Review - Dyson Sphere Program - A Factory/Puzzle Game On A Cosmic Scale That Really Hooked Me
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Needed a break from Path of Exile recently, so I dug back into Dyson Sphere Program. It's a puzzle/factory game and it's very, very good.
This is a one off video. This channel remains 98% Path of Exile. This is just part of the 2% of videos that are off topic.
It's technically in early access, but it feels complete.
0:00 Intro, Dyson-rise over Mercury
0:25 Disclaimer about commercial links to the game publishers (I have none)
1:11 Opening thoughts
1:56 The Negatives (this is a positive review but the game isn't flawless)
4:07 The Good - Resource System
5:02 The Phases Of The Game - Each One Its Own Puzzle
5:35 Scope Creep - this game is what near-exponential growth looks like.
6:54 The Graphics
8:27 Soundtrack - Very basic, but it works well.
8:51 Blueprints - the 'killer feature' that was added some months back
Disclaimer: For all reviews I think it is essential to disclose any relationship to the game publisher. Here's mine: nothing really to disclose. Unless they can read minds the game developer doesn't know this review is happening. I paid retail price for the game.
At the time of recording this video I also don't have any affiliate sales program for it although that may change in future. I've asked Nexus to see if they can list it and when/if that happens, it will be for sale on my Nexus store and I will get a commission for those sales.
This game is a masterpiece and will likely appeal to many Path of Exile players despite the complete lack of action mechanics, due to its enormous depth and power progression.
This will be an overwhelmingly positive review, so let's start with the negatives.
Bad - Flight and spaceflight mechanics are clunky. Performance feels like a huge issue, my 11900k and 3080 keep up well, but I would not want to try this on my 2016 gaming rig.
Also wouldn't want to play this on hot summer days due to the amount it makes the PC work.
Finally, some translations in the game are bad. The English language text was not done by a native English speaker, and it will show on occasion.
Good - A really well thought out puzzle experience on a truly epic scope.
I have never seen this much scale creep in a game.
When you start mining one iron ore takes a second or two and all of your attention and you can't mine and transport simultaneously - now my character has set up mining facilities that passively mines 220 iron per second and transports it around a cluster of 64 stars as per my exact instructions. Which is very much like a capricious genie sometimes.
I now have facilities that passively produce enormous amounts of products in seconds that took minutes to manually produce earlier.
Graphics are amazing.
The blueprint system is incredibly satisfying, whether you make your own unoptimized ones to speed up simple processes, use pre-designed ones made by powergamers, or work on highly optimizing blueprints for specialized tasks.
And everything just seems to... flow really well.
The Dyson Sphere shown in this video is under construction following a blueprint published by Youtuber and Dyson Sphere Program community member Hairy Super Jim. Here's his video showcasing the design and what it will look like when 100% complete: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRuM_Psb9ms and the blueprint is published at: https://www.dysonsphereblueprints.com/blueprints/dyson-sphere-exploded-ball
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