Aven Colony
Discover Aven Prime – an alien planet of deserts, tundras, and wetlands light years from earth. Build your colonies into massive, sprawling cities whilst dealing with the challenges faced when settling on a new world. COLONIZE AN ALIEN WORLD: Build a new home for humanity on a world with low-oxygen, electrical storms and many more perilous environments! MEET THE LOCALS: Encounter a variety of alien life forms. SUPERVISE YOUR COLONY: Provide jobs, health care, entertainment, food and policing to win your colonists favour in the elections DISCOVER THE PAST: A full single-player campaign that reveals the many secrets of this brave new world EXPEDITION SYSTEM: Deploy your team to explore ruins, recover artifacts, and rescue lost explorers BUILD THE FUTURE: Use construction drones to build homes, grow food, mine ore, research and much more!
Steam User 26
As a city-building enthusiast, "Aven Colony" immediately piqued my interest with its sci-fi spin on the genre. Here's my take on this space colonization adventure, detailing both its strengths and weaknesses.
Pros:
Sci-Fi Aesthetics: "Aven Colony" boasts stunning sci-fi visuals that immerse you in an otherworldly experience. The futuristic landscapes and alien flora are a visual treat, making every moment spent in the colony a visual delight.
Unique Setting: Unlike traditional city builders, "Aven Colony" takes place on an alien planet, giving you the exciting challenge of dealing with extraterrestrial elements. This unique setting adds a refreshing twist to the gameplay.
Varied Environments: The game features diverse environments, from arid deserts to frozen tundras, each with its set of challenges. This variety keeps the gameplay engaging and ensures no two colonies are the same.
Depth of Management: "Aven Colony" provides a deep management experience. You'll need to consider factors like air quality, temperature, and alien threats, adding complexity and strategic depth.
Scenarios and Objectives: The game offers a range of scenarios and objectives, giving you a sense of purpose and progression. It's not just about building a city; it's about thriving under unique circumstances.
Cons:
Steep Learning Curve: For newcomers to the city-building genre, "Aven Colony" can be overwhelming. It introduces numerous complex mechanics and challenges without always providing clear guidance.
Limited Replayability: Once you've completed the various scenarios, replayability can be limited. The absence of a sandbox mode may leave you wanting more creative freedom.
Performance Issues: On some systems, "Aven Colony" may face performance issues, including occasional lag or crashes. This can be frustrating, especially when you're deeply invested in your colony.
In conclusion, "Aven Colony" successfully blends traditional city-building mechanics with a captivating sci-fi setting. Its striking visuals and unique challenges offer a refreshing take on the genre. However, the steep learning curve and limited replayability may deter some players. With more guidance for newcomers and additional content, "Aven Colony" has the potential to be a stellar choice for fans of city-building and sci-fi genres.
Como entusiasta de la construcción de ciudades, "Aven Colony" despertó inmediatamente mi interés con su enfoque de ciencia ficción en el género. Aquí tienes mi opinión sobre esta aventura de colonización espacial, detallando tanto sus fortalezas como sus debilidades.
Pros:
Estética de Ciencia Ficción: "Aven Colony" presume de impresionantes visuales de ciencia ficción que te sumergen en una experiencia fuera de este mundo. Los paisajes futuristas y la flora alienígena son un deleite visual, haciendo que cada momento en la colonia sea un placer para la vista.
Ambiente Único: A diferencia de los constructores de ciudades tradicionales, "Aven Colony" tiene lugar en un planeta alienígena, lo que te plantea el emocionante desafío de lidiar con elementos extraterrestres. Este entorno único añade un giro refrescante a la jugabilidad.
Entornos Variados: El juego presenta diversos entornos, desde desiertos áridos hasta tundras congeladas, cada uno con su conjunto de desafíos. Esta variedad mantiene la jugabilidad atractiva y garantiza que no haya dos colonias iguales.
Profundidad de la Gestión: "Aven Colony" proporciona una experiencia de gestión profunda. Deberás considerar factores como la calidad del aire, la temperatura y las amenazas alienígenas, lo que agrega complejidad y profundidad estratégica.
Escenarios y Objetivos: El juego ofrece una variedad de escenarios y objetivos, lo que te brinda un sentido de propósito y progresión. No se trata solo de construir una ciudad; se trata de prosperar en circunstancias únicas.
Contras:
Curva de Aprendizaje Pronunciada: Para los recién llegados al género de construcción de ciudades, "Aven Colony" puede resultar abrumador. Introduce numerosas mecánicas y desafíos complejos sin proporcionar siempre una guía clara.
Rejugabilidad Limitada: Una vez que has completado los diversos escenarios, la rejugabilidad puede ser limitada. La ausencia de un modo sandbox puede dejarte deseando más libertad creativa.
