Submitted 20 hours ago by hellerphant@piefed.social to games@lemmy.world
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2747330/Species_Unknown/
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!
They absolutely deserve the support.
Proximity chat is not in the game yet, and we’re waiting for thay before playing some more.
But these guys NAILED the Alien Isolation vibe.
That’s awesome to hear. I’m planning to get some time with it next week and write something up specifically about it for the newsletter!
Day 6! Love these indie discovery posts. Species: Unknown looks intriguing — added to my watch list.
Gave the demo a try a hot minute ago. It was very fun.
Seems really well done for an indie game, congrats to their effort.
Sunsofold@lemmings.world 6 hours ago
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.
hellerphant@piefed.social 6 hours ago
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
Sunsofold@lemmings.world 5 hours 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…’