Really Big Sky Preview

Courtesy of PC Gamer and Bundle Stars, Really Big Sky was a free Steam title during the month of July. I jumped to the chance to get my hands on this indie twin stick game with no idea on what to expect. After playing it, I am certainly glad I got it for free. The game isn’t bad by any means but it doesn’t do much to warrant a purchase especially with all of the other great twin stick games Steam has to offer. 

Really Big Sky is all about replaying the same thing but with slight changes. It’s variety of game modes and procedurally generated levels don’t help the monotony of the gameplay as much as Boss Baddie would like it too. However, the game is pretty fun and fast paced. Boss Baddie manages to mix the infinite runner and shoot’em up genre pretty well. There are sections that break up the shooting where you turn your ship around into a drill and go through a planet-like structures to collect points and power ups. The effect is nice and the visuals, in general, are nice. Sometimes the game goes overboard with the effects, like smoke, and make it nearly impossible to see yourself and the enemies around you. 

Enemies are pretty generic but the bosses are great. In my short time with the game, I only ran into a couple of them but they were definitely grand. One had you maneuvering inside it and shooting its core while dodging lasers. The screen is also moving ever so slightly adding to the intensity. The music does a good job complimenting the action and atmosphere as well.

The absolute worst part of this game is its narration. You can tell that they used someone with no voice acting experience and the quality of the voice recording is poor (unless it was altered in editing which would be a bad choice). It tries to do what the Stanley Parable and Bastion did for their indie games but fails miserably. I will give the team some effort for trying something different and I’m sure they had a blast recording but it ultimately falls flat.

Really Big Sky is $6 on Steam which isn’t a bad price but you can definitely do better. Some good ideas fail to keep you interested long enough to complete all of the games’ internal objectives and the constant bickering of the narrator will have you turning the game off altogether.