Agent_Karyo

I loved many of Bullfrog's games (Theme Hospital, Theme Park World, Syndicate/Syndicate Wars) and games like Dungeon Keeper, Populous, Magic Carpet are widely respected (I didn't get to play them back in the day).

The problem is that Peter Molyneux has arguably become a scammer.

Before even launching his previous "game", Legacy, he got £40 M selling virtual land where making real money was the key driver (the theory was you would rent to players who didn't join the pre-sale) .

It was a complete failure and the core gameplay was shit. Like playing an underbaked, extremely grindy mobile strategy game, but on PC. I played about an hour of it out of curiosity.

Molyneux claims money from Legacy is being used for Masters of Albion. That may not be as good of a thing as one would imagine (what he said can interpreted in different ways); as Masters of Albion looks and feels a lot like Legacy.

The trailer from last year does not inspire confidence.

Not to mention Molyneux's output over the past 15 years has been extremely underwhelming. His last game, Legacy, was crypto/NFT scam and I get the feeling Masters of Albion is largely based on Legacy as the product management and city management style look similar. I played Legacy for an hour (just for fun) and it was a terrible experience.

I think it's done well, with style and flair.

Noticed that as well (even though I didn't include it in the heading). :)

Fair point, I honestly didn't notice the idle tag.

The graphics and concept looked appealing and the highlight text or "About this game" text didn't mention anything about this being an incremental game.

Cheers!

That's not fully true, a decent amount of Steam games have zero DRM. It's not as convenient as the GOG installers, but you can make an archive of the installed game and run it again without Steam.

I say this as a long time user of GOG who tries to get games from them over Steam (when possible).

For sure, it does look like a very original experience. I am looking for something where you can exploring a system (or even multiple systems) and go scavenging missions, meet NPCs, do quests and so on.

A space RPG game with a big focus on space derelict scavenging.

Haven't played it, but Hardspace Shipbreaker looked very cool. I wish it was more of an open world experience with RPG elements (get to know more about the world).

Was wrong about the moon. My bad.

The mix of business/management simulation and the space exploration and search for life motifs are great.

I would argue Mars isn't that distant and it is highly likely Mars would continue to depend on Earth for specialized products (e.g. an EUV machine for semi-conductor fabrication).

Yeah, that sounds about right. Although it does a bit funny. :)