Exo One | Review in 3 Minutes
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- Опубліковано 3 січ 2025
- KC Nwosu reviews Exo One, developed by Exbelative.
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You gotta admit for a one man team this game looks amazing
Wow - didnt know it was a solo effort!
Yeah, on tiktok he even comments back to the people and thanking everyone. its nice to see a dev work hard on something and also have time to thank the players!
@@westcoast07newfie tik tok community is cringe
@@dima97 Wow man, grow up
@@alexandergyr4563 ok?
This game is a mind bending, exquisite and awe inspiring journey that had my jaw on the floor the whole time. The sense of scale it creates is incredible - it is truly an experience. Seriously, get this game!
Man the scale alone in this game made me feel very very tiny and that ocean level gave me huge anxiety probably because the water was actually very very very deep like a rea ocean and there’s just something I find very creepy and scary about huge body’s of water that are deep and big waves yeah that made me feel like no other game has
@@Steve-O1992 Thalassophobia
Honestly !! 4K looked so nice to. (Besides the floor textures like he mentioned) 🤣
On my top three all time games. It blew me away!!! I also love ufo stuff so it's a game I've dreamt about for decades... Just amazingly awe inspiring!!!
@@Steve-O1992 you have thalassophobia my friend.
This game has turned me against so many reviewers I used to listen to lol. I played it, thought it was a pinnacle of gaming art, and now when I see negative reviews on it all I can think is "if I listened to you I would have missed the masterpiece"
I get it, it's all subjective, yet I still cannot understand how gamers don't universally love this. It's so beautiful and well executed.
Personally i dont like it because why the hell does a game like this need jumpscares
That's the thing, it's not all subjective though.
I feel like some people don't get it. They are seeking some fun lighthearted or challenging experience only focusing on "oh its a ball and it can go woop and zoom". This is a piece of art though. There are lots of people that are so into their everyday mundane life that can't just let things like this sink in and contemplate a bit, slow down and just enjoy the flow. It's meditative and beautiful.
i've only played for 5 minutes and I AM SOLD.
Just got done playing this masterpiece of a game, it's true the ground textures could be hit or miss but holy fuck don't let anything like that discourage you. You owe it to yourself to experience this game in its entirety. The sounds, planets, level design and mechanics are a piece of zen and emotional beauty!
I have to admit, for the 2 hours of gameplay, I was completely zoned out of reality and for a while there I felt so happy and just in complete awe as to what I was experiencing. It was a great piece of artwork. I like being a ball.
who knew being a fiery marble was so relaxing
I played a bunch of this at PAX AU in late 2019. The game already felt great. Devs were very kind and allowed me to play way longer than they should have. I totally zoned out and couldn't put it down. Definitely picking this up.
It's a solo dev
@@Naltrons he had help so I’m assuming someone else was there helping him
Please get this game. It’s an unexplainably heavenly experience. I can’t praise this game enough
The gameplay of movement in the demo was so satisfying yet unique. The experience of massively accelerating downhill just a be catapulted up a hill with low gravity just plain works.
This game is such a breath of fresh air we need more like it. I went through a rollercoaster of emotions playing it and I don't know why.
Me too! The planet where you lost most of your control, after having it for so long elsewhere, and having to limp through - was, for me, an instant primer on what it must be like to find yourself permanently disabled. I was literally on the verge of tears.
Because you're a weirdo that's why
I was following this game for a while. I played it, and paying attention to the story and the emotionally influencing elements in gameplay mechanics I questioned whether or not it was designed with PTSD in mind. I cried, I felt my stomach lurch as I decided to max out the gravity drive into an accelerated freefall, and I felt a good amount of wonder exploring the environments. I also completed the game in under two hours. It's wonderful, but begs for some expansion on a really solid base game. Thanks for reviewing it!
I just added this to my Steam wish list the other day, so I'm glad to see a review from someone trustworthy. Looks fun.
