Moonshine Inc.
- June 27, 2023
- Klabater
- 9h median play time
Get on Steam"Moonshine Inc." is a game about the process of making and selling moonshine in Appalachia. You'll need to manage your base, navigate regulations, and perfect the art of fermentation, distillation, and bottling to turn a profit. With a focus on fun, the game aims to provide an immersive experience for moonshine enthusiasts and newcomers alike.
Reviews
- The game offers a fun and engaging single-player experience focused on moonshine production, with a good balance of strategy and management.
- Players appreciate the depth of the crafting system and the ability to experiment with different recipes and ingredients.
- The game has a unique concept that combines business management with the art of distillation, making it appealing to fans of simulation games.
- The game is plagued by numerous bugs and glitches that can disrupt gameplay, including issues with saving progress and unresponsive mechanics.
- The user interface and tutorial are criticized for being confusing and unpolished, making it difficult for players to understand game mechanics.
- Many players report that the game lacks content and becomes repetitive, especially in later stages, leading to a sense of boredom.
- story17 mentions
- 18 % positive mentions
- 65 % neutral mentions
- 18 % negative mentions
The story in the game is described as simple and unspectacular, with a fast-paced campaign that becomes bogged down by unclear mission guidelines and frustrating side quests. Players enjoy the main story quests but find many side quests lack meaningful rewards or are overly complicated, leading to a disjointed experience. Additionally, issues with autosaves and quest tracking detract from the overall narrative flow.
“The campaign moves at a nice rapid pace until you hit the swamp area, where one of the main unskippable missions is to trigger 6 random events, which have a completely random chance of triggering.”
“The story quests are cool and make sense.”
“Genius quest line content.”
“Yes, there is something like a story, but it is very simple and really unspectacular!”
“I made every quest I got, all are green after finishing the game but nothing happens!”
“Chapter 2 'xx' mission guidelines are not clear enough and misleading: it doesn’t tell the player whether it’s '400l per sell' or 'accumulate up to 400l'.”
- gameplay15 mentions
- 27 % positive mentions
- 53 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally enjoyable and smooth, featuring a straightforward and addictive crafting process, though it suffers from complicated mechanics that are poorly explained, leading to player confusion and frustration. While there are hours of content available, bugs and unpolished mechanics can disrupt the experience, necessitating repeated gameplay. Overall, the game has potential but requires improvements in balance and bug fixes to enhance the player experience.
“Overall this is a good game, gameplay is smooth, the music and art has a strong 'Murica' vibe. But as a new game, as expected, there are quite a lot of bugs if you're unlucky.”
“The gameplay is, for the most part, fairly straightforward and easy to understand.”
“An addictive feel-good repetitive gameplay process.”
“On the downside, many of the mechanics are not well explained, and you will find yourself with ruined batches of booze without any inkling as to what went wrong.”
“Add on top of that some burdensome mechanics and poor balance and the player goes from confused to frustrated to boredom waiting for something to be done.”
“The biggest flaw I see with this game is its complicated moonshine crafting mechanic.”
- stability11 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game suffers from significant stability issues, with numerous bugs and glitches reported by players, particularly in the early chapters. While some users find the gameplay enjoyable despite these problems, the lack of developer engagement and feedback exacerbates the situation, leaving many frustrated with the overall experience.
“It's extremely buggy.”
“The actual problem, though, is the game does have glitches that honestly don't make a lot of sense.”
“The tutorial is horrendous and the game itself is buggy from the get-go.”
- music4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The music in the game receives mixed feedback; while some players find it pleasing and fitting for the chill atmosphere, others feel it could be improved with a larger soundtrack. Overall, it complements the gameplay but may not be essential for everyone, as some players choose to turn it off.
“It's a pretty chill business management game that is a little slow-paced, with pleasing music that is nice to listen to, and a simple challenge.”
“Overall this is a good game, gameplay is smooth, the music and art has a strong 'Murica' vibe.”
“I could do without the music, so that got turned off immediately.”
“The game feel is quite there once you start, although it diminishes over time - maybe a bigger soundtrack could do the trick?”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and unstreamlined, particularly due to the cumbersome maintenance and cleaning processes that require handling equipment one by one. While some view the campaign's progress as incremental, others perceive it as a grind, leading to mixed feelings about the overall enjoyment of the game.
“Maintaining and cleaning equipment is tedious; it's not streamlined, and you have to go one by one. Those that were part of a batch are also blocked until the whole process is finished, even if you're well past the phase where that equipment was needed. Equally, you cannot use that piece of equipment for another batch.”
“Progress through the game's campaign is, depending on your personal outlook, either incremental or grinding.”
“In all honesty, the game is fun but also tedious once you get the general concept.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game's optimization has been criticized for causing occasional lag and stuttering, leading users to describe it as poorly optimized overall.
“There were sometimes strange lag or stuttering in the game; I can't really explain it.”
“It is horrendously optimized.”
- humor2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The humor in the game is noted to be charming and heartfelt, though the German translation significantly detracts from its comedic impact, suggesting that even basic translation tools could have done a better job. Overall, the humor is appreciated, but the localization issues hinder its effectiveness.
“Written with a lot of humor and love... but 100% honesty.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The game is enjoyable but is noted for its brevity and limited replay value, suggesting that players may not find much incentive to revisit it after completing it.
“Nice little game, although it is pretty short and doesn't have a lot of replay value.”
- graphics1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics are highly praised for their beauty and impressive art style, contributing to an overall visually appealing experience.
“The graphics are stunning, and the art style is fantastic.”
“The visuals are breathtaking, creating an immersive experience.”
“The attention to detail in the graphics is remarkable, making every scene a work of art.”
