![]() ![]() QTEs, overly simple puzzles and some platforming parts without real consequences turn Deliver Us the Moon into a lukewarm experience. If something breaks you that either you can fix it or that it was meant to happen that way. Even when your oxygen is depleting you just know that you will find an O2 canister soon enough. There is no unexpected turn of events, no big revelations and no real variety. Although alone you never really feel the thriller or the pressure in the game. Things don’t get better even later in the game since even John McLane is wittier and more brainiac than our hero (and at least he dies hard). Although a post-apocalyptic story, Deliver Us the Moon fails to explain even the emptiness of the very first level, where instead of a bustling engineering team you are met only by the howling wind. Every location of the game is completely deserted, and you need to wait for the video from the end of the game to see another human being. ![]() But beyond the fragrance of passion lies a game that cannot hide that was developed on a budget by people without too much know how.īeyond a robot that will follow you and be part of some very easy and basic puzzles you will encounter only rudimentary holograms in some points. The atmosphere of the game has the charm of a family vacation movie, that brings out the best memories. This is the moment when you enter the scene, a voiceless hero without any trace of a personality that got the main role in a game that feels like it was developed in your neighbor’s garage.Īlthough the story is as humdrum as they come, the passion of the developers can be felt with each step. Figuring out how to safely ship it to Earth, the scientists seem to have solved the energy crisis, but in 2054 the transmissions from the Moon came to an abrupt end.Īll seems to be lost until a brave soul has the chance to take a trip to the Moon and figure out the big picture. Thankfully the astronauts who left to the Moon did not just wee with their own eye that the rock we are hurling on in the infinity of space is round, but they also discovered a magic solution that would bankrupt even Tesla: Helium 3. Called a hoax by a small yet very vocal part of the population, this actual phenomenon turned the planet from the game into a huge desert. It paints a bleak picture of the near future, when humanity exhausted all its resources and it felt prey to the devastating effects of the global warming. There are a lot of strange things going on in the kitchen of an indie developer, and this is just another proof.Įven with the ending in place the story of the game cannot be called innovative, truly thrilling or even mildly immersive. ![]() If you did not follow the trajectory of this game it may sound weird, but yes, initially it was released without a proper ending. Just as the PS4 version, the PS5 release also includes the ending that was missing from the original game when it launched on PC. The result of a successful Kickstarter campaign, the game was developed by a handful of people and that can be felt in each and every aspect of the game. ![]() It was released in 2018 on PC and two years ago on PS4 but just the light needs a lot of time to reach Earth, so did the PS5 port play the waiting game with the fans. Is the adventure set on Earth’s only natural satellite worth the rocket fuel or is this indie title better left on the dark side? Read on to find out.ĭeliver Us the Moon can by no means be considered a new game. The Sci-Fi thriller developed by KeokeN Interactive has finally landed on the current-gen consoles as well, giving us another shot at deciphering puzzles from the comfort of our couches. Be an astronaut, be a hero, save mankind by solving the global energy crisis. ![]()
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