This review originally appeared on Backloggd
Star Rating: 5 Stars
The most Numenera-ass game this side of Numenera.
It's Very Big, but also just really nice to chill out in. Each time you roll for new mutations, some wild options show up and it's incredible.
It's still Early Access, and it's just so massive. I put in 30 hours in the span of like, 2 weeks, and I barely scratched the surface of it. It feels huge but it's also not a chore to explore. Using the world map lets you travel chunks of land at a time, but you can also explore each tile on the world map more fully. This can also mean that if you travel on the world map you could get Lost, and have to travel screen by screen until you can gain your bearings, either by finding a place you've been before, talking to someone, or just having your internal compass kick in (which can be enhanced with skills/equipment)
The game builds a history for your world through random generation of historic events and interesting historical sites, ruins, encampments, and so on. One of the first statues I found was there to commemorate a Sultan finding a cool mask in a market, buying it, and then having it stolen. It owns.
I struggle to articulate how I feel about this game besides going "Hey this game's vibe, setting, and core gameplay loop rocks".
I plan on going back to it one day, but for now, I enjoyed my time with it.