I wanted to find as recent review of the game as possible but I didn't expect to find one from yesterday! Good review, I think I'll buy the game thanks to this video and also since it's on a sale on Steam.
Also, just a small suggestion. I really appreciate time stamps and I know most people do. Maybe you could consider adding them in future videos to improve the watching experience. If not, it's ok as well.
@@repeahlfors9951 Hey buddy, yeah i did mean to do that, but it was very late when i pushed that video out. I'll go add the timestamps today, thanks for the reminder.
Nice video, I can absolutely agree on that this is a pearl of a game. If you buy in a sale as it just was on steam, it's not pricy anymore. For me one of my 3 most favorite survival games (Ark, Empyrion Galactic Survival and Icarus.... long followed by nothing and then there are nice games like No Man's sky, Enshrouded and so on)
This is a great video! As an Icarusplayer with over 2k hrs, your points are very accurate. I really love and enjoy the game. There are so many ways to go back and make things more challenging. It's just a fantastic game. I've loved it since day one. One point you made that needs correction...it is absolutely possible to unlock everything in the tech tree.
Really enjoyed the video 🙂 You've convinced me to finally pick it up! Incredible timing too, the game and it's bundles have just gone on a steep discount and there's a play for free weekend on at the moment lasting three days.
I find this game very interesting than other survival games Its concept is cool that you can spawn into an open world and rather than just focusing on survival you can carry out different missions which adds gameplay to it, games like Sons Of the Forest and The Forest etc they are good survival games, but sometimes surviving gets kinda boring on its own it needs a purpose
I have been playing since the start and the only complaint I have is the animal AI towards other animals. They seem to live in complete harmony until you aggro, but you will never see a wolf eating a deer unless you’re the one that killed it. The animal combat feels fine when it’s you vs them, but you don’t really come across a bear den or see a family of birds in a nest.
check out Prometheus/volcanic area I see them fighting each other a lot, seems the heat makes them agro beyond reason, I have often sat back and watched then moved in to claim the last one as a kill and reaped the reward from all of them...nice? no but hey its survival so I will always take any advantage I can get. Some of the fights are really spectacular as well.
3 food buffs as standard. There is a talent for an extra food slot, plus there are attachments (Attachment Bench) for your armour to give more food buffs.
You can actually get everything in the tech tree - it just takes time. I've seen players with over 2000 blueprint points. You get blueprint points every time you level up. The talents stop when you reach level 60 but you still level up after that (it just says level 60 all the time) and gain blueprint points. These are needed as there are new items added to the game. The latest are milk bottles and a milk pail.
@@mrphoenix5951 Go watch GoW play Icarus. He has over 2000 blueprint points and has pretty much everything ticked off. There are multiple level 60 players getting blueprint points by levelling up. It was designed this way a long time ago. There is no need for the svenprogression mode unless you want the level counter to keep climbing (if that is what it does). Blueprint points are still awarded after level 60. You can now get 3 extra talent points by completing the final Null Sector mission. This is one time only, so you can't keep repeating it for even more talent points.
@@mattymojo not a problem at all and it make some sense to force people to go back up and change spec but tbh i hate that system same for the mission system open world is where the bread is at so n ot being able to have all bluprint is a pain however all the perks as a solo are relly op
Difficult beasts? Stompy in the Null Sector? Elysium (the next map) may be even more hardcore. Make your ideas heard in the suggestions discord - you know it works (open world for example).
The game looks fantastic now. I just have 2 issues... 1-the white outline of interactables takes me out of it a bit 2- How come you need an oxygen supply in a planet with regular chlorophyl vegetation that can also support fireplaces, bonfires, torches and the like when fire consumes a lot of oxygen by itself? (Or maybe the oxygen is just for the 2 later maps?)
The air is poisonous. The vegetation and animals are genetically modified to live on that moon. But yeah, there is a lot of stuff that doesn't make any sense^^ Then again the game needs to game. Still, this is indeed a big problem with the game. Most of the lore you only hear once in passing or is only found externaly. You do stuff for various companies. In 3 years I couldn't be bothered what the difference between them is. etc. But to their credit, with the newest map, they actually started to propperly tie a comprehensive story into the game.
Should have bought it when it was on sale last week. i tried it a few years back but some glitches made it unplayable for me. would love to jump back into it now that its been fixed up.
