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This is one of few times, when Steam really needs a neutral review.
I was waiting and hoping for DLC since the original game came out, which I am a big fan of, with 100% achievments done, but...
1. New map is too small. It is about size of any map in the base game, but it is the only map you will see for every day of DLC. Sometimes game will tell you to go here and there, but in the end - still the same map. And when you figure out you can use MSU inside - it's even smaller. Space station is just not feeling...Space enough
2. New tools are just outrageous. At first I was very happy to see some new ways to interact with stuff. But oh my god. My hands were stuck more times than I can count. Why do you make turning on and off button the same as clip on and off? Do you know we have more buttons on joystick than 3? So many times I wanted just Alt+F4...
3. And why optimisation is so bad? I was playing on Steam Deck. And where I could play solid 60FPS on the base game, I've barely got 30 sometimes in the DLC. I understand there is a bigger map with lots of junk on it, but we had big maps in the original game too, but with no problems.
4. The End is just... Boring. Go there, collect junk, now go there drill stuff, now go there place a rocket and that's all. That's not even close to the amount of satisfaction I've got after completing base game for FOUR times. It was still fun. DLC is not fun even once.
My conclusion is...
I don't know. This is a small studio of only two people, I get it. And if this was a first game, not DLC, I would love it. But after seeing what you can, this DLC feels like not a child of love, but a child of 'man, people ask for more content and we need more money. let's do it for 2 months and say we worked for a year'
I don't believe you've got 30 testers and no one said a word about jankiness of tools, and boring mechanics.
Buy this game and DLC on sale. Make this two guys a little profit for their work. But I believe they can do better. And I hope to see some new announces from them.