Black Skylands Review (Mr. Orangutan)
Could have been good. In fact, the game feels like so many of its elements were supposed to be deeper, more complex, more interesting. (If you check in with the Early Access community, you'll learn that this is precisely the case.) The worldbuilding is interesting and lends itself to a complex political situation that the character is caught inside. There are remnants of farming and crafting elements that were apparently cast aside at the last minute before release. There are areas that feel like they should have been more complete, should have had further things behind them. And then...well, the game is still pretty playable, though I would say the movement is a bit funky and there are still strange bugs. And toward the end, rather than continuing the more complex and interesting plot, the developers slapped on a stale, cliché ending involving mad science and stupid demonic forces and trying to bring back a loved one. Lame. Their apparent excuse is that they couldn't get all the systems unified and wanted to finish their game at the promised time. Understandable, except that they ended up removing so much just to make a final release. And disappointing.