RECOG The First Wave

This actually takes the cake for worst not-even-game I've ever briefly tried to play. I played Dwarf Fortress for years. I'm not of the faint of heart. This interface is *terrible*. The videos that are excused as a tutorial -- that you can only find linked defensively in a release notes update of "oh yes there are turotials you must be mistaken!!111!" -- are almost unbearable: they are both paced horribly, full of fluff, in absolutely no order that makes sense for what you need to do as a beginner... there's more time spent badly voice acting about the incoming threat than there is *teaching the damn game*. The 3d view can only be used at 8 angles. Why? They're all on the same inclination, by the way, and it's the absolute worst one for viewing 3dimensional objects. Hope you enjoy that, I guess? The UI doesn't even *try* to raycast to put your machines in the correct place when you hover over the side of another object. The select boxes for bulk operations like "pick up these...

As released, I can't recommend this game. There's a couple impactful things that are stopping me from giving it a thumbs up. 1. Lack of a tutorial. I feel like "it's a complex game" shouldn't excuse lack of any in-game orientation for new players. All this game does is tell you to go to youtube and watch the training videos... but these are hard to follow due to the narrator's slightly-off spoken English coupled with the attempt to mimic a hammy military drill instructor doing a standup comedy routine while trying to train you on what the many different parts of the game are and how they tie together. 2. Lack of background processing? I'm not sure what it is, but when I hit quick load and happen to switch to a different application, say, to type a review, the loading process seems to just pause. Dwarf Fortress is a complex game, yet can load a save file while not running as a foreground window. Little things like frame rate drops every time I mouse over a unit make me think th...

LAVA. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE. CAVES. RESOURCES. INDUSTRY. VERY IMPRESSED! Games like this make me really hate having a job because it takes time to play. In the months I've owned this game, it has undergone MASSIVE changes based *entirely* on user feedback. I would hardly recognize the earlier release. The U/I feels pretty comfortable now, so the reviews about the 8 view angles/fixed incline are obsolete. There is an odd quirk with the engine that makes it hard to click buttons sometimes. Also building stuff in the early game now requires significantly less clicking than some reviews suggest. The object is actually to automate, but similar to games like Factoro/fortresscraft you have to do a little manual labor at first. The units taking damage going through debris is just a part of the game... you have to actually remove debris as you dig otherwise it'll pile up and kill your digger. There is an editor now that lets you experiment with the building components—this is critical. ...

I know this game is described as "not for everyone", but getting started is extremely frustrating. I'm not expecting a full tutorial, but a tiny bit of hand-holding would be appreciated at the very start.

Caveat: Haven't played the game to completion but wanted to still throw a quick review on the books. I'm ~30 hours in. It's got a very large learning curve with ZERO in game hand holding (you need to watch a good amount of tutorial videos to get started), and the UI is clunky before getting used to it. The best comparison with how this game plays is vanilla dwarf fortress (no therapist, dfhack, addons) The positive side is that this is a game built from passion, like dwarf fortress, it's not a cash grab or one-and-done type deal. It's a very original idea with original execution that both the developers and players will shape into what works best for this game type. I feel that needs to be commended in this gaming climate full of loot boxes and 'has-something-for-everyone' type games. It will be a breath of very fresh air if you are willing to put in the effort. Another major plus for me is the developers are active real-time. The game is completed, but still has areas that will co...

I liked what I was seeing online, and I feel the game has great potential. Decided I'd wait till some updates came out before putting in the time to get my hands dirty. One year in, and no updates. Very disappointed. *someone* will love this game, but I have to admit it is not here. Time for a price drop, if you're not going to support it!

in its current stage i cannot reccomend this game im genuanly excited about the game concept but the only form of tutorial is the "RECOG The First Wave : Informal" youtube series its essensialy a youtube lets play with a developer. the game seems to focus more on lore and emersion rather useful help tools

Well, I took the time and actually watched the first 20 lessons and practiced the basic foundations of setting my industry and assemble basic military drones and research and development. Now its getting a little more advanced. i'm realizing now theirs so much more I can do. I've only scratched the surface. I will leave a more detailed review once i have a full understanding of the game. I definitely recommend it. You Need to Watch Tutorials In Order To Understand How To Play.

Recog is a rather fun game though, not without it's flaws. I like the strategy/industry focus in the game it makes for a good goal, staying alive. The game as mentioned by the developers is hard and it is but, it is just hard not infuriating if you lose you can go back to an earlier save and try again not all is lost and you have all the time in the work to retry. The game has interesting content but, as far as a tutorial the videos online and the wiki don't answer all the questions a new player might have. I think that the game is still new and needs to develop more but, has alot of potential. Do not buy the game later if you are planning on doing so buy it now to help develop the game but, only if you a certain you will get it later. I would rate this game 8/10.

**Game seems dead -- Beware** Old review below - Considering that there are no reviews, I'll go ahead and give some first impressions. I've played for 6.1 hours as of this writing. The first 15 minutes was spent checking out the game without watching the dev's tutorials. After 15 minutes, I realized that I'll have to watch the tutorials. The last 5.75 hours were spent following the youtube videos and building along. This game is deep, there's a lot to learn. It's kind of like if Dwarf Fortress and FortressCraft Evolved or Factorio had a baby. It's very tactical. You will pause a lot while you set excavation, building and logistics up. The battles so far are also tactical, in that you'll have to figure out placement as much as firepower to get the advantage, the AI doesn't mess around. There are hoppers (storage units), factories (depositories), etc and also waves of enemies. You'll set up power generation and routing. It's very well documented in the game, every componen...