SteamWorld Build Review (PlayStation 5)

For this SteamWorld Build Review, we learn that in SteamWorld Build, you must escape a dying planet by building a mining town to dig up vital long-lost technology. Meet the ever-growing needs of your citizens, and trade resources, and defend your mine from the creatures that lurk below.

SteamWorld Build Review Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 1.32GB Download size.
• Platinum trophy.
• Controller settings – Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
• Graphics mode – performance and fidelity.
• Five locations to play in – Giddyup Gorge, Highroller Dunes, Grand Gully, Tumbleton, and Fossil Park.
• Four difficulties – sandbox, casual, balanced, and difficult.
• You can name your city.
• Game options – tutorials, story, and random minemap.
• Animated hand-drawn cutscenes along with in-game interactions.
• City builder gameplay.
• Save when you want.
• The beginning of the game serves as a tutorial as it has you doing a run of how it all works.
• Has all the charm of the previous Steam World games.
• It’s very accessible and quick to pick up mostly in part to the menu system.
• Workers can be upgraded to different tiers of workers allowing them to do different jobs.
• The finances chart will show what you are doing well in and what you are low in or losing money with.
• The train station plays a vital part as the train turns up periodically (you can see the timer) and with the train, you can trade items, and buy boosters and rubies from the ever-changing stock the train carries.
• Randomly over the game world little balls appear and clicking on them gives a random reward like materials or cash.
• Game speed button – normal and fast.
• As you build and fulfill tasks and requirements you level up your milestones which in turn unlocks new structures and opportunities for growth.
• The overworked is where all your workers and structures are built but you do have an underground mining network to set up and is in a lot of ways its own world type.
• Excellent voice work.
• The game runs really well.
• Full 3D camera control with zoom in and out along with full 360-degree rotation.
• Clicking on any building will show if they have any demands or fulfillment needs.
• Very addictive.
• In the mines, you have to build miner quarters for your dudes and you mark where you want them to mine.
• The game world planet is not stable so you have to place infrastructure pillars to keep it stable.
• Handy button to put a structure next to where it needs to go or if you started building something it would then tag onto it.
• The mining is highly addictive as the mine uncovers as you dig, certain miners can dig certain blocks and you can find resources and chests.
• Machines can be installed in the mine to automate production.
• When unstable the mine will shake and boulders will drop and break things, block routes, etc.
• Placing multiples of buildings, quarters or even roads is simple and easy to not only place but also manage and delete.
• A surprisingly accessible game.
• It’s a thing to behold when you watch your city come to life and see everyone going about their business.
• The way they have the menus, stats, and finances laid out makes it easier to manage and know what needs to be done.

SteamWorld Build Review Cons:

• Cannot rebind controls.
• So much to take in.
• The text on tutorial pop-ups is quite small.
• I never felt like I knew the science behind where to place pillars to stabilize the mines.
• Early on the game holds your hand so much that you have to follow this set path and cannot go off on your own.

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SteamWorld Build:

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Developer: The Station 

Publisher: Thunderful Games

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