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Day 6 of posting an indie game I found that I think looks cool - Species: Unknown (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/games@lemmy.world
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Did you like Phasmaphobia but thought “maaan this would be cooler if it was in space, and it was kinda like Alien”? Enter Species: Unknown, a 1-4 player co-op survival horror where you enter a derelict ship, investigate the carnage, discover what alien murdered everything, and then try to get out alive.

This one is getting some praise and some momentum, just hitting 250K players. I’m definitely going to grab this when pay day rolls around with some friends - it looks great!

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[–] 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

They absolutely deserve the support.

Proximity chat is not in the game yet, and we're waiting for that before playing some more.

But these guys NAILED the Alien Isolation vibe.

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    • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Absolutely better than Phasmophobia. Phasmo is terribly designed. S:U is nicely paced, doesn't have a system of in-game information with gaping holes and outright lies, does have nice pacing, legible design, and has the potential to become even better. It's definitely a good group game if you have the right number of players.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

    Is a full party of 4 when it is at its best? I’ve got two other people interested so wondering how it goes with 2-3 as our schedules are a little misaligned 

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    3 seems fine. The balancing was tied into the number of deaths so more players will have more power to do things but fewer retries and, while 1 would be brutal or impossible, 2 would make it harder to complete certain actions but you'd have the revives to make a few mistakes and still come back as long as you have good teamwork.

    If only flamethrowers could be used to defeat the monster that is 'scheduling difficulties....'

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    • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Seems really well done for an indie game, congrats to their effort.

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    [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    Gave the demo a try a hot minute ago. It was very fun.

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