Harder-hitting special attacks use additional battery power from your robot, but in the deeper stages, it’s grueling to try to get past the toughest of enemies down beneath the layers of the dungeon without these attacks. Strategically planning out each step and attack to save up energy could be enjoyable, if it wasn’t for the difficulty curve. Where Void Terrarium fails to engage the player is in its gameplay loop. As stressful as it can be to keep on top of everything you need while fighting through hordes of robot enemies, you deeply feel the need to keep this girl alive, so Void Terrarium succeeds in that sense.
Learning tidbits about what happened to this world, though drip-fed, is interesting throughout. Following her revival, keeping her fed and well-maintained becomes the mission, with regular trips into the world for whatever salvage is necessary to rebuild her habitat, spruce it up, and keep her from fading away due to malnourishment. After discovering the cause of this destruction-a computer with a weepy AI who was built to help humans-a mutual goal arises in attempting to save the life of a human girl found barely holding on in her destroyed home. In one of the weirder overall experiences I’ve had recently, Void Terrarium-in all seriousness-offers a unique tale of apocalyptic survival from a Wall-E-esque point of view, even if the gameplay is too tedious to be enjoyable for long.Īs a wee mouse awakens a helper bot from a pile of rubble, this journey begins with a lonely trek into the unknown. Besides delving into dungeon-crawling, you also get to decorate the glass tube this human calls home that way, she feels better about the fact she has mushrooms growing out of her face. Adding to the vast collection of gaming experiences we didn’t know we needed, Void Terrarium is a Mystery Dungeon-style game, where collecting food and resources for the last surviving human is the main objective.
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