Quick Look: Infinite Space

" Only on Giant Bomb will you find people bitching about the long ass video content they get for free."

When i first got on this site i loved the quicklooks because i found that they had a semblance of what was going on in the game. Lately however, i've gotten bored of them and i can't find the reason why. I understand that it's funny to not know what you're doing but there's a point where it's too over the top. It would be so much better that they played a game for a while so they know what they're doing and what the game is. 

The space is infinite. My interest in this game however... is not.

the battle system sorta reminds me of Ring of Red for the PS2. Anyone ever play that?

Looks really good, but I wish I had the patience for RPG's like I had years ago.  I may end up picking this up on a whim.

thats the second most space i have ever seen.

" I find this odd ass debate about reading the manual  just plain odd. The whole point of of a quick look is to show you, very quickly, what the game is like, not a developer walk-through. Frankly, I'm glad the crew did a quick look of Sega's recent RPG offerings. Because if left to Sega, none of these RPGs would have seen the light of day in North America because WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND RELEASES THEIR RPGS IN THE SAME MONTH LET ALONE WEEKS OF WITHIN FINAL FANTASY XIII? "

" "Nude Maker?" "

" @RVonE said:

" Only on Giant Bomb will you find people bitching about the long ass video content they get for free."

That we get for free yet. This is exactly the kind of feature they could charge for in the long run. "

I don't necessarily agree with the criticism on QL but to say "DONT CRITICIZE FREE CONTENT" is dumb. Constructive criticism is what helps these guys get better at their craft. They have a comment section for a reason, I seriously doubt people on the internet hurt Jeff or anyone at giantbomb's feelings. They are big boys I am sure they can decipher good criticism from bad.

I don't know what everyone is whining about. Jeff and Ryan gave the game some exposure and they seemed to like it. The mechanics confused them and they didn't quite grasp all the subtleties, but we got an honest view of the game from two experienced reviewers. More importantly, they seemed to enjoy it despite their confusion, and that says a lot. Yes, they didn't understand exactly what was going on, but that's part of the fun of the quick look. 
 
That, and listening to the screeching in the comments. That's always fun.

"Bombseye!"
 
"Triple Dig!"

I may get this...

In any case, only a few posts actually dealt with finding out what exactly Jeff was doing wrong. Easily, the biggest problem was the crew's fatigue/morale. You see, on the left-side of the top screen, there is a meter that looks like a thermometer, the crew's fatigue. As you travel on your route through space, the fatigue meter increases, and it can be reset by stopping at a planet. When your crew is fatigued during battle, it slows the command gauge to a crawl. Therefore, rather than going from Toropets to Ropesk in one trip, Jeff should have went from Toropets to Bagut, stopped at Bagut, then go from Bagut to Ropesk.
 
Difficulty-wise, the fatigue meter is only an issue early in the game. As you progress, you get more crew members to put in Leadership and Management positions and ship modules that affect Livability, to reduce the speed of the fatigue meter's increase, allowing for longer non-stop journeys.

The cube at the beginning of the game reminds me of the box in "Hellraiser".

The story is pretty epic!  I found the combat to be a bit simple and repetitious, but most of these kind of games are that way so I was prepared.  Regardless, I played until the end which was long after I was already bored with the combat, because the story was really quite good.  I just plowed through the battles and in the end I felt the effort was well worth it.  You will learn to care about the main character and a few of your crew members and also care what happens to them, while many others NPCs are just generic "red-shirts" that don't really matter.  Bottom line:  The story is the strongest feature about the game, that is, if you can last long enough to make it to the end.  Very memorable and satisfying.

Seems like a good bed title. Almost fell asleep during this quick look.

This game looks pretty fantastic for a DS game. Can't believe I missed it. :/

I just imagined Ryan in a half shirt in space...

Platinum Games, that caught my attention