![]() At many points in this game, you’ll truly get the feeling that this must be what it’s like on the Enterprise when the ship needed to shut down everything but life support and coast through dangerous territory on inertia alone, while at other times you’ll realize that what you need is a quick burst of energy before turning it all off so you don’t overheat. The really clever part of the puzzles is when you have to quickly swap between different systems, or perhaps even shut everything off at juuuuust the right time. At times, you’ll even need to use gyroscopic controls to change your ship’s orientation. As soon as you're comfortable with your ship’s options, it will likely be giving you a new one to juggle with the rest. If you need to sink into water, you can adjust your weight level. If a nearby sensor detects heat, perhaps you’ll change over from the standard engine to the electrical anti-gravity generator. Players adjust these settings on the fly using the Wii U gamepad’s touchscreen - players can independently set power levels for an ever-increasing array of ship systems, but will have to be mindful of the ways this affects your signal output. However, the game gradually introduces more intricate ways to control your spacecraft, and the game’s puzzles increasingly depend on fine-tuning your craft’s power levels to match your needs moment-to-moment while evading detection by automatons scanning for heat, electricity, and/or noise. On the surface, this game appears to be a Two-Stick Shooter, minus the shooting - you fly with the left stick and aim a flashlight (and later flares and a scanner) with the right stick. ![]() The premise of this game is that you’re a would-be space explorer who answered an ad for a Great Opportunity to Explore a Beautiful World that’s Absolutely Safe, and the company offering this service definitely isn’t using fine print to hide the gory details of this being a poorly-funded doomed expedition where you’re being treated as expendable Note: Your safety is not guaranteed. As such, it makes for a good showpiece for the unique features of the Wii U, and one of the few games on the platform we can be fairly certain will never see a port to the likes of the Nintendo Switch. ![]() Affordable Space Adventures is a Puzzle game released exclusively for the Wii U in 2015, and it’s easy to see why - this game really couldn’t have worked on any other platform… well, save for perhaps the 3DS. ![]()
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