Lightyear Frontier review-in-progress: "The mech offers a novel, refreshing approach to the farming sim genre"

Lightyear Frontier.

I've played a lot of farming sims in my time, but I've never tended to alien crops and gathered resources behind the windshield of a mech. Thanks to Lightyear Frontier, I'm doing exactly that, and from the get-go, it proves to be one of the more novel and downright fun ways to farm. With a handful of different tools that can be attached to my right arm, I use a Vacuum Harvester to suck up all the fully grown plants in my plots of land. Then, I switch it up to my trusty Seed Shooter - which as the name implies - lets me fire out seeds in the now vacant sections of soil. Coupled with an Irrigation Hose that acts as the mech's equivalent of a watering can, a Spike Saw that can break down trees, rocks, and minerals, and a Sprout Canon that can be used to plant saplings, the tools and design of the mech make everything feel far less laborious. 

Fast Facts

Release date: March 19, 2024 (Early Access)
Platform(s): PC, Xbox Series X/S
Developer: Frame Break
Publisher: Amplifier Studios