I won't lie: the first minute of playing I thought "What is this? A kid's bowling game?" Then, I gave it a chance and fell in love with flying around these magical words. Underwater, outer space, past the speed of sound, through lava, snow, rainstorms, and more. This game is so exciting and keeps me smiling the entire time I have the controller in my hand. Although some textures are hit and miss, the overall graphics are amazing and set a perfect ambient of being lost in mysterious worlds! :-)
It is amazing for someone like me who has panic attacks.. use headphones and you will find yourself calming down and your breath regulating..
Plot was easy. Astronauts on Jupiter had a fire 🔥, blew up the ship, and killing the crew. A year later, Earth created the sphere to go through time and space to create a wormhole into the past. Once there, the sphere was able to give the crew enough time to eject. Boom, mind blown
It would explain some things but elaborate a bit on how you came to that? I remember asking what the unknown object was about in the beginning and the one that rescued you in the frozen wasteland planet.
How did it “give the crew enough time to eject”
This incredibly refreshing and beautiful game was an easy day one purchase for me.
The story is unusual and hard to follow at first, but I really do think the developer intended that vagueness to reinforce the feeling of becoming and existing as an intrinsic part of something truly alien. I can't remember it exactly, but there's a line in one of the flashbacks about resisting the urge to "figure out" a technology that was clearly beyond human comprehension. I felt like that connected the feelings of "what the frick is going on" solidly to "just feel the craft around and within you and make yourself go".
[SPOILERS AHEAD!] My favorite planet is definitely the one where you don't have any power and have to use your gravity doodad with the desolate hellscape to get to your next gate. [SPOILERS END]
Exo One also pairs really well with an older title called "Venineth". If you haven't tried that one yet, it's a slower and more puzzle-centric kind of game, but it has the same feeling of other-ness.
Exo One felt like a game from the future and I would love to play more titles like it.
Nice review KC! I was really impressed with this when i played the demo in a Steam indie showcase a while back, and bought it today as soon as it became available. I'm enjoying it - its chilled as heck, and traversal is simple, but also nuanced. A trippy, relaxing game to nip into every now and then!
From what I could gather, the plot is similar to something like Interstellar or Donnie Darko. It seems like a team of 5 astronauts were the first to fly on jupiter through the use of alien spacecraft. All of them died while trying to leave the planet. Somehow, one of the astronauts was reborn as the original spacecraft (I think?) and travelled through space and time to save the 5 astronauts.
I finished it twice and that's really all I could guess at what happens.
Thank you for sharing, hard to find what people think the story is
I just added this to my wishlist on Steam on Sunday; I'm now assuming that was the right move.
I love gamepass
This is one of my favorite games ever made and I'm 41 years old. Also as a ufologist, it's a game I dreamt up long ago, almost to a T. I wish they would hurry and make a longer second one. Absolutely brilliant!
This game is so good. I started playing when I was buzzed and holy cow, It was a whole ‘nother experience. It’s just so calming
Such a beautiful game! I just finished it and I'm speechless. The sense of feeling so small in such a big world and still persisting, pushing through towards an uncertain fate. Bravo!
I played this game really late at night on a big ass screen with no lights on. Literally felt like I was on drugs or something. I love it when a game can be such a different experience and still be amazing in its own way.
I felt the same way until I realized my xbox wasn't even plugged in and all my shrooms got eaten
I felt the same way until I realized my xbox wasn't even plugged in and all my shrooms got eaten
I popped on my music player on my Xbox, lit up a bowl and played a few levels of this game. 😎 it was fun
Good to hear KC Nwosu back. My fav reviewer so far.
I want to trip mushrooms & play it next time
Man at the end of this game I could do nothing but stare at the screen blankly as tears ran down my face. It's so beautiful and sad and it achieves those two things in the simplest way. Just goes to show that not all games need to have the most complex gameplay or story to leave an everlasting effect on someone.
Looks really good honestly. Reminds me vaguely of the Valley in that you're going high speed in nice environments.
Buy it it is great
this dosn't happen often, but i wonder if this game might have been better served with out a story at all?
