Astro Colony

Have you ever dreamed of running your very own space factory? Well, you're in luck! Astro Colony is a game about building, managing and developing a thriving space colony, with a valiant attempt to integrate a massive suite of customization and unique potential. Could you be the next great astral businessman and lead your people to intergalactic profitability?

There's an evident love of both space and micromanagement sims here. As a result, Astro Colony isn't new to the scene but attempts to level up on the sci-fi city builders that we already have. Given the more immersive atmosphere that the game tries to bring, it does get a new angle of intrigue to titles of similar stature. Therefore, I'm excited to give it a whirl!

The Great Space Base

We'll start our insight into Astro Colony by outlining that there's a great ambition to bring a new sort of freedom to space development games. The project aims to get a more profound immersion into what it'd be like to live and manage a colony far away from our home planet. In many respects, the title achieves that objective. However, from plenty of angles, questions are asked.

Let's quickly comb through the mechanics to give Astro Colony some credit, where the building functionalities work pretty well, and the interfaces couldn't be more intuitive. The critical issue with the game is the delivery, where visuals and gameplay seem to be consistently disjointed. This note is to a point where it's not frustrating but downright laughable in certain respects.

Building up your colony is a joy. You can spend hours in a randomly generated biome curating the space factory of tomorrow. However, watching it work is like playing repeats of the Three Stooges with frames mission. Animations feel incomplete, with movements missing, and vehicles and workers seem to choose their path rather than the ones outlined.

We'll respect that the management and creation mechanics try to make the experience intuitive and entertaining. Still, Astro Colony loses that immersion factor with the lackluster visuals, mainly with the characters. The game could have used a more experienced graphical designer to make the environments more complete. Still, overall, players can enjoy what they have on the table.

Look, Ma, I'm on Top of the World!

Astro Colony, without question, is a more focused and immersive version of Factorio but lacks the gameplay refinement of the latter. The game could have been more timely, considering the inconsistencies in visuals and missing links between mechanics and their intended experience.

Round-Up - Pros & Cons

Pros:

• One of the more immersive space-building sims
• Excellent interface to build and manage assets
• Plenty of challenges to keeping your colony occupied

Cons:

• Automation and character AI seem whacky
• Visuals feel inconsistent
• Animations are jagged and incomplete