Mercury Fallen - Early Access Watcher -
1Disclosure: This game copy was bought by the reviewer.
A group of colonists were sent to establish a base underneath Mercury's surface, but they were hit with a devastating situation. They are now awake and found their hard work in ruin. Rebuild the decaying outpost and fight to survive on a foreign world.
Unfortunately, the current build only offers the bare essentials to get by. I managed to build everything of worth in the span of this video and explored the world only to find a few more stasis pods. Even with the procedurally generated environments, the lack of things to build or threats to fight off make gameplay essentially a one time property. You can get running with few roadblocks in terms of resources and are only held back by the AI's determined work rotation. This is a decent proof of concept, but don't expect to find much more.
Visually it is okay, if not a bit plain. Music is non-existent which leaves a lot of dead air outside the menu clicks or confirmation beeps. The camera also doesn't like to move for you unless you right click after selecting something. It runs smoothly excluding some shut down crashes. Other issues involving the lack of information regarding max length of water/power coverage and a lack of in depth AI assignment (the current options are broad and makes refining items tedious). Regardless, the content is an instant killer in terms of money for your value and leads to my not recommended verdict for the current build.