Lifeless Moon Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · Published July 30, 2024 · Updated July 29, 2024

Lifeless Moon Review, During an expedition to the Moon, two astronauts find themselves in a familiar town back on Earth. They soon discover the town is the beginning of a strange and mysterious journey… Lifeless Moon, the spiritual successor to the popular 2014 indie title Lifeless Planet, is a 3D platformer that puts you in the center of a mysterious Moon expedition. This new adventure, inspired by classic science fiction, plays as an Apollo-era astronaut who finds themself in the aftermath of an old 1970s experiment: an oddly familiar desert town… on the moon.

Lifeless Moon Review Pros:

Decent graphics.
5.88GB download size.
Platinum trophy.
Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity slider.
Adventure gameplay.
You play as an astronaut who crashed onto a planet and lost contact with your team.
A full 3D game world with 360-degree camera control.
The notebook you have keeps tabs on what you find and what you see.
Three camera views.
The auto-run button is a click away.
Play how you want.
Has a real eerie feel to it all.
When in buildings or certain situations you go into a first-person view.
Find pages that go into your notebook and give lore and some history.
Basic platforming and puzzle elements.
As you find pages you may also get voice recordings that play as you continue to explore.
In-game cutscenes, usually, you get them after doing a puzzle or hitting a lock, the cutscenes help navigate.
Awesome-looking locations.
It’s a game you can just get lost in, in a good way.
Upgrade your suit and unlock a limited jet pack.

Lifeless Moon Review Cons:

Cannot remap the controls.
You don’t get a tutorial or anything.
Just takes a while to get going and open up.
I found if you miss a cutscene or vital camera change then you can lose the thread.
Never sure when it’s saved.
The controls can get a bit clunky in places.