Void Bastards

My initial impressions of Void Bastards were pretty positive. The graphics were stylized, some of the story was told through animated comic panels, the narrator was slightly humorous, and exploring unknown spaceships was somewhat exciting, as I didn't really know what I was going to find.
To elaborate, Void Bastards is an FPS roguelike about exploring and looting randomly generated spaceships. It reminded me a bit of Heat Signature if it was first person, didn't have time stop, and just had fewer features overall. See, I'm already getting into some pain points here, as Void Bastards very quickly fell off. Around the second or third spaceship, I kind of developed a general route I would take through the ship. Helm first, as that highlights the loot, and then just loot all the stuff that wasn't near enemies and kill a minimal amount as that only wastes weapons and health.
There are also some decisions on which ship to board next, based on what kind of items you're looking for, but at least as far as I got, that boiled down to just going for ships which unlock a new item, and don't lock me out of my overall goal. I'd say the worst was that there weren't any interesting decisions to make. Each weapon was mostly suitable for each level, so you'd just go with whatever you had ammo for. There were no major differences in strategy between ships, and rather obvious best picks for which ships to explore next. To top it all off, death was very inconsequential, as you kept all the items and upgrades you had, and only got new character traits and a fresh batch of ammo, food, fuel, and other consumables.

Despite the criticism, I wouldn't actually say Void Bastards is a bad game. It's well made, it's witty, and the gameplay is okay, but it's not good enough to carry the nonexistent meta progression. There's just far too little strategy, decision making, and personal improvement throughout the game. If you think you'll really like the core gameplay loop of looting randomly generated ships, evading some enemies, killing others, and you don't care about the lack of variety, then maybe you can enjoy it. Otherwise, I just can't recommend it.