This Means Warp
Last updated: 2025-08-02
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- Excellent cooperative experience, best with friends
- Unique FTL-Overcooked blend, strategic depth
- Strong concept and art style
- Repetitive gameplay and imbalanced difficulty
- Poor AI teammates, problematic ship AI
- Bugs and abandoned development, lack of content
Emotions
Frustration26%Disappointment24%Satisfaction14%Joy7%Enjoyment7%
- Reviews
(sample size) - 197
- Helpful reviews
- 85%
- Unhelpful reviews
- 14%
- Protest reviews
- 1%
- 41%Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
- 59%Helpful reviews with negative sentiment
- Positive points
- 279
- Negative points
- 549
- Gameplay points
- 307
- Perf. points
- 12
- Rec. points
- 92
- Misc points
- 25
| Point | Description | Importance |
|---|---|---|
Excellent Cooperative Experience
| The game truly shines in cooperative play, especially with friends. Players highlight the chaotic yet enjoyable nature of multiplayer, comparing it to games like Overcooked, and note that both local and online co-op modes are well-implemented and enhance the experience significantly. | 39% |
Generally Fun and Well-Executed
| Overall, the game is considered fun, well-executed, and offers good value for its price. It provides a decent amount of entertainment, with a good mix of levels and balanced difficulty, making it enjoyable for both solo play and groups. | 39% |
Strong Concept and Art Style
| The game is praised for its strong core concept, often described as an interesting blend of FTL and Overcooked. While the initial impression and concept are highly positive, some players note that the fun can be front-loaded, suggesting potential for deeper engagement over time. | 32% |
Unique FTL-Overcooked Blend
| A recurring theme is the game's successful fusion of FTL's strategic depth and roguelite elements with Overcooked's frantic, cooperative micromanagement. This unique combination is seen as a major draw, offering a fresh take on both genres. | 18% |
Strategic Depth and Replayability
| The game offers significant depth through various modes, scenarios, and strategic options. Players appreciate the roguelite randomness, unique equipment, and the ability to customize and upgrade their ship, which adds replayability and strategic choice. | 14% |
Challenging and Stressful Gameplay
| Players note that the game can become quite challenging and stressful, particularly during intense combat scenarios. However, this difficulty is often seen as a positive, adding to the frantic and engaging gameplay experience. | 8% |
Highly Addictive Gameplay
| Many players find the game highly addictive, especially once they master the ship controls and understand the various in-game situations. This leads to extended play sessions and a strong desire to keep playing. | 5% |
Active Developer Support
| Players appreciate the developers' active involvement, noting their commitment to fixing issues and regularly adding new content and updates. This indicates a positive outlook for the game's future development. | 4% |
Helpful AI Crewmates
| The AI crewmates are generally effective and helpful, particularly the reload and repair bots. This positive AI performance contributes to a smoother and more enjoyable gameplay experience. | 4% |
Viable Single-Player Option
| While primarily designed for co-op, the game is still considered playable and interesting in single-player mode, offering a different, albeit less chaotic, experience. | 3% |
Enjoyable Mini-Games
| The mini-games interspersed between combat encounters are generally fun and serve to break up the intensity, though some players find them to be quite easy. | 3% |
Rewarding Progression System
| Unlocking achievements and learning game secrets provides a rewarding experience, as these often lead to new content or make the game more manageable. | 3% |
Improved Game Balance
| The 1.0 update significantly improved the game's balance, reducing the impact of luck and making the overall experience more consistent and fair. | 3% |