The first task when building a base is to build an oxygen supply, following it up with a food, water and power source in order to get the bare minimum your crew needs up and running. Something I had the pleasure of finding out on numerous occasions. However, what isnвЂ™t explained to you very well, even in the tutorial, is just how brutally tough this task is, and how just one mistake can leave your entire colony in tatters. You are then tasked with building a self-sufficient base that can sustain the life of your crew, produce new resources, and eventually become a home for your new found colony. On board your ship is a limited quantity of supplies вЂ“ food, medical wares and building materials. Things begin with your crew of seven base builders arriving via a drop ship, along with two drones that help out with the various tasks, such as building and carrying. At least thatвЂ™s what the menu states, because IвЂ™ve seriously struggled to reach the latter planets, quite simply due to nothing more than the unforgiving and harsh nature of the game. But even then, youвЂ™re probably going to be in for a rather difficult ride.Д®ach game drops you on one of four planets, each of which increase hugely in difficulty. There is also an optional tutorial on the main menu, for those who want to get familiar with how things work, and as someone who found the overall experience rather challenging, IвЂ™d recommend doing this no matter what. Both are pretty identical though, with the only real difference being that challenge mode throws specific scenarios at you straight away, rather than letting you arrive at them in your own time as you expand your base.

There are a couple of ways to play Planetbase the basic game and then the challenge mode. Of course, thereвЂ™s much more to it than that though, and anyone looking for a relaxing interstellar colonisation title will quickly find themselves being chewed up and spat out by the unforgiving difficulty of Planetbase. In fact, itвЂ™s so much to the point that the title alone gives you everything you can be expecting to do in the game вЂ“ build bases on distant planets. The basic premise to Planetbase is rather simple and to the point. Hawking himself comes knocking for some top ideas. So, with my plan in hand I decided to jump in and put it into action вЂ“ to test how well I could survive, just in case Mr. That question is put to you in Planetbase, one of the latest indie titles to touch down on the Xbox Store.

Planetbase review