Xbox One User Reviews

This game is proof that **** runs, isn't controversial, and performs basic functions-- if it's a game, basically-- it gets lukewarm positive reviews. Surviving the Aftermath is not fun. Production bottlenecks happen all the time, colonists get sick and there's nothing you can do about it, and the win condition involves watching numbers slowly increase. StA is not well made. There's two maps, neither one has a minimap. The colony is most easily monitored and navigated by a list of buildings in a spreadsheet. It has a major bug that required modifying settings and a reinstall. The art is generic. The player is notified every time a colonist stubs his or her toe, but not when victory progress is halted. StA is not original, either. There is nothing in this game somebody who plays city building games hasn't seen before. Enemies are dressed up like 1970s punk rockers, because they couldn't think of another movie to rip off than Mad Max. Speaking of Mad Max, the player can build something called the Stormdome, which probably would've caused legal issues if anybody thought this mutt made enough money to sue over. The only reason I didn't give it a zero is because it did indeed run and it did indeed function. It's a game, and that's worth a 2 in my book but certainly not the 6s and 7s the pro critics gave it.