From Glory To Goo

Item: From Glory To Goo
Rating: 95
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-07-10

Summary

Engaging and addictive RTS base-building gameplay
Unique orbital spaceship and captain system
Polished early access content, superior to competitors
Poor visuals and clarity, steep learning curve
Limited content and balancing issues
Inconvenient controls and game-breaking bugs

Emotions

Satisfaction40%Excitement12%Frustration7%Joy6%Disappointment5%

Reviews (sample size): 589
Helpful reviews: 78%
Unhelpful reviews: 22%
Protest reviews: 0%

95%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
5%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 1404
Negative points: 447
Gameplay points: 725
Perf. points: 21
Rec. points: 206
Misc points: 215

Point	Description	Importance
Engaging & Addictive Gameplay Description The game is highly praised for its engaging and addictive gameplay loop, offering significant replayability and depth. Players find it a refreshing and well-executed real-time strategy experience. Importance 97%	The game is highly praised for its engaging and addictive gameplay loop, offering significant replayability and depth. Players find it a refreshing and well-executed real-time strategy experience.	97%
Genre Blend: RTS, Base, TD Description The game successfully blends elements of RTS, base building, and tower defense genres, creating a unique and satisfying strategic experience. It offers a good balance of macro and micro management. Importance 30%	The game successfully blends elements of RTS, base building, and tower defense genres, creating a unique and satisfying strategic experience. It offers a good balance of macro and micro management.	30%
Polished Early Access Content Description Despite being in Early Access, the game is noted for its polished feel, substantial content, and charming pixel graphics. Reviewers are impressed by its current state and value for money. Importance 26%	Despite being in Early Access, the game is noted for its polished feel, substantial content, and charming pixel graphics. Reviewers are impressed by its current state and value for money.	26%
Superior to 'They Are Billions' Description Many reviewers consider this game a superior alternative to 'They Are Billions', citing increased depth, content, and improved mechanics that address common criticisms of the predecessor. Importance 22%	Many reviewers consider this game a superior alternative to 'They Are Billions', citing increased depth, content, and improved mechanics that address common criticisms of the predecessor.	22%
Unique Orbital Spaceship Description The orbital spaceship mechanic is a unique and well-received addition, providing strategic fire support, production boosts, and a compelling mini-game for upgrades and customization. Importance 15%	The orbital spaceship mechanic is a unique and well-received addition, providing strategic fire support, production boosts, and a compelling mini-game for upgrades and customization.	15%
Engaging Captain/Hero System Description The Captain/Hero system is a standout feature, offering unique playstyles, RPG-like progression, and varied abilities that significantly impact gameplay and strategic options. Importance 13%	The Captain/Hero system is a standout feature, offering unique playstyles, RPG-like progression, and varied abilities that significantly impact gameplay and strategic options.	13%
Deep Strategic Choices Description The game offers considerable strategic depth through various choices like factions, heroes, talents, and resource management, encouraging planning and adaptation for diverse gameplay experiences. Importance 11%	The game offers considerable strategic depth through various choices like factions, heroes, talents, and resource management, encouraging planning and adaptation for diverse gameplay experiences.	11%
Nostalgic RTS Feel Description The game evokes a strong sense of nostalgia for classic RTS titles like StarCraft, combining familiar aesthetics and gameplay elements with modern improvements. Importance 10%	The game evokes a strong sense of nostalgia for classic RTS titles like StarCraft, combining familiar aesthetics and gameplay elements with modern improvements.	10%
Frequent Developer Updates Description The developers are highly praised for their consistent and frequent updates, adding new content, features, and promptly addressing bugs, demonstrating a strong commitment to the game's improvement. Importance 10%	The developers are highly praised for their consistent and frequent updates, adding new content, features, and promptly addressing bugs, demonstrating a strong commitment to the game's improvement.	10%
Well-Balanced Difficulty Description The game features well-balanced and modular difficulty settings that provide a consistent challenge, scaling effectively to keep players engaged without feeling overwhelming. Importance 8%	The game features well-balanced and modular difficulty settings that provide a consistent challenge, scaling effectively to keep players engaged without feeling overwhelming.	8%
Accessible Yet Deep Gameplay Description The game is relatively easy to learn, making it accessible for new players while still offering enough depth for experienced strategists. It allows for both frantic and relaxed gameplay sessions. Importance 8%	The game is relatively easy to learn, making it accessible for new players while still offering enough depth for experienced strategists. It allows for both frantic and relaxed gameplay sessions.	8%
Great Value for Price Description Reviewers consistently highlight the game's excellent value for its price, noting that the amount of content and enjoyment provided far exceeds its cost. Importance 6%	Reviewers consistently highlight the game's excellent value for its price, noting that the amount of content and enjoyment provided far exceeds its cost.	6%