The Succubus
2011-10-24, 04:54 AM
From the developer team responsible for my favourite game of all time, this oddity was on sale on Steam this weekend and oddity sums it up rather nicely.
For those that have played Ice-Pick Lodge's previous games, Pathologic and The Void (see above :smallbiggrin:), this is a completely U-turn from their usual style of grim, tense and openly hostile environments. You play a female pilot by the name of Flawkes who crash lands on a very colourful island populated by short fat naked creatures called Buddies. Interacting with the Buddies (usually by means of foot+backside) results in generation of a substance called FUN, which serves as the game's currency. FUN can be used to summon floating pieces of landscape or, more importantly, purchasing components to build vehicles and it's the vehicles that are the heart and soul of the game. Vehicles can either be made from blueprints or custom built from scratch.
The game's control system, especially for flight, leaves a lot to be desired and can be very frustrating at times, as is the very cryptic directions about where to go next and what you should be doing. A little time and perseverence, along with some actual thought about to build *viable* vehicles and Cargo is a heck of a lot of FUN.
For those that have played Ice-Pick Lodge's previous games, Pathologic and The Void (see above :smallbiggrin:), this is a completely U-turn from their usual style of grim, tense and openly hostile environments. You play a female pilot by the name of Flawkes who crash lands on a very colourful island populated by short fat naked creatures called Buddies. Interacting with the Buddies (usually by means of foot+backside) results in generation of a substance called FUN, which serves as the game's currency. FUN can be used to summon floating pieces of landscape or, more importantly, purchasing components to build vehicles and it's the vehicles that are the heart and soul of the game. Vehicles can either be made from blueprints or custom built from scratch.
The game's control system, especially for flight, leaves a lot to be desired and can be very frustrating at times, as is the very cryptic directions about where to go next and what you should be doing. A little time and perseverence, along with some actual thought about to build *viable* vehicles and Cargo is a heck of a lot of FUN.