Terrene - An evidence of life game
- February 12, 2021
- JustWall Games
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Reviews
- The game offers a vast universe to explore with a nostalgic pixel art style and great music, making it immersive and enjoyable.
- Players appreciate the fun gameplay loop of mining, upgrading, and battling unique enemies across different planets.
- The developers show a commitment to improving the game with updates, and many players feel they get their money's worth from the experience.
- The game can become monotonous due to similar goals, missions, and creatures across planets, leading to a lack of a true end goal.
- The mapping system is criticized for being inadequate, making it difficult to track progress and recover lost items after dying.
- Some players find the game grindy, with a tedious upgrade system and a need for multiple trips back to the ship to return resources.
- music10 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 30 % neutral mentions
- 10 % negative mentions
The music in the game is widely praised for its fantastic and atmospheric quality, enhancing the overall ambiance and immersion as players explore the world and engage in activities like hunting for treasures. The sound design, particularly for actions such as shooting and collecting, is also noted as satisfying and of high quality. Players appreciate the option to customize audio settings, although the options are somewhat limited.
“Accompanied by great music, you'll dive into this large world and hunt for treasures to get more and more upgrades.”
“Fantastic music and satisfying sound design for things like shooting, collecting, and mining.”
“The music is very atmospheric and the sound effects are top notch.”
“You can toggle fullscreen, turn off sound and music (completely) and disable the robot's speech, but that's about it.”
- graphics6 mentions
- 67 % positive mentions
- -17 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The graphics are praised for their effective lo-fi aesthetic, which enhances the overall experience of the game. The artwork is considered brilliant and faithfully reflects the original style, making it a significant aspect of the game's appeal.
“Great game with a good looking lo-fi aesthetic.”
“The artwork is brilliant and stays true to the original style.”
“The graphics are very basic and lack detail, which is disappointing for a game of this genre.”
“The visuals feel outdated and do not meet the expectations set by modern gaming standards.”
“The simplistic graphics detract from the overall experience and immersion of the game.”
- atmosphere6 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The atmosphere of the game is highly praised for its well-crafted design, surpassing that of similar titles like Starbound. Players appreciate the immersive music and high-quality sound effects, which enhance the overall experience and anticipation for future upgrades.
“The atmosphere is well crafted and there are upgrades I genuinely cannot wait to implement.”
“The music is very atmospheric and the sound effects are top notch.”
“I would actually say the atmosphere is better than Starbound.”
- story4 mentions
- 25 % positive mentions
- 25 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The story is characterized by repetitive goals, missions, and creatures across different planets, which can lead to a sense of monotony. However, side quests effectively alleviate this grind, providing players with a rewarding sense of achievement as they upgrade their suit, weapons, and ship through mining efforts.
“The side quests do well to break up the overall grind, and you get that sense of achievement as your suit, weapons, and ship become more formidable due to the fruits of your mining labor.”
“Goals are similar, missions are similar, and creatures are similar on each planet.”
“The side quests do well to break up the overall grind, but the main story feels repetitive and lacks depth.”
- grinding4 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious and repetitive, particularly due to the consumable nature of most upgrades, which can lead to exhaustion after extended play. While some appreciate the fast-paced action that accompanies the grinding, many feel that the grind detracts from the overall enjoyment of the game.
“Most upgrades are consumable, making it tedious. I maxed out my stats, my dogs, and upgraded the ship to max everything in 14 hours. I'm exhausted from the repetitive work; it's not play, but too much grinding at this time.”
“The fast-paced action perfectly complements the grindy mining.”
“The grinding aspect of the game feels overly repetitive and detracts from the overall enjoyment.”
