Grissallia<p>October 13, 2023 - Day 286 - NewPlay Review<br>Total NewPlays: 305</p><p>Game: I Am Not A Monster: First Contact</p><p>Platform: Steam<br>Release Date: Sep 27, 2018<br>Installation Date: May 14, 2019<br>Unplayed: 1613d (4y4m29d)<br>Playtime: 18m</p><p>I Am Not A Monster: First Contact is billed as a "retro sci-fi tactical turn-based strategy" game.</p><p>By retro sci-fi, they mean early-mid 20th century pulp sci-fi. </p><p>If you like that kind of sci-fi, this might be right up your alley. Unfortunately, it's not really my cup of tea, and I couldn't really get past that to lock into the game.</p><p>Graphically, it's a weird combination of pulp sci-fi stationary graphics for menus, full-screen pixel-art animated transitions, and high-res gameplay, and it feels kind of jarring switching between them. It just feels a little incoherent.</p><p>There was almost something there with the gameplay, but when the game was making me feel like I wished I was playing a completely different tactics strategy game, that pretty much sealed the deal.</p><p>I Am Not A Monster: First Contact is just:</p><p>2: Meh</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/IAmNotAMonsterFirstContact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAmNotAMonsterFirstContact</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tactics</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/TurnBased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TurnBased</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Strategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Strategy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365ONG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project365ONG</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Project365" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Project365</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NewPlay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewPlay</span></a></p>