Out There: Ω Edition Reviews

Frustrating

Simon01351

As lots of reviews point out, this is a potentially great game, but it’s too frustrating to waste your time on. No way to save your progress, so you just die over and over.

A pretty choose-your-own-adventure type Resource management game. My favorite aspects of this game include: the flavor (it has a a good lost in space vibe), The aesthetic (cool comic are style with lovely coloring), The sound track (this is the best part of the game imo. Barnhoorn did a great job), and the variety of outcomes. Some of my gripes include: The RNG gods are brutal in this game so it may take you several tries to find the only thing that will allow you to beat the game, an upgraded ship. I played this game initially thinking it was a puzzle i was going to solve, that kept me interested for a while, but i eventually discovered that the difficultly primarily exists due to RNG (random number generator, aka luck/chance). You are so reliant on luck in this game that beating it will be a matter of making a run with right series of dice rolls. There’s very little one can do to improve their chance of survival. Resource burn is too aggressive imo. The devs might consider creating a normal/easy mode with slightly less severe resource burn. Though the difficultly (chance of not dying) does reflect the likelihood of the character making it back to his home-world, and maybe this is inline with the theme of game. It also very well replicates the feel of those old pulp choose-your-own-adventure books, which always seemed to kill me from what seemed to be the most innocuous decision.

RNG Hell

Vaelor

There’s some great storytelling and exploration hidden in this game, but you’ll never experience 90% of it as you die over and over to the random number generator that ultimately decides your fate. Skill plays no part in this game, just a system that is stacked against you so severely (even on “easy” mode) as to be maddening.

Nice game but buggy

heyyou9999999

Very nice game: adventurous, solemn, eerie, challenging. Wonderful sound track: I mixed it into my work music. Bugs: sometimes the game goes crazy when you lock the phone and resume. The Oxygen counter’s label somehow changed to Japanese. Also all sound has stopped working, even though the music, effects sound settings are on, as well as the phone volume. Even the opening scene now plays on mute.

Gas gas gas

ravnglunatic

I can never collect enough H or He to keep going! This the biggest draw back to this game. It completely unpredictable what you will find in each system. Frustrating!!!

Please update the app so it fit iPhone Xs max screen

SuccnFucc

This one of my all time favourite games but I would really love it to be updated so it can fit the iPhone Xs max display.

Great game!

Jdragon78

Beautiful graphics, great soundtrack and actually a challenge to start with. Most games these days are WAY too easy. I love that this one really makes you think.

A hidden gem

Hey bo bo

Not sure why this isn’t more popular. Immersive resource management game that really made me feel like I was lost in space.

I love this game!

CooperUSAF

Phenomenal game, super easy to pick up play and put down like 80 days or FTL but addicting enough to spend all night on as well. Received numerous additions/updates over the years , would love to see it get support for newer phones and use the full iPhone X/XR screen especially.

3.5 stars

Dreaming of Wolves

I have mixed feelings about this title. Here are my thoughts. 1) I actually found it far easier than people claimed. I thought I was going to die instantly and I actually made it really far, even on my first play through. It’s certainly easier on Easy. 2) the game really shows its age in the graphics. The graphics aren’t very sharp, even on a pre-iPhone X device. And the text font is too close to comic sans for comfort. The music is somewhat bland. The environments are still pretty. 3) while I disagree about the difficulty, I do agree with the random chance people complain about. RNG does mess you up randomly when you’re pretty far along. I found it only does that when you’re low on two core resources so you must choose which one to fill. Then RNG never lets you fill the other resource and you die from lack of that resource. To combat this, I would just always keep resources above the halfway point when you can, even if you waste more fuel. This game is also far longer than FTL, so starting over isn’t as easy. Especially if you’ve gotten really far. Overall a satisfying experience well-worth a dollar on sale, but worth the standard $3.99 too. I suggest a sale if you’re interested.