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Far Horizon

71%Game Brain Score
graphics, story
gameplay, optimization
71% User Score Based on 56 reviews

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"Far Horizon" casts you into an uncharted sector of space after a wormhole mishap, where you must evade a rogue imperial legion and find your way back home. Explore diverse alien worlds filled with unique creatures, resources, and anomalies while customizing your space explorer with powerful perks, enhancements, and research-driven technologies. Master various disciplines to refine your skills and become a formidable force in this vast cosmic expanse.

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71%
Audience ScoreBased on 56 reviews
graphics6 positive mentions
optimization6 negative mentions
  • The game has a lot of potential with engaging crafting, resource gathering, and exploration mechanics, appealing to fans of the genre.
  • The visuals and ambiance are praised, creating a unique atmosphere that enhances the gameplay experience.
  • The developers are responsive and engaged with the community, showing promise for future updates and improvements.
  • The game suffers from numerous technical issues, including bugs, crashes, and poor optimization, making it frustrating to play.
  • Gameplay is often described as tedious and repetitive, with clunky controls and unsatisfying combat mechanics.
  • The price point is considered too high for the quality of the game, leading many to feel it is not worth the investment.
  • gameplay
    26 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay has been widely criticized for its numerous issues, including major bugs like invisible walls, map holes leading to soft-locks, and broken enemy AI, which contribute to a monotonous and repetitive experience. Players find the mechanics clunky and unintuitive, with a lack of engaging activities beyond simple item collection. While some users note improvements and a substantial amount of content, the overall impression remains that the gameplay is flawed and unrefined.

    • “With just over 7 hours of gameplay, I will post a positive review.”
    • “Lots of perks/stats to manage, which can make many mechanics easier or have robots do them.”
    • “That said, there are many hours of content, but a lot of it is long gameplay loops of combat/loot/island/ship.”
    • “Horrible gameplay full of major problems, invisible walls everywhere, map holes causing soft-locks, broken enemy AI.”
    • “Gameplay is boring, uninteresting, and repetitive.”
    • “The user interface is clunky and unintuitive, making simple actions like navigation and understanding the game’s mechanics unnecessarily difficult.”
  • graphics
    22 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with many users criticizing them as outdated, unoptimized, and often laggy, even on high-end hardware. While some players appreciate the ambiance and variety of biomes, noting that the visuals can be beautiful and engaging, others find the overall quality lacking, with limited graphic options and poor animations detracting from the experience.

    • “The vibe is on point right from the start; the visuals and music are fantastic and add to the ambiance.”
    • “Visuals are great, the gameplay loop is satisfying, and in general, I have enjoyed my time with it thus far.”
    • “Beautiful graphics and exciting, well-thought-out gameplay.”
    • “Graphics are ugly and severely unoptimized.”
    • “This game was basically unplayable for me because I was seriously averaging around 35 fps in 4k resolution with an RTX 4080, even when changing the main graphic setting to low.”
    • “The graphics in this game are also very outdated.”
  • story
    20 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story in "Far Horizon" is linear, allowing some freedom in quest progression, but players note a lack of immersive context and depth, with developers planning to enhance this aspect. While the storyline is generally enjoyable, the first island can be cumbersome to navigate for quests, and some missions focus heavily on combat. Overall, the game has a unique charm attributed to its independent development, blending gun combat, resource gathering, and exploration.

    • “The storyline is enjoyable.”
    • “Far Horizon is an independent game, with independent charm (some might say jank, I call it 'feel') created by a small development team. It offers an enjoyable experience of 3rd person gun combat, resource gathering, and light exploration that includes mission objectives and various puzzles.”
    • “The storyline is linear with some freedom in how the character follows the main questline.”
    • “First island is kind of a pain, a bit large and I wasn't expecting to explore the whole thing for a quest.”
    • “Missing story context.”
  • optimization
    10 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game is widely criticized for its poor optimization, with users noting ugly graphics and a lack of basic optimization features. While performance is generally acceptable, occasional freezes detract from the experience, reinforcing the perception of it being a low-budget, poorly optimized indie title.

    • “The performance was okay, not too laggy, but sometimes there was a split-second freeze.”
    • “The game is shockingly unoptimized and lacks basic optimization features and settings.”
    • “I found this game to be just another low-budget, poorly optimized, rough third-person indie game.”
    • “The main issue I had is just how poorly optimized it actually is.”
  • grinding
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and uninspired, particularly criticizing the resource gathering process. Navigating the ship is also described as cumbersome, contributing to an overall sense of boredom during these activities.

    • “Tedious and uninspired resource gathering.”
    • “When you crash land onto the floating island, you have to look for iron, which by itself is not too hard, just gets tedious.”
    • “It's tedious; I am bored.”
  • monetization
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The monetization strategy of the game has been widely criticized, with users labeling it a "cash grab" and advising potential players to steer clear.

    • “Warning: avoid this cash grab”
    • “Warning: avoid this cash grab”
  • music
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music in the game is highly praised for perfectly complementing the visuals, creating an immersive ambiance that enhances the overall experience.

    • “The vibe is on point right from the start; the visuals and music are fantastic and add to the ambiance.”
  • character development
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Character development in "Far Horizons" is highlighted as a key feature, integrating RPG elements with opportunities for research and crafting, alongside first-person shooter mechanics. Players can expect a multifaceted approach to character growth within the game's space setting.

    • “From my impressions, Far Horizons is a space-based RPG with character development, research, crafting, and FPS elements.”
  • stability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game currently suffers from significant stability issues, with numerous bugs that lead to a frustrating gameplay experience. While it shows potential, the technical problems hinder enjoyment and overall performance.

    • “This has the makings of a good game, but at the moment it's so buggy that playing it is a massive exercise in frustration.”

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8h Median play time
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*Based on 4 analyzed playthroughs

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