The ship draws energy from earth, fire, wind and water. The story is a mix of interstellar, contact etc. Whatever this is, it's freakin cool.
Just finished playing it, can't recommend this game enough it blew me away
From what I could tell, this story is about a (from what I can infer) a loved one of a astronaut from the Jupiter Flyer mission that was apparently chosen to fly this air/land craft on the anniversary of the loved ones death in the JF accident. But from what I can tell the (Spoilers) You were decommissioned and that’s the part of the story that you have no control of the craft except the grav drive. But it goes on once you complete that mission you go onto a frozen planet and the craft will lose all power until a secondary craft appears and apparently ‘revives’ you, it also says that there is a ‘hanger in the desert’ I still have no clue what that means. But once that is done, it then takes you to a cloud dominated planet and there the secondary craft (I can presume sacrificed itself) recreates the universe by causing a 2nd big bang and to where you are somehow able to save the team of the JF. (This is my thoughts and conclusion, I may be missing something not thought of before. I’m not perfect ya know.)
Its been a while since I last saw a ZP vid, think its been a good year. Good to see you guys still up and runnin
Plot twist the CIA introduces us to alien tech through this game
The beta was so relaxing and cool.
Makes me think of Tiny Wings
I just finished this game tonight, and i can say the only thing i didn't like 100% about this game was the camera angles (at times). This game was a mind blower. the music the visuals were amazing. I really enjoy games that have little to no killing, death, or murder sometimes. Would highly recommend this to people that like this kind of game. Hope there is a Exo two!!
It's gorgeous and chill af. My rig isn't particularly beastly and I'm easily getting a good framerate at ultra 2k.
I saw this pop up on Game Pass and was immediately hooked. Nostalgia, wonder, intrigue, all while being relaxing. This isn't just a game; this is a totally unique experience.
I’m on Coronides and man this level is insane! I haven’t found a game where flying a UFO feels so true!
This game changed how I see slopes irl and in other games. Usually it takes a lot longer than 2 hours for a game mechanic to follow me out of a game but every time I see a hill a little part of me gets hyped for s p e e d
Excellent game, everyone should try it. The story isn't clear but I think they're going for more of a scattered memory fever dream thing so don't stress yourself over it
The story is actually quite coherent and very interesting!
You play as a commander who was involved in a mission to explore Jupiter. Your team was engulfed in some sort of massive energy spike while in Jupiter's atmosphere, and you are the only survivor. After this incident, Earth received an alien signal with the blueprint for the Exo One. You become the pilot of this vessel, convinced you are the only one who can "bring them back" (your lost crew). Throughout the game, you encounter this "non-causal object" (meaning time displaced, eg. time traveller), which at the end of the game you figure out is actually you, but in the meantime it shows you that it is possible to travel back in time (exactly what you need to save your crew). You chase the object trying to catch up to it, but it always is just out of reach. The game ends with a very climactic chase between you and the object, where you finally catch up, and relive the events of the failed Jupiter mission, except this time you intercept the energy spike and save your crew. A very enjoyable experience, and the story is top-notch! Definitely one of my favorite sci-fi games to relax at the end of the day.
First time watching on of your reviews. Great content. Subscribed.
didn't play it myself and watched just some of the game play but my understanding is that there are 2 ships. the second chases the first when it finally finds or catches up to it... that in a way at the very end is able to manipulate the first ship just enough for it to eject its 5 crew to safety... which would have never happened if the second had not been involved. whether there is some sort of time mechanic or not, i can't say. but the reason i watched your review was to see if the pilot of the second ship ever come home... because i feel he didn't. not because he didn't want to but that he always felt that it was his destiny to be on jupiter... and with this ship he doesn't ever have to come home or as the man tells the boy... on jupiter you'd never touch the ground... and this boy wants to fly forever. saving the 5 i feel was both his excuse and his duty.... but until i can find more definite things about the story or game... that is what i have to go by :D peace.
