clear instructions for controls and the lengthy wait for mission stats. Overall, the narrative complements the gameplay mechanics, enhancing the overall enjoyment.
“The story is also well-written and engaging, keeping you hooked from start to finish.”
“I really like the various elements of both a mission to extract minerals with a miner that you have to defend and then guard when it's done and on its way to the collection point.”
“I heavily underutilized the towers early on because I thought their cost would be subtracted from mission mining, but now when they're almost level 10 they do a lot of work.”
“May try it again at some point but don't have the motivation to replay the first mission again, just to know which buttons to press.”
“I ended the game without using them for once in later missions.”
“No way to check in mission when you missed them.”
- optimization7 mentions
- 29 % positive mentions
- 29 % neutral mentions
- 43 % negative mentions
Overall, optimization for the game has seen improvements following patches, with some players reporting significantly better performance after updates. However, many still experience issues such as stuttering and crashes, particularly on lower-end systems, while high-end rigs can achieve satisfactory performance at high settings. The game's optimization is generally viewed as below average, with mixed experiences depending on hardware configurations.
“Performance is now better after patches.”
“My rig is high-end (13900k/4090) and performance was okay running at native 4K with HDR, but I also had jacked up every visual quality setting in NVIDIA Control Panel and had the in-game settings on ultra.”
“Optimization is not terrible, but bad-average as for the game visuals: Steam Deck at 15W TDP on medium graphics with dynamic resolution -- you'll see 25 FPS at best.”
“Bought assets lazily pasted over a mediocre game, all further held back by crashes, performance issues, and a litany of other issues regarding UI, settings, and gameplay.”
“There are performance issues, stuttering on a 4070 running high, locked at 120 FPS.”
- monetization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy has been criticized for misleading advertising regarding full controller support and is perceived as a cash grab, utilizing low-effort, store-bought assets to generate quick profits.
“This is a pump and dump cash grab with store-bought assets flipped around to make a quick buck.”
“False 'full controller support' advertising.”
- replayability2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game boasts high replayability, allowing players to explore various strategies and builds with each playthrough, enhancing the overall experience and encouraging multiple completions.
“The game also offers a good amount of replayability, as you can try different strategies and builds each time you play.”
“Replay value is also high, considering the level completion rate.”
- music1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The music in the game has been criticized for being clanky, and players are frustrated by the inability to adjust the game sound or background music volume, leading to a negative experience.
“The game seems to be clunky, and the fact that I can't lower the game sound or even the background music is a big 'WTF moment'.”
“The music is repetitive and lacks variety, making it feel more like a chore than an enjoyable experience.”
“I found the soundtrack to be uninspired and forgettable, which really detracted from the overall atmosphere of the game.”
