Lightyear Frontier Review – All Chill, No Fill

Lightyear Frontier on Xbox Series S

Lightyear Frontier is extra of a farming journey than only a farming sim. You land in a vibrant and colourful open world with the pleasant disembodied voice of PIP-3R guiding the way in which. It doesn’t take lengthy to get the hold of the controls and the mechanics, and shortly you’re farming and exploring like a professional. It’s as if Lightyear Frontier was particularly designed to not stress you out within the slightest.

At first, Lightyear Frontier confused me with its lack of peril. I’m so used to video games making an attempt to kill me at each flip that it took a superb whereas for me to not assume hazard lurked across the nook. You don’t get hungry or really feel too scorching or too chilly. Nothing on the planet goes to harm you. Even when noxious slime seeds rain down from the sky, they only want vacuuming up and utilizing in a crafting recipe.

It was additionally actually comforting to know I didn’t need to kill any wildlife for survival or sources. Instead, you’re inspired to feed the cute animals round you. This activity is optionally available however by discovering the nests and feeding the creatures, the sources in that space are boosted significantly. Lightyear Frontier advocates dwelling in concord with nature, understanding that you should assist replenish pure sources if you wish to proceed harvesting them.

Once I acquired over the actual fact the sport was as cozy because it appeared, I relaxed into it. I’m the kind of one who thrives on challenges and quests in video games, so to have a activity checklist to observe suited me and saved me engaged. The recreation is evenly paced and makes up for the shortage of jeopardy with an intriguing story. There are just a few areas to unlock and an extended checklist of sources to find as you discover the world and construct your new dwelling.

As you start the clear-up of every new space, you start to find there may be extra to this planet than first meets the attention. Another civilization has clearly lived right here earlier than, however who have been they? And why didn’t PIP-3R inform anybody about it? The story slowly unfolds as you uncover historical ruins and ship the artifacts again for evaluation.

Lightyear Frontier is a recreation which pulls you in and encourages you to maintain exploring the vivid surroundings. Before lengthy I noticed I had spent hours on this planet and it was previous my bedtime. It is a pleasure exploring every of the completely different areas and discovering new crops and creatures earlier than watching the sundown within the distance. There are not any time restraints, and at no level was I penalized for not getting a activity performed. The expertise turned nearly meditative after some time.

The solely factor that irritated me was the storage system. Storage is severely missing and never consumer-pleasant. Some supplies weigh quite a bit so you find yourself with a number of containers, sacks, or barrels mendacity round. Then comes the problem of really remembering the place you set the Copper Ore or the Hard Wood. Later on within the recreation, you may construct Silos which maintain a number of one (and just one) useful resource. But do I would like one large Silo for every useful resource (of which there are dozens) lining my homestead? Perhaps not.

The recreation’s aesthetic is cheerful and cartoonish with out being infantile. The mech, with all its attachments and upgrades, is nice enjoyable to make use of. Even after hours within the recreation, I nonetheless discover it amusing when my mech stumbles and rolls gracelessly down a cliffside. It simply appears so goofy and, as nothing will get broken, it’s by no means an actual subject. You simply leap out, flip the mech, after which get again in to proceed in your approach.

I may see how some won’t perceive the attraction of a recreation with out battle or survival components, although. We are so used to our cozy video games mirroring the world we reside in proper now the place individuals combat to outlive. Lightyear Frontier reveals us one thing completely different. Not daily needs to be a battle. Sometimes you may simply spend a day watering your crops with out shedding progress with the rest.

If you should really feel continually on edge in your farming sims, then Lightyear Frontier won’t be for you. Although, saying that, that is the sport you need to load up once you’ve had sufficient of all that anxiousness. I discovered this to be the proper antidote to the horror video games or shooters I normally play.

As a fan of multiplayer video games, I used to be additionally completely satisfied to see this as an possibility on Lightyear Frontier. You can construct, farm, and discover with buddies, which makes the expertise a complete new stage of enjoyable. Working as a group, you may every be assigned completely different duties to see how rapidly you may rebuild this new world collectively.

If you’re keen on cozy video games already, you’ll undoubtedly leap into this ft first. But will it preserve you taking part in for months to return? Lightyear Frontier has a number of potential. Right now, there may be lots to find and discover: What are these ruins? Who lived right here earlier than? How many secret caves can I discover?

The builders at Frame Break must work laborious to maintain individuals . Especially on this age of desensitized dopamine receptors. As lengthy as they hearken to the suggestions from the group, preserve these duties coming and the storyline intriguing, I feel they may very well be on to a winner right here. As lengthy because the world is increasing and the story is attention-grabbing, Lightyear Frontier will endure.

For now, Lightyear Frontier will proceed to be my go-to consolation recreation. I’m excited to see what’s coming subsequent and the place to story will take us. Who is aware of, possibly we’ll ultimately clear up the complete planet and be able to discover a brand new one.