This looks weird as hell, but also looks cool as hell. Seems like just messing with the physics and movement could keep me occupied for a while
I'm so glad I decided to branch off from my usual shooter games and try something different . I'm a big fan of space and I've been seeing a couple games on different platforms that show a beautiful side of space through I've ever seen so I thought this may be like that and man was I blown away. This game is truly beautiful for such a simple game. The visuals are beautiful. And the story is pretty eerie as it flicks through the gamepkay as you play.
SPOILERS FOR EXO ONE BELOW
Okay, I don't know where else to leave this. When on the last mission on Jupiter I noticed a small black dot in the distance. I thought it might be an Easter egg so I spent about 10 minutes flying towards it to no avail. As the last level isn't meant to be played for an extended period of time. I was wondering if anyone knew of the purpose of this black dot whether it be story or development related. I searched all over and couldn't find anything on it and I would appreciate anyone's help
I'm replaying the game now so if you are still curious I can reply once I get back to that level
Been playing for more than halfway through and-
Oh
My
God
The gameplay is nothing out of this world, but some of the graphics absolutely are. Most specifically is the CLOUDS in this game. I know that sounds wild and insignificant, but holy Jesus H. Christ, I’ve never seen space, sky and clouds done better than this game. No Man’s sky nailed it of course, but these fucking clouds are immaculate.
It’s one of those attention-to-detail type things that makes you think “fuck, is this real? Or am I in a simulation?”
Play it when your mind is in other dimension
10/10. Don’t sleep on this game!
I’ve been playing this game nonstop for a long time. I usually care for a story, but the smoothness of the gameplay make up for the lack thereof. The last level is especially calming. It’s basically a cooler version of those arcade golf games
one of the greatest games ever made;
Finished this game yesterday in under an two hours and really enjoyed it. I'd highly recommend it to anyone who just wants a casual and relaxing game to play.
I bought it last Saturday and finished it Sunday morning of this week. While it was a short game, I believe it was money well spent. I can't wait to go back and play this very vague visually amazing adventure again!
Free with gamepass 💀
Definitely the most unique game I’ve ever played. I think I got the story down for the most part. I like the gameplay and appreciate that it isn’t too drawn out. Short and sweet. Though I’ll admit my first play through was completely blind and the opening was actually kind of spooky.
Pls share what you think the story is cause nobody else is
@@ckchatta369 You play as a commander who was involved in a mission to explore Jupiter. Your team was engulfed in some sort of massive energy spike while in Jupiter's atmosphere, and you are the only survivor. After this incident, Earth received an alien signal with the blueprint for the Exo One. You become the pilot of this vessel, convinced you are the only one who can "bring them back" (your lost crew). Throughout the game, you encounter this "non-causal object" (meaning time displaced, eg. time traveller), which at the end of the game you figure out is actually you, but in the meantime it shows you that it is possible to travel back in time (exactly what you need to save your crew). You chase the object trying to catch up to it, but it always is just out of reach. The game ends with a very climactic chase between you and the object, where you finally catch up, and relive the events of the failed Jupiter mission, except this time you intercept the energy spike and save your crew. A very enjoyable experience, and the story is top-notch! Definitely one of my favorite sci-fi games to relax at the end of the day.
It looks like a different take on a physics based flight Sim. I didn't think I'd be interested before this review. Now I am. Nicely done.
I finished the game in 6 hours, it was so good I couldn't stop playing. No regrets
From the little I played, I think some crew of astronauts were on a mission to Jupiter, but it failed, and now there's some human controlling the ball thing?
I absolutely love this game, I beat the game, enjoyed the credits, because it was relaxing, and now I'm playing again to beat it for the second time, for enjoyment
i just played this game and it made me feel like i was a child and played my first games ever. Full of adrenaline and emotion
This is a good game that is something different for once
This is unbelievably good. The level of detail and care in it is like a gaming equivalent to the tone of interstellar mixed with kubriks space odyssey, kind of hard to explain but it's all soul.
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Is the monolith edition worth the extra $5??
