This makes the player truly feel like a pilot, since many times these systems need to be adjusted on the fly. Each system has an effect on the ship’s output levels of heat, electricity, and sound. One can change the output levels of various ship systems like thrust, stabilization, weight, among others that become available as one makes progress. The television displays the Small Craft ™ and its environment, while the Wii U GamePad displays the ship’s many systems. It’s all told through gameplay and a single ending cutscene and I can’t comment enough about how the game never breaks its immersion.Īffordable Space Adventures is a true two-screen experience. Don’t be fooled, there is story progression, but detailing any of it here would ruin it. As new things get repaired, a quick system message introduces how it works, and then it is up to the player to figure out how it helps them progress through the game’s obstacles. The Small Craft™ is pretty banged up, but slowly starts to repair itself over time. So, the only thing to do on Spectaculon is to explore, and hopefully find a way off the planet. Luckily, according to Uexplore, Spectaculon has “no dangers*.” It immediately becomes obvious from the first level’s surroundings that something has gone wrong and that you’re now stranded on the planet Spectaculon. From there, any and all plot is revealed by simply playing the game.
The player (or players) are first shown an informational video by Uexplore, the company that creates and monitors spacecrafts. The entire game is dedicated to immersing gamers into the universe the developers have created, and it works brilliantly. GamePad and Miiverse integration are perfect, and I’m not sure that sentence has been made before.Īffordable Space Adventures is all about atmosphere. More often publishers and developers are looking to get it out on as many platforms as possible, which makes console-specific ideas feel tacked on or ill thought out.Īffordable Space Adventures is a Wii U game that knows it is a Wii U game. It isn’t too often that a game makes great use of what makes a console unique.
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