Do the missions get better and more achievable in the dlcs? I play solo and often find what I am asked to do in the missions would take many many hours just to tier up and build a watchtower and things like that
Prometheus missions are far more challenging then Olympus or even Styx. If it's this what you asked for. For some quality of life stuff I suggest using mods. There is a small but lovely mod community and there is even a mod manager tool they built, where you can assemble all the mods you would like to use together as one mod, that is then automatically added to your mod folder. As easy as clicking your own pizza when buying online 😅
If you do the missions in the mission option / game mode yes they do, but now in the open world option you get missions as well and the world is persistent. Thats the mode I play 90% of the time now.
Is this a Single Player Offline game? Meaning; can I play this game as a single player offline solo with no internet connection? How many hours of content is there? Thank you
Yes you can play offline by yourself . As for the hours of content that all depends upon you and how you play, if you do the missions only you won't get as much playtime as when you go into open world and just grind and survive
Agree with Troveguide, if you buy the base game you'll get easily 40-50 hours or if you like trying to complete everything build everything you can push that upwards easily. There is really a lot to the game.
@@mattymojo40-50 hours on Olympus is rushing through it. Even only with Olympus and enjoying the game, the building, repeating some missions for money, you can easily spend some hundreds of hours. Or you rush through in 50 😅
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I wanted to find as recent review of the game as possible but I didn't expect to find one from yesterday! Good review, I think I'll buy the game thanks to this video and also since it's on a sale on Steam.
Also, just a small suggestion. I really appreciate time stamps and I know most people do. Maybe you could consider adding them in future videos to improve the watching experience. If not, it's ok as well.
@@repeahlfors9951 Hey buddy, yeah i did mean to do that, but it was very late when i pushed that video out. I'll go add the timestamps today, thanks for the reminder.
@@repeahlfors9951 Done. Thanks man.
@@mattymojo Great! I checked a few other videos you made. Good stuff. I subscribed.
@@repeahlfors9951 legend - I'd give a double heart if i could
Nice video, I can absolutely agree on that this is a pearl of a game. If you buy in a sale as it just was on steam, it's not pricy anymore.
For me one of my 3 most favorite survival games (Ark, Empyrion Galactic Survival and Icarus.... long followed by nothing and then there are nice games like No Man's sky, Enshrouded and so on)
And they just added cows, with more farm like animals next year. Thanks for watching and the comment.
This is a great video!
As an Icarusplayer with over 2k hrs, your points are very accurate.
I really love and enjoy the game. There are so many ways to go back and make things more challenging. It's just a fantastic game. I've loved it since day one.
One point you made that needs correction...it is absolutely possible to unlock everything in the tech tree.
Yes, thankyou, I did mis-say that. Appreciate the correction.
Thanks for making the exact video I was hoping for
@@uriahmrache8336 most welcome
Really enjoyed the video 🙂 You've convinced me to finally pick it up!
Incredible timing too, the game and it's bundles have just gone on a steep discount and there's a play for free weekend on at the moment lasting three days.
yeah I saw that and rushed the video out as I'd been tapping away on it for about 2 weeks.
@@mattymojo Btw are you planning on reviewing the other survival game from a NZ based studio, Abiotic Factor?
@@1njustice I have seen it, no immediate plans, but it does look good....I'll probably play it for a bit and see what I think.
I find this game very interesting than other survival games
Its concept is cool that you can spawn into an open world and rather than just focusing on survival you can carry out different missions which adds gameplay to it, games like Sons Of the Forest and The Forest etc they are good survival games, but sometimes surviving gets kinda boring on its own it needs a purpose
I have been playing since the start and the only complaint I have is the animal AI towards other animals. They seem to live in complete harmony until you aggro, but you will never see a wolf eating a deer unless you’re the one that killed it. The animal combat feels fine when it’s you vs them, but you don’t really come across a bear den or see a family of birds in a nest.
Agreed, that would be a good element for them to add - nice.
It's weird, I have seen random incidents where one species is attacking the other. Unsure of why, tho 😆
check out Prometheus/volcanic area I see them fighting each other a lot, seems the heat makes them agro beyond reason, I have often sat back and watched then moved in to claim the last one as a kill and reaped the reward from all of them...nice? no but hey its survival so I will always take any advantage I can get. Some of the fights are really spectacular as well.
Very good video. Nicely narrated and good footage ^^
Thanks for the nice comment.
3 food buffs as standard. There is a talent for an extra food slot, plus there are attachments (Attachment Bench) for your armour to give more food buffs.
Icarus is like crack if you like to build and survive.
