PLANET ALPHA

To be honest, it left me feeling a little disappointed.
Sure, there are moments where it shines, where you're just like, "Wow, this is beautiful." But then there are other times where it's like they forgot to turn on the lights or something. The art style? Yeah, it's all over the place. One minute it's stunning, the next it's like a jumbled mess that gives you a headache trying to figure out what's important and what's just background noise.
And don't even get me started on the gameplay. You know that game "Inside"? Yeah, it feels like they tried to copy that formula but missed the mark by a mile. It's clunky, it's rough around the edges, and some of those stealth sections? Let's just say there's a lot of trial and error involved.
Now, as for the story... well, let's just say it's no "Inside." The pacing? Sure, it's similar. The vagueness? Check. But when it comes to depth and profundity? Yeah, it's sorely lacking. None of it really grabbed me, and don't even get me started on those goofy robots.
So yeah, it's an okay game, I guess. But if you're expecting something that'll blow your mind like "Inside" did, you might want to look elsewhere.

This is a great 2D puzzle game with some pretty amazing art. You definitely have to make sure you are constantly looking in the background or you will miss something. The only negative thing i have to say about this game as there are still a few bugs here and there that need to be worked out. otherwise, highly recommend

took me longer than it should have to finish this game but thats a skill issue.
10/10 !! fun puzzles, visually beautiful even though the creatures sounded like my tummy when i dont got my snacks xD i reallly reallly enjoyed this game that i had to replay some chapters just to get all the achievement and im glad i did because the ending was different. also i wonder if the world/story is just Spacecore limbo

I give this game a rank C (60-65%)
Okay game - not bad but you can skip it or try on sale.
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I give Planet Alpha around 62%: it is definitely not a bad game, but there is a reason why this game barely has 68% on Steam, and why the small team did not do anything much after it. It feels like it was full of good ideas, but final realisation is just mediocre. Actually, there are several reasons!
If you know and/or like games like Limbo/Inside, you KNOW what to expect, and that is the very first problem with Planet Alpha: nothing new here, just a gameplay we already saw before, and which is not a very engaging gameplay in the first place. Very casual platformer, of "keep going right or left, jump if you are stuck, move that block here to jump on that platform, avoid the enemies, just run away". That's about it. They try introducing a new mechanism halfway of "changing the time", but as it is just using L and R buttons to modify the environment, it does not add any depth to the whole thing really. They even mostly let it go towards the end...
The tag "walking simulator" could almost be applied to this game, as this 2.5D scroller is very forward, and almost plays by itself. Very casual, very easy: you can ram through most of the platform sequences, most of the time it will be okay. You may die once or twice each time, but it could be from a bug, clunky physics or simple awkward game play. The puzzles are elementary, the platform boring...
...so what's left? why giving this game 62% and not 30%? I think the art direction in Planet Alpha was very good. It really wanted to tell a story, it tried many camera angles, many narrative features, and also many changes of scenery, colors and lights which were, in the end, very pleasant. I am not a big fan of flat tessellation, so I am not entirely sold on the look of Planet Alpha (for me, it also feels very generic, very abstract, very deja vu), but I can't help admiring the scenery: huge, colorful planet, full of life, buzzing fauna and flora, lush nature, hostile yet mesmerizing environment. Then antagonistic, retro sci-fi enemies, so cool looking and scary. Very alien technology. Lots, lots has been done in Planet Alpha to give it a LOOK and a LORE that are attractive. And the music by Barnhoorn is always a pleasure, this guy deserves to be called for so many better projects.
So in the end, you get a not attractive "game", in an attractive "environment". A mediocre content in a good container, so on average 62% is sadly what it deserves. Around 6 hours to finish, probably a few more to get the 100% ending. I would have wanted to do it, but the gameplay is just too boring. I reckon most people will forget this game - but if you love Limbo-like games, buy it on sale? it is still a unique one in that category, and I would have wanted a better game within the same universe.
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This is great value for money. Fun game, very well done graphics. The beginning was a bit odd and there was a little bug with screen dimensions, but ez to fix and get past. I think it's one of the better under $10 games i've played.

For being such a short game (4 hours) it was incredibly beautiful. Not very difficult, with only a few mechanics used throughout, but each puzzle still managed to feel rewarding. Would recommend. (Side note: this game crashed every time I started playing for a small amount. There is a fix for newer CPU versions to be able to run it in the discussions that worked for me)

Not too difficult but has some frustrating moments, a few times, the precision moving out of danger has to be almost perfect, I died plenty of times, even once and reached the next checkpoint, enemy attack while airborne, enjoyable at times a few level designs were pretty cool to figure out and keeps you on your toes where the action is.