Astroneer now lets you kickflip across planets on hoverboards
The latest update makes the game 20% more radical and 43% more sick
I might have to return to Astroneer. I played it a lot when it was first released, but drifted away like George Clooney in the movie Gravity. What’s grabbing my attention now, a whole two years after the initial release? They just added hoverboards in a new update. I will now return to it, also like George Clooney in the movie Gravity, but without the terrible twist.
They’ve also added a VTOL, which enables the player to steadily float above a planet on the hunt for resources. My other memory of Astroneer is that the vehicle movement was dangerously unstable, so this also prods my buttons. It’s like they made an update just for me. I’m downloading it on Steam right now to check it out again.
There are new missions to take explorers out to moons and planets, and the usual update tweaks. I particularly like the levelling block, which lets you create flatter surfaces. That seems very useful in the context of the bobbly planetoids.
The update is live now, and if I can tear myself away from Phantom Abyss, I’ll give Astroneer a play tonight.