Far Horizon
- September 23, 2024
- BEACHAM Games
- 8h median play time
Get on Steam"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.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game has a lot of potential with engaging crafting, resource gathering, and exploration mechanics.
- Visually appealing environments and unique biomes enhance the overall experience.
- The developers are responsive and show passion for improving the game, making it a worthwhile addition for fans of the genre.
- Gameplay is plagued by numerous bugs, including crashes and unresponsive controls, making it frustrating to play.
- Combat feels dull and unbalanced, with poor enemy AI and lack of impactful gunplay.
- The game suffers from severe optimization issues, leading to low frame rates and a lack of basic settings for graphics and controls.
- gameplay13 mentions
- 23 % positive mentions
- 54 % neutral mentions
- 23 % negative mentions
The gameplay has been widely criticized for its numerous issues, including major bugs like invisible walls and soft-locks, as well as a lack of engaging mechanics, leading to a repetitive experience. While some players note improvements and a variety of perks to manage, the overall consensus is that the gameplay feels clunky and uninteresting, with many aspects requiring refinement.
“With just over 7 hours of gameplay, I will post a positive review.”
“Lots of perks and 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, and 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.”
- graphics11 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 45 % neutral mentions
- 27 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with many users criticizing them as outdated, unoptimized, and visually unappealing, particularly on high-end hardware. However, some players appreciate the ambiance created by the visuals and music, noting that the world design and variety of biomes are solid. Overall, while there are moments of beauty, the technical performance and animation quality leave much to be desired.
“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.”
- story10 mentions
- 30 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 30 % negative mentions
The story in the game is linear, allowing some player freedom in pursuing the main questline, but it lacks depth and immersive context, which the developers are currently addressing. While the first island can be cumbersome to navigate, the overall storyline is enjoyable, complemented by engaging gameplay elements like resource gathering and crafting. Players appreciate the game's independent charm, despite some perceived jankiness.
“The storyline is enjoyable.”
“Far Horizon is an independent game, with independent charm 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.”
“The first island is kind of a pain; it's a bit large and I wasn't expecting to explore the whole thing for a quest.”
“Missing story context.”
- optimization5 mentions
- 20 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 60 % negative mentions
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, players experience occasional freezes, contributing to an overall impression of a low-budget, unrefined indie title.
“The performance was okay, not too laggy, but sometimes there were split-second freezes.”
“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.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and uninspired, particularly criticizing the resource gathering process as monotonous and boring. Navigating the ship adds to the frustration, as moving through narrow corridors can feel cumbersome. Overall, the grinding experience detracts from the enjoyment of the game.
“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.”
- monetization1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The monetization strategy of the game has been criticized as a blatant cash grab, leading users to advise others to steer clear of it.
“Warning: avoid this cash grab.”
“The monetization system feels exploitative and heavily favors players who spend money.”
“It's frustrating to see so many features locked behind paywalls, making it hard to enjoy the game without spending.”
- music1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is highly praised for perfectly complementing the visuals, creating an immersive and engaging ambiance from the very beginning.
“The vibe is on point right from the start; the visuals and music are fantastic and add to the ambiance.”
- character development1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players appreciate the character development in "Far Horizons," noting its integration with RPG elements, research, crafting, and FPS mechanics, which collectively enhance the overall gameplay experience.
“From my impressions, Far Horizons is a space-based RPG that features character development, research, crafting, and FPS elements.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game shows potential, but its current state is plagued by numerous bugs, leading to a frustrating experience for players.
“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.”
“The game crashes frequently, making it nearly unplayable at times.”
“I encountered numerous glitches that completely broke my experience.”