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You can actually get everything in the tech tree - it just takes time. I've seen players with over 2000 blueprint points. You get blueprint points every time you level up. The talents stop when you reach level 60 but you still level up after that (it just says level 60 all the time) and gain blueprint points. These are needed as there are new items added to the game. The latest are milk bottles and a milk pail.
to do so you need the svenprogression mode otherwise you don't have enough point
@@mrphoenix5951 Go watch GoW play Icarus. He has over 2000 blueprint points and has pretty much everything ticked off. There are multiple level 60 players getting blueprint points by levelling up. It was designed this way a long time ago. There is no need for the svenprogression mode unless you want the level counter to keep climbing (if that is what it does). Blueprint points are still awarded after level 60. You can now get 3 extra talent points by completing the final Null Sector mission. This is one time only, so you can't keep repeating it for even more talent points.
Cheers I may have misreported on that - appreciate the correction.
@@mattymojo not a problem at all and it make some sense to force people to go back up and change spec but tbh i hate that system same for the mission system open world is where the bread is at so n ot being able to have all bluprint is a pain however all the perks as a solo are relly op
Difficult beasts? Stompy in the Null Sector? Elysium (the next map) may be even more hardcore. Make your ideas heard in the suggestions discord - you know it works (open world for example).
The game looks fantastic now. I just have 2 issues...
1-the white outline of interactables takes me out of it a bit
2- How come you need an oxygen supply in a planet with regular chlorophyl vegetation that can also support fireplaces, bonfires, torches and the like when fire consumes a lot of oxygen by itself? (Or maybe the oxygen is just for the 2 later maps?)
ha - yes the o2 thing is a bit odd, also how can you get a lung disease in a cave??? when you can also swim underwater....questions never answered.
The air is poisonous. The vegetation and animals are genetically modified to live on that moon. But yeah, there is a lot of stuff that doesn't make any sense^^ Then again the game needs to game. Still, this is indeed a big problem with the game. Most of the lore you only hear once in passing or is only found externaly. You do stuff for various companies. In 3 years I couldn't be bothered what the difference between them is. etc. But to their credit, with the newest map, they actually started to propperly tie a comprehensive story into the game.
@JohnnosaurusREX yeah the factions are meaningless
Should have bought it when it was on sale last week. i tried it a few years back but some glitches made it unplayable for me. would love to jump back into it now that its been fixed up.
Do the missions get better and more achievable in the dlcs? I play solo and often find what I am asked to do in the missions would take many many hours just to tier up and build a watchtower and things like that
Not sure, I will say that they were looking to rework the missions to make things a bit more clear about what is going to be required.
Prometheus missions are far more challenging then Olympus or even Styx. If it's this what you asked for.
For some quality of life stuff I suggest using mods. There is a small but lovely mod community and there is even a mod manager tool they built, where you can assemble all the mods you would like to use together as one mod, that is then automatically added to your mod folder. As easy as clicking your own pizza when buying online 😅
Wait so your bases disappear once the mission is complete or did they change that?
If you do the missions in the mission option / game mode yes they do, but now in the open world option you get missions as well and the world is persistent. Thats the mode I play 90% of the time now.
How does coop works? Is it the same as Valheim when you need someone to host to play together?
Yep, very similar.
@mattymojo thanks! will try it since the game is on a free weekend on steam.
You can also use servers to host your game.
Good job 👍💪 good video
Is this a Single Player Offline game? Meaning; can I play this game as a single player offline solo with no internet connection? How many hours of content is there? Thank you
Yes you can play offline by yourself . As for the hours of content that all depends upon you and how you play, if you do the missions only you won't get as much playtime as when you go into open world and just grind and survive
Agree with Troveguide, if you buy the base game you'll get easily 40-50 hours or if you like trying to complete everything build everything you can push that upwards easily. There is really a lot to the game.
@@mattymojo40-50 hours on Olympus is rushing through it. Even only with Olympus and enjoying the game, the building, repeating some missions for money, you can easily spend some hundreds of hours.
Or you rush through in 50 😅
@@orlathemming8689 True, true, I wasn't counting my hours so just threw a number at it. Thanks man.
got it for free...first thing i see in game "body type: Musculine or Feminine" wtf ? there are only 2 genders Male and Female...uninstalled instantly
Terrible bait
There are only two genders pal…
what do you get? content locked behind 100 dollars of dlc
Plenty of content with base game pal 👍🏾
my first vid from you and you get a sub an like for being informative and fair keep it up
Same 👍🏾