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This translates to some hit-and-run exploration trips, with the player pushing out to the very edge of the invisible mechanic keeping them tethered to their shuttle, then stressing mightily on the way back while Man floats languidly toward the shuttle as his oxygen reserve ticks down. For much of the first level, which took me about four hours to complete, Man only has 75 seconds of oxygen with which to explore his environment. Though Breathedge is laced with amusing (though adolescent) humor, these excursions can be harrowing. To survive, Man must leave the shuttle on material-gathering expeditions-first to gather the food and water needed to survive, and later to start investigating what happened to cause the crash, and how he can start constructing the equipment needed to escape his current predicament. The shuttle is equipped with a construction bench and little else beyond some mementoes from the life of Man’s grandfather, who is currently floating in a coffin out in open space. Much like that beloved classic, Breathedge begins with the crashing of an enormous ship, leaving the player (known as “Man”) adrift in space in a small, broken shuttle, with debris from the wreckage strewn across a massive asteroid field. Subnautica fans will find themselves in familiar waters during the opening levels of Breathedge, though they will need to get accustomed to performing on a much larger stage. Things in Breathedge get off to a solid start. And then, halfway through, the game pulls such a rapid left turn into another genre that I was left utterly bewildered. But for every great, laugh-out-loud moment, there is a half hour spent on amazingly slow-moving fetch quests, slogging back and forth across vast expanses with little to do but hold the analog stick forward and watch your oxygen reserves drain. There is a ton to enjoy about Breathedge, particularly in its mysterious and sprawling opening levels.
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I’m of a very mixed mind on Breathedge, the humorous new survival sim from developer RedRuins Software.