Problemas de Rendimiento: En algunos sistemas, "Aven Colony" puede enfrentar problemas de rendimiento, como retrasos ocasionales o bloqueos. Esto puede resultar frustrante, especialmente cuando estás profundamente involucrado en tu colonia.
En conclusión, "Aven Colony" combina con éxito las mecánicas de construcción de ciudades tradicionales con un cautivador entorno de ciencia ficción. Sus impresionantes visuales y desafíos únicos ofrecen un enfoque refrescante en el género. Sin embargo, la pronunciada curva de aprendizaje y la rejugabilidad limitada pueden disuadir a algunos jugadores. Con más orientación para los recién llegados y contenido adicional, "Aven Colony" tiene el potencial de ser una elección sobresaliente para los fanáticos de los géneros de construcción de ciudades y ciencia ficción.
Steam User 8
It is OK. I would give it a 70 to 75
it is a little long in the tooth
But considering its age, I think it is a challenging, mission driven game that is pretty balanced.
Compared to something like Planetbase, this game is a bit more clicky, in that you have to stay on top of a lot of things. Almost micromanagement, mostly because there is no auto repair on the buildings. But getting production, lifestyle, research, and survival balance it tricky and it changes over time and based on the environment.
Some regions are mineral poor so you have to go agrarian and trade for metals, other places are arctic, so you trade metals and energy for food...
Very good management game, not great, but very good.
Steam User 6
Grab it on sale and you'll absolutely get your money's worth. It's a fun a chill city builder (totally worth the $7 I paid), but it's also pretty short for the genre with limited replay value. Other noteable drawbacks:
-Lack of optimization. This 8 year old game will still start to stutter on a brand new, high end machine once your colony gets big enough.
-Buildings and features that feel useless outside of mission objectives.
-Elements that feel unfinished. The research tree is very limited and doesn't do anything to improve buildings (there's really no point in building wind farms without a way to improve their output and the resource loss from the laser mines more than negates their faster speed. The inability to improve the range or performance on any buildings is frustrating).
-The story feels like it's building a solid world and starting to go somewhere and then it just... ends.
All in all, it's fun for a few hours but ultimately feels half finished.
Steam User 5
TL;DR: If you like colony-builders, then I expect you'd like this.
It's a city-builder. More correctly, it's a colony-builder. The game takes place on an alien world. You're not going to be building a metropolis like you would in, say, Sim City. I don't recall ever developing for more than about 1,500 people during the campaign, and it was often much less than that. This was all during the campaign, and I have not played maps outside of the campaign yet; I suppose you could potentially develop for maybe 5-6k people but this is pure speculation on my part.
My only real complaint is the length of the campaign. I felt there could have been at least a few more levels. There are maps that you can play that are not part of the campaign.
The campaign itself was fun, albeit rather difficult at times. It seemed like after the first level or two, the game basically tested your ability to develop a colony while being unable to work with certain aspects. For example, one of the maps has it so you can't produce earth crops, only the alien crops, which makes food production much more difficult. It should be noted that alien crops can be used in food production to an extent, but unlike earth crops this requires extra infrastructure.
There are several difficulty settings. I completed the campaign on Normal. One of the achievements, of which I've earned them all, calls for completing one of the campaign levels on the highest difficulty. It was difficult, but I don't think it was unreasonably difficult.
There's no actual military aspect to speak of. However, you can build cannons to protect your structures and people from various hazards.
Each campaign level calls for a certain number of objectives to be completed. It is possible to complete these out of order and get credit for them. I found it's not always a good idea to do the current displayed objective, but your mileage may vary.
An in-game tutorial is available and I recommend developing an understanding of what it has to offer before commencing with the campaign.
Steam User 5
I bought this on sale seven years after its initial release, so I am satisfied with my purchase. It lacks depth, and I'm not sure how replayable it will be (I have only played the campaigns), but it is a fun twist to city and colony builders. And I like the science-fiction element it brings to the genre. It doesn't rank amongst my favourites, but it is a nice addition to my city, colony, empire, etc. building game collection. I'd say it's a 6–7/10 for me.
Steam User 4
Just started and in the process of the training sessions and I have to say this game has got to have the very best instructional modules I've seen in a game for several decades of gaming. Incredible. And I know most games nowadays don't even come with a manual which is sad. I suppose I'm just an old school gamer from several years ago but this game is really fun and interesting. Hopefully I'll come back and give it an even better review but if you want a relaxing ambient break from other titles? This is a good choice. I only wish I had seen it when it was released back in 2017. Pick it up. I doubt you'll be disappointed at all.
Steam User 3
Its a really nice chill sci-fi sim city type thing. Beautifully done and gets the sci-fi creative juices flowing.