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 Astroneer

Welcome back to Thrak Attack, what's your adventure? Today takes us to many distant planets and worlds in a video game of exploring. Astroneer is a game originally released on early access in 2016 and was officially released in 2019 on Windows and the Xbox One and officially released on the Nintendo Switch today. The game focuses on exploration of new worlds and it is a joy! Unfortunately this is a terrible port and I know this because the reviews upon initial release were very positive. 

Astroneer on the Nintendo Switch is a port from Windows and Xbox One in 2019. I know that this game works on a controller because it was on the Xbox, but for whatever reason I can't get out of the first section. I don't know if the button mapping is off, or if the way it was built on PC really doesn't translate to a controller, or if I'm just an idiot! But this game does not work on a controller.

The visuals are great and are a cross between Legend of Zelda: The Windwaker and Minecraft. It's very blocky like Minecraft but cell shaded like Windwaker. I love the look of the game and really wish that somehow I could figure out how the game operates and that it would allow me to explore and interact with  the world but for whatever reason I cannot figure it out!

This is the first video game review of 2022 so here are the categories for rating video games. Art Style, Controls, UI, Smoothness, Plot, Characters, Music, Gameplay Loop, Length, Overall Feeling. Astroneer gets points for art style, gameplay loop, and length. 

Astroneer for Nintendo Switch gets 3 out of 10 stars.

All the Best, Ross 

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