Undercrewed
- September 27, 2019
- David Strachan
Grab your friends and build and fly your own customisable spaceship. With local and online co-op and hundreds of unique ship components, you must work together to figure out the best way to survive your journey!
Reviews
- The game is fun and chaotic, especially when played with friends, providing a great party experience.
- The ship customization options are extensive, allowing for varied gameplay and strategies.
- The developer actively addresses feedback and regularly implements improvements, showing commitment to enhancing the game.
- The AI can be frustrating, often leading to uncoordinated gameplay when playing with fewer than four players.
- Currently, the game lacks content, with only a few missions available, which can lead to repetitive gameplay.
- Some players find the controls and gameplay mechanics awkward, particularly when managing multiple tasks during hectic missions.
- story13 mentions
- 23 % positive mentions
- 54 % neutral mentions
- 23 % negative mentions
The game's story aspect is currently limited, with players expressing a desire for more varied missions and deeper narrative engagement. While the customization of ships adds a fun element to replaying missions, the repetitive nature of completing objectives without significant narrative depth may lead to player fatigue. Overall, there is potential for improvement as more content is expected to be released.
“Currently there's a good amount of released missions for a few hours of gameplay, but since it's possible to highly customize your ship, it's still very fun replaying those same missions, usually with a different crowd.”
“You start off each mission by customizing your ship by placing different rooms in different areas of the ship. You get a set number of rooms and a decent-sized list of types of rooms to add to each slot.”
“Running around your ship trying to complete missions while all hell breaks loose around you.”
“You go through specific missions with different objectives you don't really pay attention to and then move onto the next one.”
“Once you clear your mission objectives, the game just ends and you pick another mission and repeat; I can see it getting tiring fast without some added substance.”
“Is it really just 'mission after mission'?”
- gameplay6 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- 17 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
Gameplay in Undercrewed is characterized by its focus on ship management and objective-driven missions, reminiscent of Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime. While the UI and gameplay elements may be small when played from a couch, the game offers a good variety of missions and encourages replayability through extensive ship customization.
“Undercrewed thrusts you into a universe of ship management and objective-driven gameplay.”
“Currently, there's a good amount of released missions for a few hours of gameplay, but since it's possible to highly customize your ship, it's still very fun replaying those same missions, usually with a different crowd.”
“Oh, the UI as well as the gameplay elements are incredibly small when played from a couch!”
“Currently there's a good amount of released missions for a few hours of gameplay, but since it's possible to highly customize your ship, it's still very fun replaying those same missions, usually with a different crowd.”
“Gameplay is more similar to 'Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime.'”
- graphics2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics are visually appealing, featuring a 2D style reminiscent of FTL, with impressive particle effects that enhance the overall aesthetic. Users report smooth performance even on older hardware, indicating well-optimized visuals.
“The graphics are stunning, and the 2D style is reminiscent of FTL.”
“Despite looking graphically impressive with lots of particles exploding all over the place, performance was flawless on my aging PC.”
- optimization1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game is praised for its impressive graphics, featuring numerous particle effects, while maintaining excellent performance even on older hardware.
“Despite it looking graphically very good (lots of particles etc. exploding all over the place), performance was faultless on my aging PC.”
- stability1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Overall, while users report some minor bugs in the early access version, the game is largely stable and functions well without significant issues.
“In early access, there are still a few bugs, but for the most part, the game is bug-free.”
“The game runs smoothly with minimal crashes, providing a stable experience overall.”
“I've experienced very few issues since the last update, which shows the developers are committed to stability.”