Cryofall Review (Steam)

by Jim Smale · July 15, 2021

Our CryoFall Review takes on the sci-fi multiplayer colony simulation survival game set on a forgotten planet in a distant future. Master technology, agriculture, trading, industry, cybernetics, exploration, and more.

Cryofall Review Pros:

Nice Chunky graphics.
727.05MB download size.
Steam achievements.
Select your own username.
Graphics – fullscreen, screen aspect ratio, FPS limit, anti-aliasing, rendering resolution, sprite resolution, and terrain detail.
Survival adventure gameplay.
Server browser.
Atomic torch account link possible but not mandatory.
Official and player-owned servers.
Servers can be PvP or PvE.
Character creator – face, top, bottom, skin tone, hair, and hair color. Also has a random button. Choose a character origin story that dictates your stats.
Map uncovers as you play.
Simple crafting system. You build basics from the menu then need workbenches, furnaces, etc for the rest.
Death – respawn at your bed, near your or randomly in the world.
Uses WASD for movement.
The Completionist menu will fill in fishes, food, creatures, and loot gets collected.
The hot bar for easy item swapping.
Animals, enemies, and anything you can hack or attack will have a life bar.
Controls are pretty straightforward but the game does have tooltip pop-ups and icons.
Fireplaces allow you to bring up menus, add ingredients and fuel to cook.
Quests are generated to help push you forward.
LP- Learning points used for getting new skills.
Your character is tied to the server.

Cryofall Review Cons:

Accidentally closed the game down and it wouldn’t reboot until I restarted all of Steam.
The first boot-up has a series of screens you have to click through.
Daunting opening menu and not that welcoming.
No controller support.
Couldn’t see a way to migrate a character to another server.
Slow burner.
No real tutorial just that series of screens at the beginning.
So much to take in.
A lot of menu management.
Everything is a grind and the payoff doesn’t always feel right.
Servers will be populated with griefers.

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