ColdRidge

"You don't get any freedom to explore or any room to make your own decisions. All you do is figure out the optimal route to fulfil your contracts." That pretty much sums it up. Not for me. 4/10.

This is such a clever game. Very rewarding strategic decisions without an overwhelming rule set. The only downside is that the dialogue in the story is a bit cringey, even though I did enjoy the overall story arc.

I picked this game up on a sale because it had an interesting aesthetic and I'm so glad I got it cheap. This game is miserable. ColdRidge is hardly a "game" at all. More like a guessing game, really. Each level presents you with missions to acquire a certain amount of resources scattered about on a grid. You are given very few turns per level, a handful of moves per turn, and you can't see the entire grid at the start of each round. This results in the player being forced to simply guess where to go to try to meet the objective. Guess incorrectly and you fail the mission. That's it. Total garbage. There is no strategy to this "game" as you have no idea what is ahead of you and no real way to make up for past mistakes. It's slow and frustrating. To top it off the voice acting is just awful. I don't see how anyone could get any fun out of this. Don't buy this game. This is honestly one of the worst things I've ever bought on Steam.