I stumbled across this game on Xbox game pass. I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't get the point but I've genuinely enjoyed the experience so far. It's easy to play and oddly relaxing
Yeah I wasn't too much of a fan of flashing Jupiter and astronaut
photos either. But the environments and movement mechanics were sublime. SPOILERS
From what gathered they sent a manned (dumb) flyer mission to
Jupiter and it blew up. Clara was propably daughter of one of them and
conviniently aliens said "hey, have a space ball schematics" so humans
built a space ball and Clara stole it from a desert shed to go on a space ball adventure
trip that ended up in a black hole that sent her back in time and that
somehow hit the eject on the Jupiter flyer so the crew got rescued but
now Clara is stuck flying on Jupiter with the space ball.
I got a totally different story out of it, to be honest. I don't think Clara is "you" piloting the ball. I think Clara's husband was one of the men on the Jupiter mission. But I got the impression that the crew on the flyer were communicating with someone (probably) in an orbiter above, similar to the moon landings. I think Clara's husband was the one in the orbiter, and that's who you are piloting in the ball. My interpretation of the story is that some alien energy source went off during the flyer mission and destroyed the flyer while Clara's husband watched safely from orbit. But there was nothing he could do for them, so he had to leave them behind and return home alone. Humanity receives this alien signal that are basically the blueprints for an advanced spacecraft, which they build. But upon testing it fails to work, so it gets shelved and stored in some remote facility in the desert. Clara's husband can't shake the feeling that he can still save his friends and that this spacecraft isn't working because it's meant specifically for him. He says goodbye to his wife and essentially steals the experimental craft and takes off with it, which is where the gameplay begins. At the end, he travels through a wormhole and arrives back at the moment of the flyer mission and is able to save his friends, but in doing so he strands himself in Jupiter's atmosphere with no surface on which to gain speed and escape.
The real question is, what happens to the past version of himself who is in the orbiter and now returning home with his friends?
Ok, I didn't pay enough attention the first time. We are definitely the "Voice", a crew member in Jupiter orbiter.
Same as you.. This is my zen game.. I just let loose a nice playlist of my fav trippy music OR turn on some stories on YT, turn down the game volume and just sore around in the skies.
(My dream game is an open world game where you are a bird, the NPCs, animals etc populating the vast worldspace have their own complicated Ai and carry out there lives, form relations, work, enjoy holidays etc and as close to realistic as technically possible.. You don't really need to do anything other than just fly around, explore, take in the graphics, the sights, etc and just observe the world spinning around you.. preferably medieval setting OR victorian era)
This looks sick
I saw this game and immediately got hooked years ago from the demo, it’s insane that’s it’s finally out
This is seems perfect to play After a hard days work
I saw Vinny Vinesauce playing a demo of this a long time ago and have been waiting for it ever since. Glad to see it made it to release.
The soundtrack is🔥🔥
Im going to play it on acid this week
I think this whole idea and mechanics could be built on to become a far greater experience in a part two .
When I first started playing I was like wtf is this I didn’t know what to do r half an hour. But finally when I understood the objective I hit a blinker got high as hell turned up the volume and just vibed through the entirety of the game. The feeling this game gave me was so sensational. Except the ocean world that one gave me the chills literally because of how deep and dark that place got. But over all this game was an absolute master piece🤌🏿
Just finished this game, and I can really recommend it, especially if you want to experience something different from what the modern space of gaming usually delivers.
This game was terrifying but in a good way. The feeling of trying to navigate the asteroids around a literal star was haunting an amazing at the same time an is a great game for space nerds like myself.
we need this in VR!
Looks pleasantly zen, a shame about the ground textures though, they're glaring bad D: Might get it on sale though so thanks for the review!
