ReCore review: The first Xbox Play Anywhere game is a beautiful chore

The biggest disappointment reviewing ReCore is how strong it starts. You awake from stasis on the distant planet of Far Eden expecting to find a lush, terraformed planet capable of sustaining human life, 200 years in the making. Instead you find sand dunes. Miles upon miles of sand dunes, broken only by craggy brown rocks and the occasional half-built skyscraper. It falls to you to figure out what happened, traipsing off across the desert in search of answers with your trusty robo-dog companion Mack.