What can i say about this game. Initially i thoguht, Meh, 3d makeover of minecraft + Space. Sure why not try it out. Now, i bought this game before they had the ability to make pre-designed ships and bases. And at the time i thought it was a pretty good game, but i just couldn't make a base or ship that really worked well with the game, i. e. was good at combat with drones and enemy bases. So i put it down and went on my way thinking maybe it will get easier. I picked it up this weekend, and now that there is a factory you can smash bulk resources into to generate a pre-designed structure, I literally spent 24 of my 48 hour weekend in this game. that's almost half of what i've put into the game in total (so far) and i'm still only at the just got warp jump stage. so theres another 8+ planets and moons to explore.

the only, ONLY thing that i didn't like about this game was the fact that saves get wiped when updates come out. But it's an early access game, so i can't complain too much, Plus i don't even know if thats a thing anymore, i just saw that all my previous saves got wiped when i started it up this weekend.

on a side note, if you're playing this game, and you have somewhere to be (bed, work, date [lolz]) set and alarm or three. you will lose all track of time playing this game getting resources, taking over bases, and avoiding the super scary if not all that dangerous night creatures.

Really impressed so far with this early access game. If anyone is wondering, It is a mining/building/survival game in the genre inspired by Minecraft. Unlike Minecraft, the graphics are not entirely based on cubes. When you dig, the scenery deforms very cleverly. This seems to be what Starforge promised but failed to deliver on.

Gameplay:

You begin on a choice of 2 planets. Easy (breathable atmosphere) and hard (not). All new players should do the tutorial as it is excellent. At this point I am not sure how starting difficulty affects gameplay apart from having to craft oxygen. You get a few basics to get you started from your escape pod you land in. The gathering of resources to process is fun and very accessible. It only took a few hours of gameplay before I felt I was getting somewhere. Animals that attack you on the planet are manageable and drop useful food and supplies. You can build Hover Vessels, Small Vessels and Capital Vessels, the last two of these are capable of flying in space. All are fairly easy to build but can be a challenge to maintain, you need to leave access to all major systems to repair them if damaged as there is no "repair all" function as far as I can see. Be careful not to flip your hover vessel as it is occassionally hard to put it right. Flying controls are fairly easy to master, although landing can be a bit tricky at first. At the moment I am building a capital ship. This will let me warp to other planetary systems where I can find the trickier to find resources. Navigation on planets cann e a bbit of a pain as there is no "lock destination" feature on the map to allow you to set a waypoint so you will find yourself opening and closing the map a lot when travelling at speed. For me, the objective is to destroy all the "Epsilon" structures (or steal them). These are on planets and seem to be the bad guys who will shoot you for passing by. Combat is something I cannot comment on much - I tend to avoid it in survival games as much as possible - but I am getting ♥♥♥♥♥♥ off by Epsilon... Apart from that, it seems that this is a true sandbox.

Graphics

Graphics are good and building gives suitably satisfying results. Obviously, the more content on screen, the slower performance gets. My PC is 7 years old though, 4 GIG RAM and Radeon 4850 card so Im pretty out of date. Wanndering through the forest at night is great. Trying to land a ship at night isn't. They also have put up forcefields on the poles of the planets as these areas do not work yet for whatever technical reasons. Flying down to planets is done fairly seamlessly with some nnice atmospheric effects.

Sound

Again, good. The music is very atmospheric and doesn't get irritating. Weapon sounds could be better.

Overall: 9/10

This Game Is Amazing I Feel Like Its Gonna Be A Very Amazing Game If They Keep Up The Work!

EGS has the survival elements of ARK, Fragmented, and GRAV with a hint of theHunter:Primal. All of which are games that I've spent considerable time playing and enjoy. Add to that the elements of spacecraft design, crafting, interplanetary exploration, alien advesaries, robotic enemy drone gunships, and heavily defended alien bases and outposts full of great loot. Now I'm seeing that they'll soon be adding dirt bikes into the mix as part of the 1 Year Anniversay Update. Obviously there's nothing to like about this game. Do yourself a favor and save your money ... ;)