Bruh, I was wayy too high to be playing this game last night 💀
🤣 Sounds fun. Downloading it now off of game pass. 😉👍
@@larrygrant4999 lol, bruh I thought I was about to be playing some kind of sci-fi flight simulator and that's it, I didn't see any gameplay of this before I launched it I just went into it while high and was soooo confused 💀. Like why am I playing as a ball rolling across a desert. Then when I figured out it turns into a disk and that I could get it to fly, it blew my mind. 🤣
I guess I was right that it was a sci-fi spacecraft, but I had no idea it was like this 🤣
Did a first playthrough in 90 minutes and it was a blast. Such a fun concept and would love to see it expanded upon in another game if the original creator is involved
So theres no reason to veer from your course as you travel to those beacons?
The story is actually pretty simple, and it was easy to understand for me.
[Spoiler Alert]
You play as a commander who was involved in a mission to explore Jupiter. Your team was engulfed in some sort of massive energy spike while in Jupiter's atmosphere, and you are the only survivor. After this incident, Earth received an alien signal with the blueprint for the Exo One. You become the pilot of this vessel, convinced you are the only one who can "bring them back" (your lost crew). Throughout the game, you encounter this "non-causal object" (meaning time displaced, eg. time traveller), which at the end of the game you figure out is actually you, but in the meantime it shows you that it is possible to travel back in time (exactly what you need to save your crew). You chase the object trying to catch up to it, but it always is just out of reach. The game ends with a very climactic chase between you and the object, where you finally catch up, and relive the events of the failed Jupiter mission, except this time you intercept the energy spike and save your crew. A very enjoyable experience, and the story is top-notch! Definitely one of my favorite sci-fi games to relax at the end of the day.
Jokes on myself because I actually managed to win that race, is this cannon or is this what you managed to piece together from playing, either way I'm satisfied
@@Jasondog375 What, to catch up to the non-causal object? I'd imagine it's possible, I'm just not good enough to do it lol. The story is basically what I've managed to put together from the various cutscenes and dialogue throughout the game. I haven't spoken with the dev or anything, but this is what makes the most sense to me.
Now this looks like a damn interesting game
Hmmm, reminds me of Journey. Looks beautiful and relaxing
Can it do 4k60hz ?
The clouds look amazing though.
Just completed the game in like 3 hours and it was actually surprising fun
This is the best game I ever played. I can not explain why, Perhaps the sense of peace the weirdness, I found a power up the ambience is out of this world. Seriously if You want to spend 16 bucks and play eternally this is the best game money can Buy.Warning if you want shootings etc this is not for you.This is relaxing and keeps you flying for hours.I found a power up that extend your gliding time.Now I want to see what else is hidden in this Gem.I have it for xbox series x.It is a must
I just finished first play and was wondering if I missed something. If you are a gamer who likes an ending this isn't for you. It's best to not think too hard about what you're doing when you play.
It is good for vibing and meditation.
I love this game, I have too many words to express how good it is. I really hope there will be some sort of dlc giving new worlds
I totally loved this game. I've always loved marble type games. And this one took that to another level. Super cool and vibey. Perfect, if like me, u prefer games that don't piss u off every second
This game is a trip bruh
This game is definitely something I like to play to clear my mind.
Definitely getting this. Thanks for the review KC. Last ball game I played was polyball, so definitely time for something new.
Thanks the game trailer confused me on what the game was about
I still can’t figure out to proper move it 🙈
There is a story to this game and maybe it's because it's 2AM, but the tone you address that in irks me... Look up "gravity time dilation" and then keep in mind that the audio is being played in reverse when characters talk. Not having the story crammed down your throat in an 'easily digestible' way doesn't make a story bad or non-existent. You're missing it or not understanding the story that's given. This game is a piece of art given from a perspective and only that perspective. No additional notes and no other perspectives added. And yet even once you're helpless, you push on alone up the hill. In the end you succeed. And I'm sorry but I won't ruin the story by giving the why or the goal. And not the how or anything... Just think about it more carefully. Because there is a story and it's beautiful.
I'm glad to be part of the beginning of a very nice game :)
What are those weird plus signs on the screen?
Wait, are you saying you don’t know who the picture of the crew is?? Have you never heard of the challenger disaster?
It's on sale for Xbox. £3.64