Space to grow
My day inLightyear Frontierstarts out with a bit of farming.
On a good day, its raining, so I dont need to water the crops.
My goals are clear.
Those will you guessed it let me build new machines or upgrade my mech again.
When I get back Ill have everything I need to take the next step.
It always feels like Im making forward progress.
And then theres PIP-3R.
Or at least talk at, since you cant reply.
Those three aside, its just me and the planet.
Wake up, farm, process, explore, build, sleep.
Its both meditative and full of momentum.
I can also imagine, though, that co-op play would not last very long right now.
One aspect of that slower playstyle I didnt really touch at all was the chance to decorate.
I also crawled to sleep every night in the original tiny tent that I made, rather thanbuildinganything bigger.
The thing is, building anything in Lightyear Frontier felt kind of mean.
The planet is gorgeous; all twisted, multicoloured trees and flowering shrubs and glittering crystals.
The game feels like it might be building towards subverting this but Im not sure.
It opens on a stark line: Earths no good anymore.
But then I fall back into the day to day cycle.
Im planting at least a few trees to replace the ones Ive shredded, so thats okay, right?
So it would probably be fine, right?
If I fenced off my farm.
If I made it pretty.
Whether Ill be satisfied in the end, though, remains to be seen.
This review was based on a review build of the game provided by developers Frame Break.
