Eden Crafters

Great idea - but raw and ugly implemented. I kinda liked this game at first - it's really a combination of ideas from Satisfactory and Planet Crafter - and I liked it. But while I advanced in technologies my base grew very ugly - and I haven't found any convenient way to fix it - its just by design of the game. Also sometimes it lagged as hell (Satisfactory runs fine and way more beautiful). Production optimization is weak in middle/endgame - there's no normal way to transport things at large distances. Formally, there's a railroad, but... its almost not applicable in most cases. And game map is just empty - resource nodes and literally nothing more. In Planet Crafter or Satisfactory it was interesting to explore the map. In this game you go to different locations only to build something for a quest or exploit some single resource node - map is boring. I really wish this game was better, but seems like its a long road.

Note: the game is very early access at the time of review, and is actively being updated. Overall I quite like this game, though it does need more polish. It's vaguely reminiscent of Satisfactory but with the automation being to a purpose rather than the purpose itself. Pros: - Graphics are decent - The terraforming is well done - Multiple planets with differing challenges increases replayability - Being able to make belts and pipes infinitely long is nice Cons: - I came across numerous bugs, though none of them were game stopping - Belt and pipe placement cannot really be guided short of starting and stopping, and you can't change their heights either - The above means making a factory layout neat takes much longer than it should, with everything having to be placed and deleted numerous times before it lines up correctly - The difficulty in getting things laid out nicely and inability to change belt heights means making factories a mess of clipped belts is pretty much inevitable. T...

I've been playing the game since around 60 hours at the time of this review. I started as alternative to Satisfactory and Planet Builder after i finished a playthrough with them. I must say that I am pleasantly surprised with this game. It is all there - exploration, thrill of the new, automation, survival and the ability to stay glued to the screen just until the "next item is automated" :-). Of course, now it still requires some polish - mainly in the graphics area. Vortices are difficult to make look nice, but they can be shaped any way you like! What I like is the absolute host of new environments to "edenize". Also the ability to craft the terrain to look exactly like you need it to look using the various "cars" - that is really the terraforming part of any game should be. What a sight is to look at your factory among the trees and greenery from a starship high in the air on the background of high mountains and snowy peaks! Really brings home the satisfaction of terraforming. All...

At this point, I don't recommend it. It's a shallow version of Satisfactory mixed with The planet crafter. Everything here is a subpar copy of both. The only exception being the terrain tool. I will update my review if it gets better after EA.

Developers, when you finish the game

I absolutely love this game and highly recommend it. Just wish there was a gauge or some indicator on the map that would show you where the atmosphere and oceans are not 100% cleaned. Cleaning the atmosphere, greening up things and cleaning the oceans can be quite time consuming and repetitive.

This is one of those games that switches off HDR in Windows. You need to exit the game turn it off and back on to get HDR to come back on. I have run into a few other games that do that. Its so annoying no matter how good the game is i cant recommend it.

Kinda, you can spend a good 15-20 hrs fucking around with your buddies, but after you've completed most of the objectives it gets boring fast

Only 3 hours in at the moment, but this games has ticked every box for me regarding the open world chill builder. Satisfactory and Planet Crafter, had a baby and produced this. It is really really good, and I can imagine banging some serious hours into this. The only draw backs with this being an early access release, is that the game does have it's bugs..... When placing buildings and then you delete them it does ruin what was there before to some degree, but it's not a game spoiler. Also you do sink into the floor occasionally but apart from that its a good game. Really pleased with this purchase. If you like planet crafter or satisfactory, this game is for you!!

There's potential here. It's still very rough. Some fine control of layouts and less getting stuck in environments will help. But it's a marriage of Planet Crafters (very very much so), and logistics of Satisfactory. It might frustrate some right now with being just recently released in EA, but it's worth keeping an eye on.