NYKRA: Before

The are certainly positive components to NYKRA: the overall gameplay mechanics are well rounded, the vistas (especially for it being a pixel-art game) are impressively appealing, the story/dialog can be very compelling at times, and there's a few fun areas to explore. However, all of that is bogged down by all of the technical problems this game is riddled with. I experienced numerous game breaking bugs, one of which currently has me hardlocked from progressing further in the game. And to make matters worse, the developers were aware of these issues but still decided to release the game in its current state. It would be different if they decided to release NYKRA into early access and charge a lower price, but asking your consumer base to pay $20 for a game that is fundamentally broken, is out of this world unreasonable. If you are thinking about picking this up, I would wait until further patches and updates have been released.

NYKRA, my MAN. my buddy. where did we go wrong from the moment we met on some random twitter post to the moment we met again when my good pal told me "this slick gms game is releasing soon lets get it" to when i actually bought you to when i realized i needed a git repository in my save folder to when not a single person alive was able to beat the game due to something that isnt exactly a crash at a certain point in the game where did we go wrong so heres the deal: game doesn't work for shit. not even close. when i said i had to put a git repository in my save folder i was not joking. i went through three entire saves that got fully softlocked before giving it that treatment (git is a program that lets you backup and load backups of files on the fly) - first planet, i die in some mines twice, it crashes, i reopen, i can no longer open my inventory (books got deleted, it crashes when loading the empty array) - second planet, there is an arch structure near a loading zone, i jump on t...

Nykra seems to be my kind of game, and I'm planning on purchasing it later on. At the moment, unfortunately, the game is simply broken: I've had numerous CTDs, the book inventory gets wiped out when loading a save game and I even heard a couple of people complaining about not being able to advance. There seems to be a great game in Nykra, but I must suggest waiting a while before buying until the issues are fixed. I honestly hope I can delete this review and write a positive one in the near future.

Update: PATCH_7. Still broken. Been a month since release, game is still broken. On PATCH_6, reloading your saves doesn't work, losing all progress. Game should've been released in early access, but dev chose otherwise for motivational reason. If it was in EA I would accept this current state of the game and wouldn't be posting this. I don't care about the developer's personal struggles. As a customer I expect a working product. Not sure how to classify the game. It seems like a short linear story, with light combat, some puzzles, and an intriguing alphabet. I like the visuals, sound design and art direction, but it's frustrating to run in technical issues.

Well the game is unfortunately broken, the atmosphere is there and the gameplay is also not bad, but when I cannot even finish the game due to many bugs, it just is not fun to play. Here are some bugs I have found, I hope this will help the developer to fix this game. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jKdG_jQyXQ4tQb03nZU4vwRw0OgA1003?usp=sharing

This game has a lot of potential. The setup is intriguing and the characters are believable. Unfortunately I can't recommend it right now. I tried to look past the bugs, but they broke the experience for me. It would have been fine if it was one or two big bugs that could be fixed soon. But there were a lot of little things that piled up and ruined the experience. I got softlocked 2 hours into the game. At that point I was not in the mood to replay everything again. On top of that ive heard of other softlocks, and I really dont want to go through that again. I would rather wait for a stable build. I know this game is good under the surface. The charm is definitely there. But this stuff can't really be overlooked, especially when money is involved.

I want to love this game. I really do. I have however lost 4 different save states due to corruption or the save state causing instant crashes (including after the patch to "fix save states" my save just loaded to an empty sky and upon quitting, the save is gone completely). This game is swimming with potential, beautiful art, music, word building, but absolutely its not even close to being ready to ship to the public in terms of bugs.

no controller support, and game is buggy. tried to find an input setup I liked but after an hour of play I'll just get a refund. After 8 years in development I would have thought the game would have had a smoother start. If it comes up for sale after awhile and the bugs are fixed I may buy again.

after datamining the game, i am pretty sure that this game was released completely unfinished. dont lie to your fans.

Work and progress review! Can't give a good review since the game is currently a bit unplayable, a lot of bugs unfortunately. Not control support at the moment tried with Dual Shock, Switch Pro & Xbox One controllers, neither recognized D-Pads only jumping and starting buttons. I will be updating once the developer pushes an update with the controller support!