Before We Go We are the cool earth builder to ask about our impact on the world

What Before We Leave first, there is a warning about a catastrophe that devastated generations ago. It is unclear, but the message is clear: "In the past, humanity descended into high houses to escape the great catastrophe. . ”

The people of the game – called peepers – have lived in the underground for generations. They ate nothing but potatoes and never saw the light of day. Only a few small ruins remain, most of them rotten and old, but they still repair the houses of iron and stone to be collected. The earth is empty; it is full of natural health.

We don't really know what this great disaster was, but it is thought to be some kind of natural disaster – such as climate change. I keep that warning in my mind while playing, noting that each of these extensions creates a real environmental impact of the reproduced world. Also, I feel like the game is forcing me to expand (there's the promise of space whales, but I've never seen it) without giving me the resources to create an intelligent world that might have crossed similar faults.

Made for Monkey Balancing Games, Before We Leave is described as "a city-building game with no violence set on many planets in your beautiful corner of the world." But the game starts small, on one island on one planet. Pears began to appear on the ground, a few at a time, when I started building hexagonal houses. Visually, the world reminds me of a board game or Civilization Franchise. Pears need food and water, so, I start building potato fields and harvesting water from newly formed wells, each in its own contained area. As with other elements of civilization, options are expanding from there. Create a library for research. Gathering natural resources by cutting down trees and mining. The goal is to expand – to rebuild civilization – and that requires additional resources.

The "non-violent" factor is what separates Before We Leave from other games in the 4X plan type. There are no victories or battles, unless you count the human impact on the natural world – which, of course, is worth counting. Peeps can't die, even if I treat it badly. However, they will get hurt and work less in production. But unlike in a game like this Civilization 6, Before We Leave it does not require players to build armies or conquer other countries. In fact, it's definitely not something, which contributes to the relaxing vibe.

Before We Leave stretches quickly. The game is not specified for its purposes, but the first major one is to repair the old ship. The ship is used to discover new islands, places to grow. More and more options are being opened as new locations and information become available. Soon, my pieces were making clothes (necessary for living in different conditions around the world) and shipping luxury goods (needed only to keep peeps happy). To execute all these new tasks, my peeps need additional power sources. I researched the energy produced by wood, then oil. Although my civilization was flourishing, I was leaving the world more polluted, and I was beginning to influence me. I had no choice but to do vegetable gardens and houses in polluted countries. No one was happy. And so I grew up again, hoping to find a way to fix this problem, which had stopped for a while before it started, way worse.

Before the point where the pressure and dirt were bad, I found the game to be quiet. With my manageable size world, I found it comfy to watch the mountains roam the island at 4x speed. I don't feel pressured, in fact, to press for anything; after all, peaks cannot die. I clicked them occasionally to get in; Each peep has a specific flavor profile that describes how they are hanging there. But as I increased through my first island and many other people of the world – who need ships and trading cords – I began to worry. You were surprised, of course. Even though it is unconscious in mine Before We Leave the game can't die, I know they're depressed. When the system and components are pressed, there are red alerts on the entire screen. This building needs resources! Your nails are hungry! Not enough power!

My expansion was putting pressure on the world, its pages, and me. Large Before We Leave we found, where they were at odds with its message – that it's a cold, non-violent experience. Stretching, so far, has meant little time for one of those small, charming communities that have come out of the booths, which is one of my favorite games. I plan to restart my world Before We Leave and I'm trying to build again. I was thinking of getting free from the idea of ​​my first round, and I think that has hampered my enjoyment of the game. I will take less in the future, building a more personal, less-active world – a purposeful society.

Before We Leave was released on May 8. Available at the Epic Games Store.