This review is written during Early Access version 1.0.0.4, which has 10 levels. The game will get more levels over time.
Approximate amount of time to 100%: 10h
Estimated achievement difficulty: 3/10
Minimum number of playthroughs needed: 1
Has it been in a bundle: No
Is there a good guide available: Not yet
How many people have completed this game at the time I'm writing this review: 14 on Astats
Multiplayer achievements: No
Missable achievements: Yes, the achievement for finishing the game without doing any upgrade is missable. And in this version the 50/55 stars are missable because you can't reset missions, but that option will be added in the next update.
Grinding Achievements: Maybe Segregation expert, but it isn't that bad if you focus on it from the beginning
DLC-Only achievements: No
Time-gated achievements: No
RNG-achievements: No
Does difficulty affect achievements: No difficulty option
Unobtainable/glitched achievements: Yes, I'll explain more in the text below
In this game you'll clean up and fix old trains and train stations. I can't explain why but it feels so and fulfilling to clean up in a game. This game gave me a bit of a "house flipper" feeling, while it is also different enough.
I give this game absolutely a positive review, but it has some downsides as well at this moment:
- The game is buggy and in this version a lot of people don't get achievements. Once you have done all the tasks in the tutorial (before you get to 100%) you should have already unlocked an achievement. If that doesn't happen, make a new profile in the game and start again. So far the second time it always seems to work. They are working on this bug, but to figure out if you have it, please keep an eye on your achievements during the tutorial.
- There is an achievement for not buying any upgrade for your tools. This is the worst achievement in this game, you can work on it on two ways: just finish every level quickly and start over (or reset levels when that feature is added) to go for 100% on all the levels or go the first time you do a level for 100%. Finish the game and after you've finished you can buy all the tools (which also is an achievement)
- Getting 100% in a level can be annoying if you're just missing one thing. What helps a little bit is that you can see a % on a tool if you have to do something with that specific tool. So if you can't find what you're missing, check your tools. If it doesn't show anything on your tools, you probably have to buy some furniture for a specific spot.
- The developer archives every topic that kinda has an answer. It doesn't look like they like to have an open discussion with the players. They also don't wait to hear if their answer fixed your problem. I wish the developer would just keep the discussions open. Not only to get feedback from the player,s but that way people can also help each other to get 100% in every level.
This all may sound bad... but I still enjoyed the game a lot. I started with loving the game, then got annoyed because I couldn't find what I missed for the 100% in a level and that the developers did keep closing topics. After I finally figured out what I was missing I started to enjoy the game again.. it just not got back to loving it. Keep in mind that this game is in early access and that it all can improve over time.
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