I received this game for free in return of my unbiased review
There is fun to be had with this game.
Empyrion: Galactic Survival is a game developed by Eleon Game Studios on August 4, 2015. EGS is a small team of indie developers, and what they accomplished with Empyrion is pretty interesting. It amazes me how young the game is, yet the amount of things to do and objects in the game are much more diverse than most games with twice the team. I’m not going to hide the fact that this game was most likely inspired by another space exploration game like No Man’s Sky or Space Engineers. Nevertheless, inspiration is a good thing, and Empyrion is its own game in more ways than one.
Menu navigation is great, especially in-game. Everything is organized and if you don’t know what to do or how to do something, it’s fairly easy to figure out. Empyrion merges the best of survival games, Minecraft, and space exploration games. The land itself is far from the (In my opinion) unappealing, blocky look. Yet, you can craft your own ships, bases, and basically anything you can imagine. The crafting system is intuitive and efficient, you’ll know what I mean if you play it. Space is absolutely beautiful! Flying through space was such a neat experience. Two things they need to fix, regarding space gameplay. They should tweak the no gravity/ drone controls. It’s hard to explain this, but they stay the same angle you were facing before (as in they don’t level out after flipping over or turning.) I know I probably explained that horribly, you just have to try it for yourself to understand. Also, the transition from entering and exiting planets isn’t very smooth. Maybe some intense clouds or dust to hide the rendering process? As for on foot gameplay, it needs a few improvements. A few things I noticed that I’m sure the developers will get around to fixing. For starters, animation needs a makeover. There are no reload animations whatsoever, the sprint animation looks…odd. When you sprint with a pistol, your hand ever-so-slightly bobs while your gun bobs much harder and faster, making it clip into your hand. Also, after seeing the drill (the drill animations are great!), I was pretty disappointed with the chainsaw. It doesn’t turn the direction you would normally use to cut a tree and it doesn’t even seem to touch the tree. When a tree falls, it just disappears, leaving a neatly bundled pile of logs for you. I’d recommend taking a page from Rust’s or The Forest’s book and make some sort of falling tree effect. I also noticed you can clip into almost any animal or enemy. Speaking of enemies, combat is lacking. I often find myself on a tall structure shooting an enemy as it mindlessly runs into the wall. Maybe melee weapons would also be a good thing to add. The sounds are great and immersive, but the music should only be on during the menu. The music just muffles the beautiful sound you have managed to put in the game. I immediately muted the music, and noticed all kinds of birds chirping, what seemed to be monkeys, and all kinds of things I wouldn’t be able to hear because of the music. Remember, this game has only been out for a year, and is in Early Access. I feel that Empyrion is a good example of what Early Access means. Early Access has lost its meaning on Steam because it’s become a place for developers to ask full price for their far from finished game, then just abandon everyone with a half done game. Empyrion: Galactic Survival is one of the few games that use the Early Access title correctly. Eleon Game Studios is still releasing patches and updates. To wrap it up, the game is fun, but needs a LOT of improvements.
The graphics are impressive. I personally kept the settings on “BEST”, the most graphical intense settings. . Maybe add a slider for how far the trees and grass render, because I think there are plenty of systems that could manage to do more than Epyrion challenges.
This is a weird one. I stayed at about 40 frames doing normal activities, 30 when digging, and about 50 in space. The weird part were the frame drops. Like, every 10 seconds I would drop to <10 FPS. I’m not sure if it was the game’s fault or my fault. If it is in fact the game, it should be top priority for EGS to fix this.
I had no crashes, and only had one graphical glitch. It seemed the vines that were supposed to be hanging from trees were by themselves. I have an image attached here.
So, Here I am, plummeting from outer space in my claustrophobic emergency escape pod. I don’t remember what happened before now, but I do know I need to act fast. I start to steer towards the nearest body of water. Sadly, I don’t make it and slam in to the hard, rocky soil. I manage to get out of my escape pod, and look at my surroundings. I saw lush forests, huge dinosaurs, giant mountains, and beautiful lakes. I take my helmet off to conserve oxygen. I take a breath of fresh air and start to collect some resources. It begins to get dark so I turn on the flash light I found in my escape pod. The dinosaurs seem to be getting braver and coming closer to my small settlement. I decide it’s time to hunt for meat, and shoot the least intimidating dinosaur I could fine. Day 2, I have an emergency oxygen generator, but not enough iron to build a shelter. I look on my map, and prepare for a long journey. I begin walking in the general direction of the iron ore when suddenly, gun shots! The bullets spray all over the ground around me. I burst in to a sprint and pull out my assault rifle. I take aim toward the drone that was shooting at me and open fire. Suddenly, it explodes! I go to the crash site and collect the resources I could scavenge off of the drone. I continue towards the iron until I finally find it. I begin to dig downward to the iron. I collect a large amount and use my jetpack to escape the massive crater I just dug out. I begin to traverse back to my settlement. Quite a few days past, and I have a base that meets my basic needs, a hovercraft, and a small vessel. Finally, time to explore the outer space!

In conclusion, there is fun to be had with Empyrion: Galactic Survival, but you must be understanding that this game is in early access. If Eleon Game Studios continue to update and repair the game, as they have been, then it is worth buying.
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After 1 year of X2 then 3 years of non-stop Minecraft, this is my replacement game that combines both. 24hrs of gameplay in and i have a solid base, weapons, food, equipment and hunting drones for parts.

It's grindy but good grindy - everything has a purpose. Love it.

1, Builded Small vessel
2, equiped it with rocket launchers
3, tryed to destroy alien base
4, than i realize there was like 25 plazma turrets
5, only 2 blocks of my vessel left
6, trooprs came and finished me

11/10 would try to destroy alien base again

i recommend this game can't wight for what the next update hope it's something cool like worker drones that would be cool

this game sucks ♥♥♥

love this game. me and my buddy have been having a blast with it. he has loved it since day one. i myself have just started about a week ago. coming from space engineers this games flight is much more fun and able. ive actually landed on the moon and such haha. its super fun downloading the awesome work off the workshop like the star wars stuff and i even just finished building my very own Serenity! and its to scale and all. loving it.