No Place Like Home

No Place Like Home - the earth is destroyed, people moved to Mars, and few remained on their home planet. The hero decides not to abandon his former home: he goes to the surface to clear it of debris, restore the village and turn the wasteland into a place where one can live again. The main activity is cleaning. Mountains of rubbish, broken equipment, plastic and glass are scattered around the area, and all this is collected into resources. Sorted materials are used for crafting: they are used to make tools, spare parts, parts for the home and things for the household. Construction proceeds gradually: first a roof over your head, then a barn, beds, a chicken coop and a pen for livestock. Vegetables can be grown yourself, and tools can be improved, so the plot grows along with the player’s ambitions, step by step turning into a decent farm. The open world is divided into recognizable zones such as a sunken city, deep mines, a mushroom forest, a huge landfill and a highway. Each has its own discoveries and dangers, and robot assistants and animals brighten up loneliness and take on part of the work themselves. In addition to cleaning, the hero has a drone and robotic assistants that can be upgraded so that the work goes faster and covers more territory. You come across records of former inhabitants - letters, diaries, advertisements - and from them it is clear how the planet came to live like this. The neighbors who remain on Earth are also in no hurry to help, so some of the problems have to be solved alone. What is grown and collected goes into business: food is obtained from the harvest, and spare parts for the next improvement are obtained from scrap metal. For those who like quiet games about restoration and cleaning and are not rushing to a conclusion about whether Mars was a good idea.